Adolfo Salazar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Adolfo Salazar

Mexican music critic

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1890

Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Date of Death: 01-Oct-1958

Profession: composer, music critic, musicologist

Nationality: Spain, Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Adolfo Salazar

  • Adolfo Salazar Ruiz de Palacios (6 March 1890 - 27 September 1958) was a Spanish music historian, music critic, composer, and diplomat of the first half of the twentieth century.
  • He was the preeminent Spanish musicologist of the Silver Age.
  • Fluent in Spanish, French, and English, he was an intellectual and expert of the artistic and cultural currents of his time, and a brilliant polemicist.
  • He maintained a close connection with other prominent Spanish intellectuals and musicians including José Ortega y Gasset, Jesús Bay y Gay, and Ernesto Halffter.
  • In his writings, he was a defender of the French musical aesthetic of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy. He composed over twenty works for orchestra, string quartet, solo piano, voice and piano, chorus, and guitar.
  • While his compositions are significant in the context of the 1920s Spanish musical avant-garde, today his critical writings are deemed of greater importance.
  • He is most known for his insightful commentary and analysis in his eighteen years as music critic (1918-1936) for the Madrid daily El Sol.

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