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Robert Gerhard i Ottenwaelder (Catalan pronunciation: [ruˈβɛɾd ʒəˈɾaɾt]; 25 September 1896 – 5 January 1970) was a Spanish composer and musical scholar and writer, generally known outside his native region of Catalonia as Roberto Gerhard.
Jan 10, 2013 · January 16, 2015. Uncategorized. Comments. New book on Roberto Gerhard published by University of Huddersfield. Perspectives on Gerhard: Selected Proceedings of the 2nd and 3rd International Roberto Gerhard Conferences. Edited by Michael Russ and Monty Adkins.
In the 1950s Gerhard became one of the first composers in England to explore the possibilities of electronic music. Catalan culture remained at the centre of his work, but despite his increasingly international reputation Spain remained closed to him as a composer until the end of his life.
Jun 8, 2024 · This volume of essays is a new and significant contribution to Roberto Gerhard scholarship and it aligns with the broader musicological attention that the composer has received since the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Like the Duenna, the Violin Concerto manages a remarkable conjunction between Spanish idioms – the great violinist and composer Sarasate (1844-1908) is alluded to in Gerhard’s solo figuration – and progressive techniques associated particularly with Schoenberg.
Roberto Gerhard's manuscripts, papers, letters, notebooks, and library of books and music were presented by Dr Rosemary Summers to Cambridge University Library on May 12th 2008. The archive comprises many types of documents.
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In the 1950s Gerhard developed his musical style, synthesizing Schoenbergian serialism with catalan folksong. These years also marked him out as the first composer in England to engage seriously with electronic music.
