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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.
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Jun 8, 2024 · This surge in publications clearly demonstrates a growing interest in Gerhard’s significant contribution to music. With their volume, Monty Adkins and Rachel E. Mann aim to cover one aspect of his career that so far has not gained due recognition, namely Gerhard’s status as an exile.
Gerhard’s Alegrías suite for orchestra comprised four movements from the previously composed ballet music and was written in 1942 according to Gerhard’s notes (Cambridge University Library, Robert Gerhard Archive, Gerhard.4.40.
To understand the circumstances and context in which Roberto Gerhard composed before his exile, as well as his Catalan identity, it is imperative first to examine the history of Catalan nationalism –culminating with an upsurge in Catalan national sentiment at the beginning of the 20th 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.
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.
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