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Identified with the Republican cause throughout the Spanish Civil War (as musical adviser to the Minister of Fine Arts in the Catalan Government and a member of the Republican Government's Social Music Council), Gerhard was forced to flee to France in 1939 and later that year settled in Cambridge, England.
Publicly identified with the Republican cause throughout the Spanish Civil War, both as musical adviser to the Minister of Fine Arts in the Catalan Government and as a member of the Republican Government’s Social Music Council, he left Spain shortly before Barcelona fell to the Nationalists, and after a brief stay in Paris, settled in ...
Gerhard (1896 – 1970) was a Catalan composer who fled to Britain in the 1930s during the Spanish Civil War and settled in Cambridge.
In England he was regarded as a pioneer of new music who had a tremendous influence on the post-war avant-garde – the English composer Anthony Payne even described Gerhard as “something of a father figure for my generation”.
Identified with the Republican cause throughout the Spanish Civil War, Gerhard was forced to flee to France in 1939 and later that year settled in Cambridge, England. Once in England, Gerhard produced a series of orchestra and stage works that would establish his international reputation.
For several years, I have been deeply engaged in research on Roberto Gerhard, delving into his music for guitar and its connection to the Spanish Civil War. In 2021, I completed the recording of his complete guitar music for the Brilliant Classics label.
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Identified with the Republican cause throughout the Spanish Civil War, Gerhard was forced to flee to France in 1939 and later that year settled in Cambridge, England. Once in England, Gerhard produced a series of orchestra and stage works that would establish his international reputation.
