El Periodico
March 17, 2021
Composer Antón García Abril, author of 'El Hombre y la Tierra', dies at 87
His long professional career includes the composition of works for orchestras, cantatas, concerts, chamber music and more than 200 film soundtracks.
The Teruel composer Antón García Abril, one of the founders of the group Nueva Música (1958) and composer of more than 200 soundtracks for film and television such as those of 'The Holy Innocents', 'The Crime of Cuenca', 'Sor Citroën' died today in Madrid at the age of 87. As reported by the General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE), Antón died in Madrid and leaves behind a great musical legacy made up of works for orchestras, cantatas, concerts, chamber music and more than 200 soundtracks for film and music.
The SGAE has expressed its "pain" over the death of what they have described as "a reference" for the entity, where he was a member of its board of directors in various periods and was appointed honorary advisor. Born in Teruel (1933), García Abril leaves more than a thousand registered works. "From this entity, we want to convey our condolences to the family and friends of Antón García Abril, one of our teachers of contemporary music and a firm defender of culture, education and copyright. He was a creator with personality and alien to fashions that, starting from freedom, built emotions in cultured music. Undoubtedly, a reference in Spanish music and culture ", has expressed Antonio Onetti, president of the SGAE. His symphonic work goes through most musical forms: works for orchestras, cantatas, concerts, chamber music and outstanding song cycles inspired by the most important Spanish poets.
In addition, the SGAE has indicated, the National Institute of Performing
Arts and Music (INAEM) commissioned him in 1986 to compose the opera 'Divinas
Palabras', about the work of Ramón María del Valle-Inclán.
For the general public, his facet of author of more than 200 soundtracks
for the cinema is better known, such as' The innocent saints', 'The crime of
Cuenca', 'Sor Citroën', 'Vente a Alemania, Pepe' or 'La city is not for me ',
among others.
He also composed for television series such as 'El
Hombre y la Tierra', 'Anillos de Oro', 'Segunda enseñanza', 'Brigada Central',
'Compuesta y sin novio', 'Ramón y Cajal' and 'Fortunata y Jacinta'.
A member of the so-called Generación del 51 and one of the founders of the Nueva Música group, Teruel's long career in composition has been recognized in the most prestigious national and international forums.
Awards such as the National Theater Prize (1971), the National Prize for Music Education and Research (1991), the National Music Prize (1993), the Gold Medal for Fine Arts (1998), or the SGAE Prize of the Ibero-American Music 'Tomás Luis de Victoria' (2006).
In his didactic facet, his pedagogical work stands out at the head of the Composition and Musical Forms chair of the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. For almost thirty years he carried out this teaching activity continuously.
In 1989 he composed the hymn of Aragon commissioned by the Courts of that autonomous community. His work of musical composition for the audiovisual was recognized in October 2014, when the Film Academy awarded him its Gold Medal.
In May 2018 he celebrated his 85th birthday with the publication of a new album and a concert that took place at the Real Academia de las Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, of which he had been a member since 1982.
ABRIL, Antón García (aka A. Garcia Abril, Anton Abril, Anton G. Abril, Anton Gª Abril, Antonio Garcia Abril) [5/19/1933, Teruel, Aragón, Spain – 3/17/2021, Madrid, Madrid, Sapin] – composer, songwriter, conductor.
The Savage Guns - 1961
The Avenger – 1966
When Satan Grips the Colt - 1969
Awkward Hands - 1970
Pancho Villa – 1971
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