Empúries
Eduard Toldrá (arr. Joan Lamote de Grignon)
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Subtitle: Sardana Lliure
General Info
Year: 1926
Duration: c. 6:40
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Clivis Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
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Errata
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Program Notes
Empúries, among other things, was a town on the Mediterranean coast of the Catalan comarca of Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain. It was founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea with the name of Ἐμπόριον.
The sardana is a traditional Spanish dance which is danced in a circle while holding hands, and is native to the Spanish region of Catalonia. It originated in the historical region of Empordá, in the northeast of the Catalán region, but became popular across Catalonia during the 20th Century.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Eduard Toldrà, conductor, violinist and composer, founded the Orquestra Municipal de Barcelona in 1944 and served as its music director until his death. His oeuvre consists of a hundred compositions, including an opera, two string quartets, several dozen songs and over thirty sardanes (the traditional Catalan dance). This sardana was originally scored for symphony orchestra and arranged for band by Lamote de Grignon himself.
- Program Note from Banda Municipal de Barcelona concert program, 21 July 2017
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- Banda Municipal de Barcelona (Spain) (Salvador Brotons, conductor) – 21 July 2017 - WASBE Conference (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Empúies (arr. Lamote) (1926)
Resources
- Empúies, Wikipedia Accessed 21 July 2017
- Sardana, Wikipedia Accessed 21 July 2017