Lamote de Grignon y Ribas, Ricardo

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Lamote de Grignon y Ribas, Ricardo

Lamote de Grignon y Ribas, Ricardo, Catalan cellist, conductor, and composer, son of Juan Lamote de Grignon; b. Barcelona, Sept. 23, 1899; d. there, Feb. 5, 1962. He studied cello and composition at the Barcelona Cons. He played cello in the Orquesta Sinfònica of Barcelona, conducted by his father; then conducted provincial orchs.; became asst. conductor of the municipal band of Barcelona. He publ. a manual, Sintesis de tècnica musical (Barcelona, 1948). His Enigmas for Orch. won the Barcelona Municipal Prize in 1951.

Works

dramatic: Opera: La caperucita verde; La flor, children’s opera. orch.:Joan de Os, symphonic legend (Barcelona, April 19, 1936, composer conducting); Boires, symphonic poem; Triptico de Rabindranath Tagore for Soprano and Orch.; Enigmas. chamber: Piano Trio.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire

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