Jacinto Guerrero

Ajofrín - Toledo ( 1895 ) - Madrid ( 1951 )
Jacinto Guerrero
He began his musical studies in the Toledo Cathedral. He won a scholarship from the Diputación Provincial de Toledo to follow studies in Madrid. He joined the Orchestra of the Teatro Apolo and later he was named conductor.

In 1921 his zarzuela La Alsaciana was first performed in Barcelona. In 1922 La Montería and Los Gavilanes followed with a great success around Spain. His best known work is El Huesped del Sevillano, first performed in the teatro Apolo and followed by Martierra (1928), La rosa del azafrán (1930), La Fama del Tartanero (1931), Sole, La Peletera (1932) and El Ama (1933). After the Civil War were first performed Canción del Ebro (1941) and Tiene Razón Don Sebastián (1944). In the years after the war Guerrero wrote compositions for music-hall and varietés.

When he died he left an unfinished zarzuela, El canastillo de fresas, with was first performed posthumously.

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Jacinto Guerrero
Upcoming concerts

Upcoming concerts

Maybe you are still not aware that Tritó has a concert schedule, which provides details of all our composers’ musical activity, both around Spain and abroad. To begin with, last week, on the 23 and 25 February, the Oviedo Filarmonía, under the ...
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La Rosa del azafrán, by Jacinto Guerrero

La Rosa del azafrán, by Jacinto Guerrero

La Rosa de Azafrán is one of the most performed works in the repertoire of zarzuelas and without doubt one of Jacinto Guerrero’s masterworks. This new edition is base on the original score and its reduction for voice and piano, and has been prepared
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