Ramon Carnicer

Tàrrega ( 1789 ) - Madrid ( 1855 )
Ramon Carnicer
Conductor at the Santa Creu Theater of Barcelona, Carnicer dedicated himself mainly to opera, in a style halfway between Rossini and the bel canto composers such as Bellini or Donizetti. As a founder and first composition teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid, he strongly influenced the Spanish music scene of the first half of the 19th c. He wrote symphonies, overtures, songs, chamber and quite remarkable church music, all of it within a completely Romantic aesthetic; he was one of the first composers to exploit the most exotic resources of Spanish Folk music during a time when it was beginning to be fashionable in the rest of Europe.

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Ramon Carnicer, Rossini and the guitar

Ramon Carnicer, Rossini and the guitar

Review of the "Four guitar versions of the Il barbiere di Siviglia" by Ramon Carnice
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Music for guitar by Ramon Carnicer

Music for guitar by Ramon Carnicer

The best known work by Ramon Carnicer (1789-1855) is undoubtedly the overture composed for the Barcelona premiere of Il barbiere di Siviglia in 1818. This orchestral work was soon transcribed for various instrumental combinations, of which is often ...
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