То есть вообще ничего не знаю.

Henry написал(а):

Какие будут мнения об этом авторе? Слышал однажды какую-то мелочь в записи Микеланждели, тогда понравилось. А в сайте Спинозы неожиданно наткнулся на его ноты. Одна беда - чернила в принтере кончились...

Генри, вот свежие разведданные:

The musical world of Mompou is a world filled with colors, sounds and images, all impression of the Catalunya that surrounded Mompou. A quite and thoughtful man, he looked and listened for ways to express the deep feelings hidden within him. A shy and soft-spoken individual, his music reflects the thoughts and ideas that represent the man that he was. Mompou was born on April 16th, 1893 in Barcelona. He gave his first public recital in 1908. In 1909, in a concert in Barcelona, upon hearing Faure perform his Quintet op 89, Mompou there decided that he wanted to become a composer. In 1911 he composed what was to form the part of his first suite for piano, Plany from the Impressions Intimes. The music of Mompou springs from the soul, he once wrote" all the drama of my life develops deep inside of me and is there created".

His piano music is filled with sounds of Catalunya and resonance's of almost forgotten memories. For a short while, he worked in a bell manufacturing company in Barcelona. The factory produced bells that sounded in several octaves. This experience had a profound effect on Mompou and bells are often found in his music. He himself said "the best word is the unspoken word, I as you all know, am a man of few words and a musician of few notes. Music is the written that cant be expressed, I wish that it (music) should seem to come out of the shadows so to return to the shadows again. I find myself forced to find new forms, I believe that my music will never fit in a perfect world.

Writing about his own Musica callada Mompou said "this music has no air or light. It is a weak heart beat, you cannot ask it to reach more than a few inches into space, but it's mission is to reach the profound depths of our soul and the secret regions of our spirit's spirit. This music is quiet (callada) because one listens to it within. Contained and reserved. It's emotion is secret and only becomes sound from resonance under the cold cape of our society. It is my desire that this music, should bring us closer to the warmth of life, and the expression of the human heart, that is always the same and constantly changing."

He received numerous awards: Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture, Member of the royal Academy of Art Sant Jordi, National Award for Music and Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Barcelona. He met the Catalan pianist Carmen Bravo when judging a piano competition in Barcelona was overwhelmed by the passion of her performance of the Schumann concerto, they were married in 1957. He died in Barcelona on June 30th, 1987.

VIVA ESPANIA!!!