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Ricard Lamote de Grignon (1899-
1962), composer
Ricard Lamote de Grignon was born in Barcelona into a family many of
whose members were well-known musicians: he himself was teacher,
conductor and composer, and a member of the circle of the eight
Independent Composers of Catalonia. It is probably in the realm
of the miniature that the composer's sensitivity is best appreciated. In the
works presented here we can found nationalist echoes in the triptych
Monocromies, an evocative, colourist work which illustrates
perfectly the composer's aesthetic viewpoint. These echoes are to be seen
mostly in the outer movements, with their dance-like airs, above all the
final movement with its strong, forceful drive and clearly Hispanic flavour.
He was in prision after the Spanish civil war acused to be composed
revolutionary music, seeing his music censured during
those years.