Julián Bautista

Julián Bautista (21 April 1901 – 8 July 1961) was a Spanish composer and conductor. He was a member of Generation of '27 and the Group of Eight, the latter of which also included composers Jesús Bal y Gay, Ernesto Halffter and his brother Rodolfo, Juan José Mantecón, Fernando Remacha, Rosa García Ascot, Salvador Bacarisse and Gustavo Pittaluga. He composed the soundtracks to 37 movies in addition to more than 30 other classical works. He worked actively as a conductor with such orchestras as the Madrid Symphony Orchestra and the Spanish National Orchestra.

Bautista was the son of Julián Bautista Swartz and Ventura Cachaza Vázquez. He began studying solfège at the age of 7 and piano at the age of 11 with Pilar Fernández de la Mora. At the age of 14 he began taking courses in harmony, counterpoint, and fugue at the Madrid Royal Conservatory where he was a pupil of Conrado del Campo.

In 1940 he emigrated to Argentina, where he lived in Buenos Aires.

Works

Sonata para Piano y Violin, 1918–20 Cuarteto para cuerdas, 1918–20 Canciones sobre Poesias de Bécquer, 1918–20 Dos Impresiones Sinfónicas, 1918–20 Interior, a lyrical drama by Maurice Maeterlinck, 1920 La Flute de Jade, 1921 Dos Canciones, 1921 Juerga y Suite de Danzas, 1921 Colores, 1921–22 Premier Cuarteto de Cuerdas, 1922–23 Sonatina-Trio, 1924 Segundo Cuarteto de Cuerdas, 1926 Tres Preludios Japoneses, 1927 Perludio y Danza, 1928 Suite all'Antica, 1932

Obertura para una Opera Grotesca, 1932 Estrambote, 1933 Primera Sonata concertata a Quattro, 1933–34 Sonata a Tres, 1934–36 Concierto para Piano y Orquestra, 1934–36 Don Perlimplin, 1934–36 Tres Ciudades, 1937 Camino de la Felicidad, 1937–38 Seconda Sonata concertata a Quattro, 1938–39 Fantasia Espanola, 1945 Catro Poemas Galegos, 1946 Sinfonía breve, 1956 Romance del Rey Don Rodrigo, 1956 Segunda Sinfonía "Ricordiana", 1957 Tercer Cuarteto de Cuerdas, 1958

Selected filmography

• An Evening of Love (1943)
• Our Natacha (1944)
• The Phantom Lady (1945)
• Back in the Seventies (1945)
• The Earring (1951)
• Suburb (1951)
• Don't Ever Open That Door (1952)

External links

• Julián Bautista: website dedicated to his life and work