[Sheet music] José Lidón (1748-1827) - Concierto de Trompa obligada

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Composer: José Lidón (1748-1827)
Work: Concierto de Trompa obligada
Software: Sibelius + Instruments samples
World Premiere: Yes
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José Lidón Blázquez
(Béjar, Salamanca, 2 June 1748 - Madrid, 11 February 1827)

Spanish composer and organist. He was first taught by his father, organist of the parish church of S María, Béjar, then in 1758 entered the Real Colegio de Niños Cantores in Madrid. He became second organist at Orense Cathedral and, from 1768, fourth organist at the royal chapel in Madrid. In 1771 he was appointed ‘maestro de estilo italiano’ of the choristers at the Real Colegio and in 1787 was made first organist and assistant master at the royal chapel. From 1780 to 1792 he also worked for the house of Osuna as a composer and harpsichord teacher to the Duchess of Benavente and directed her private orchestra. The orchestra's repertory included works by Haydn, who, from 1783, was contracted to send all his compositions to the duchess. In 1805 Lidón was appointed master of the royal chapel and rector of the Colegio de Niños Cantores, succeeding Antonio Ugena. He retained his post during the Napoleonic invasion (1808-14), as a result of which Fernando VII, although confirming his duties in 1814 as chapel master and rector, demoted him to a lower category, thereby preventing his participation in the music of the royal household. Among his pupils were Joaquín Asiain, Pedro Carrera y Lanchares, Ramón Garay, Melchor López and Lidón's nephews Alfonso, Andrés and Mariano. Lidón was one of the most important Spanish composers of his generation. He composed over 70 sacred works, of which only his Ave maris stella for four voices and strings has been published. His keyboard works, which number more than 40, include versos, glosas, tientos or intentos (some in three sections), preludes, fugues and sonatas. Some of the sonatas are in binary form while others develop ‘en forma de versos’ or are made up of a prelude and variation on a pre-existant hymn. His keyboard music contains a mixture of tradition and modernity: plainchant themes and imitative motifs, though with a profusion of melodic repetition typical of the galant style. Some of his works, such as the Sonata de sexto tono, could be considered close to the pre-Romantic aesthetic. Lidón's heroic drama Glaura y Cariolano (1791) is notable as an attempt to create an Italian opera seria in Spanish. The plot is based on an episode from the conquest of Chile. The work, which is in two acts, is written in a deliberately simple style, using a vocal quartet and orchestra but without choruses or dances. Two of Lidón's brothers were also musicians. The elder, Lorenzo Lidón (1740-1795), was organist from 1760 at the monastery of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, where he was known as Fray Lorenzo de Béjar. #ClassicalMusic