Joseph Pons (1770-1818) - Sinfonía en si bemol mayor

Moltes felicitats Joseph Pons! 📯🍰

Composer: Joseph Pons (1770-1818)
Work: Sinfonía en si bemol mayor
Performers: Orquesta y Banda Sinfonica La Artistica de BuñoI; David GáIvez (director)

Painting: Antonio Carnicero (1748-1814) - Vista de la Albufera de Valencia (c.1783)
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Engraving: Sieur de Beaulieu - Girone en Catalogne (1659)
Image in high resolution: https://flic.kr/p/26Hw5qU

Further info: https://www.trito.es/es/tienda/f,aut-30515
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Joseph (José, Josep) Pons
(Girona, 8 April 1770 - Valencia, 2 August 1818)

Spanish composer. Son of Pere Pons and Josepha Pons y Mota, he was a choirboy at Girona Cathedral, where he studied with Jaime Balius and probably with Manuel Gonima. In 1789 he is mentioned as ‘a musician of Madrid’. In 1791 he was made choirmaster at Girona Cathedral, and subsequently was appointed vice-choirmaster at Córdoba Cathedral. In 1793 he was named choirmaster of Valencia Cathedral, where he remained until his death. All his known works are religious, apart from a few overtures and symphonies (ed. in The Symphony 1720-1840, ser. F, v, New York, 1983), which were, however, composed for the religious concerts that took place in some cathedrals at the more important feasts. He wrote masses, psalms, Lamentations for Holy Week, motets and villancicos. Particularly noteworthy are his responsories for Christmas. His work survives in several Spanish archives. He was a gifted composer and a solid technician whose individuality emerges more vividly in large-scale works than in small. Pons enjoyed a considerable reputation in his lifetime. #ClassicalMusic