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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Elliott Goldkind
– Wilfred Josephs
– Robert John Farnon
– Ernest Bloch
– Paolino Vassallo
Dying days:
– Alan Rawsthorne
– Max von Schillings
– Léon Walpot
– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

– Pierre Even (18 Jul)
– Clara Schumann (17 Jul)
– Barney Childs (17 Jul)
– István Anhalt (17 Jul)
– Lowell Dijkstra (17 Jul)
– Lisa Ragsdale (17 Jul)
– Amy Scurria (16 Jul)
– Diana Rotaru (16 Jul)
– Benedictus Buns (16 Jul)
– Johannes Brahms (15 Jul)

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Born: 1882 — Spain

Died: 1973 — Spain

Guitar works inspired in spanish folk traditions, especially from Catalunya. Classical Spanish Style: Tarntelle, Fandanguillo, Danza, etc.

Bartolomé Calatayud was born on the Spanish island of Majorca in 1882, where he began his study of the Classical Guitar at an early age under the guidance of Antonio Mestres. He also studied harmony and composition with the great Majorcan musicologist and composer D. Antonio Noguera. Something of a prodigy, while still in his early teens Calatayud travelled to Valencia on the Spanish mainland, where he met and took lessons from the great maestro, Francisco Tarrega.

A personable young man with great love of life and music, Bartolomé was modest about his musical talents, even though he became a renowned performer at a very early age. Giving concerts throughout Spain, France, Switzerland, Portugal and Algiers, he also toured in South America with Spanish Chorus and Dance groups, but he always returned to his native Majorca. There he established himself as a composer for the guitar and as a teacher, sharing his knowledge with numerous pupils.

While he never achieved the status of Tarrega or his other idol, Fernando Sor, Bartolomé Calatayud nevertheless left a prodigious amount of wonderful music as his legacy. He died in 1973 at the age of 91.

(Contribution by <ashram2eircom.net>.)

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