Joaquim Homs
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Joaquim Homs i Oller (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒu.əˈkim ˈɔms]; 21 or 22 August 1906 – 9 September 2003) was a Spanish composer.
Homs was born in Barcelona, and studied cello until 1922. Afterwards, he educated himself in composition before studying on and off with others from 1931 to 1938. From 1930 to 1936 he studied composition with Roberto Gerhard (Menéndez Aleyxandre and Pizà 2001). He is regarded by one author as not just a Catalan, but also a Spanish composer (Menéndez Aleyxandre 1980), while another source names him only as Catalan (Menéndez Aleyxandre and Pizà 2001).
His early style was characterized by the use of free counterpoint, already moving towards atonality, and beginning in 1954 he began using twelve-tone technique. While his style remained loyal to modernism, his later works no longer adhered to strict twelve-note technique (Menéndez Aleyxandre and Pizà 2001).
He died at his home in Barcelona at the age of 97.
The personal papers of Joaquim Homs are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya.
When asked by the British encyclopedia The World of Music in the mid-1950s what he considered to be his chief works, his answer was:
Duet for Flute and Clarinet (1936)
String Quartet No. 1 (1938)
Violin sonata (1941)
Sonata for oboe and bass clarinet (1942)
Variations on a popular Catalonia theme (1943)
String Quartets No. 2 (1949) and No. 3 (1950)
Poem by J. Carner for voice and piano (1935)
Four psalms for baritone and chamber orchestra (1939)
Ten choral responses (1943)
Choral Mass (1943)
Rhymes for voice and piano (1950) (Anon. n.d.)
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- Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Op. 24 "Sonata Pintoresca": IV. Los Pescadores en Bajo de Guía - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Cancons i danses: Canco i dansa VII - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- En vacances, Vol. 1: Au Chateau et dans le Parc: III. Toto deguise en Suisse d'eglise - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Escenas románticas: Escenas romanticas: No. 1, Mazurka - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Recondita Armonia: II. Andante sostenuto - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- 2 Danzas sobre temas populares españolas, Op. 41: El arbol de Guernica (the Tree of Guernica) - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Preludios vascos: Onazez (Grief) - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Cami de muntanya - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Impresiones de España: Serenata española (Spanish Serenade) - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Record del mar (Memory of the Sea) - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 51: II. Aria. Lento - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Alghe, Op. 12 - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- 4 hommages: No. 1, En Verlaine mineur - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Glossa sobre Au clair de la lune - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- 2 Marchas militares, DLR VIII:2.1-2: March No. 1: Allegretto - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Mujeres españolas (Spanish Women) Series 2, Op. 73: IV. La murciana guapa [the Pretty Girl from Murcia] - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Le chant de la terre: II. Les Semailles - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Combat del somni: No. 1, Damunt de tu només les flors (Dream Battle) [Above you Only Flowers] - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Carousel Waltz (1934) - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- El arca de Noe: V. El gato - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Danzas fantasticas, Op. 22: Orgia (Orgy) [Version for piano] - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- 3 Peces breus: No. 1, Canco de bressol - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Preludios vascos: Ilargitan, emazte-gayanerontz (Singing in the Moonlight) - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Cancons i danses: Canco i dansa VI - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Questo fu il carro della Morte, Op. 2 - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- El poema de una sanluqueña, Op. 28: IV. El Rosario en la Iglesia - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Notes d'estiu, No. 1. El gorg negre (the Black Pond): Notes d'estiu: No. 1, El gorg negre [the Black Pond] - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- 3 Divertimentos: No. 2, Dolce (Version for 2 pianos) - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Piano Suite, Op. 1: I. Prologue - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Ave Maria - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Soirées de Barcelone Suite: IV. Fandanguillo: Allegretto giocoso - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Tocata y fuga, Op. 50: I. Tocata - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- En vacances, Vol. 1: Invocation a Schumann - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- 3 Divertimentos: No. 2, Muy dulce - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Paisajes: La fuente y la campana - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- En la aldea, Poema, DLR VIII:1.1-10: No. 7, La siesta (the Siesta) - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Mallorca, barcarolle, Op. 202 - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Concertino: IV. Allegro vivace - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- 3 Divertimenti: No. 2, Intermezzo, "Notturno": Lentissimo - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
- Nocturne No. 3. Tranquillo, sempre molto rubato: Nocturne No. 3: Tranquillo, sempre molto rubato - The Essential Jordi Masó - Joaquim Homs
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