Generación_del_51
Generación del 51
Designation for one of a series of "generations" of Spanish composers
Generación del 51 is a designation for one of a series of "generations" of Spanish composers, identifying a group born between 1924 and 1938.
Members of this group of composers from the Basque and Castilian-speaking regions of Spain include:[1]
- Carmelo Alonso Bernaola (1929–2002)
- Miguel Alonso (1925–2002)
- Ángel Arteaga (1928–1984)
- Cristóbal Halffter (1930–2021)
- Ramón Barce (1928–2008)
- Agustín Bertomeu (born 1929)
- Amando Blanquer (1935–2005)
- Francisco Calés (1925–1985)
- Manuel Castillo (1930–2005)
- Juan José Falcón Sanabria (born 1936)
- Antón García Abril (1933–2021)
- Agustín González Acilu (born 1929)
- Juan Hidalgo (1927–2018)
- Ángel Oliver (1937–2005)
- Luis de Pablo (1930–2021)
- Claudio Prieto (1934–2015)
In their earlier works, members of this generation tended toward the avant-garde, with post-Webernian serialism evident in the work of Halffter and Luis de Pablo in particular. By the end of the 1970s a mellowing of their language becomes apparent, and during the 1980s many of them began to turn to tonality of one sort or another.[1]
The Catalan members of this generation are associated with the reforming and renewing tendencies that emerged after the post-Civil War isolation:[2][1]
- Xavier Benguerel i Godó (1931–2017)
- Joan Guinjoan (1931–2019)
- Josep Mestres Quadreny (1929–2021)
- Josep Soler i Sardà (1935-2022)
Soler's compositional palette involves serial techniques, and he is particularly noted for his dramatic music.[1]