play time 7:06 minutes
Escenas andaluzas
1. Bolero
Tomás Bretón y Hernández
Born: December 29, 1850. Salamanca, Spain
Died: December 2, 1923. Madrid, Spain
As a child, Bretón played violin in cafes. He later studied music
in Madrid, Paris, Rome, and Vienna. His stay in Rome strongly
influenced him and, similar to the Spanish composer Ruperto
Chapí, he made an effort to modernize Spanish music by
incorporating European form and structure.
In 1901 he became the conductor of the Madrid Opera and in
1903 was appointed the director of the Madrid Conservatory.
His harmonic language was advanced for the time, particularly
in his chamber works. He was a champion of the Zarzuela, a
Spanish operatic form, composing more than thirty. "La
Verbena de la Paloma" (1894) remains the most popular.
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