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Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez-Encina (24 March 1930 – 23 May 2021) was a Spanish classical composer. He was the nephew of two other composers, Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter and is regarded as the most important Spanish composer of the generation of composers designated the Generación del 51.
Cristóbal Halffter fue uno de los compositores más importantes de la Generación del 51, grupo de artistas que renovaron el panorama musical español con la introducción de las técnicas musicales de la vanguardia europea, como el dodecafonismo y el serialismo.
In his career, Halffter has written at least 37 pieces for orchestra, 17 vocal compositions, and at least 10 works for chamber ensembles, as well as works for solo and two pianos. In 1983 King Carlos of Spain awarded him the Gold Medal for Fine Arts.
May 27, 2021 · Composer and conductor Cristóbal Halffter passed away on May 23, 2021 at the age of 91 in Villafranca del Bierzo. Halffter was born in Madrid, Spain and was educated at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid.
May 21, 2018 · Christóbal Halffter (born 1930) was the most prominent of the group of composers who emerged in Spain in the 1950's, rejecting the folk-music orientation of earlier 20th-century Spanish composers and entering into the mainstream of European composition.
Feb 9, 2017 · Cristobal Halffter about the film: "I wrote the "Elegies for the Deaths of 3 Spanish Poets" as a lament for Antonia Machado, Miguel Hernandez and Federico Ga...
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Cristóbal Halffter (1930 -2021) Yes, Speak Out, Yes (UNO-Cantata, 1968), for soprano, baritone, six speakers, two mixed choirs and orchestra (two conductors) Text by Norman Corwin Michael...
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