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Joaquim Serra i Corominas was born in Peralada (Alt Empordà) in 1907 and died fifty years later in Barcelona. The son of Josep Serra i Bonal, he studied with his father, Lluís Millet and Enric Morera and he wrote his first sardana (a typical Catalan dance) in 1923. He won two Concepció Rabell awards, for Trio en mi (1926) and Variacions per a orquestra i piano (1928), in addition to various prizes at the Sant Jordi competitions, specifically for Impressions Camperoles (1926), La Fira, Glossa del ball de gitanes and La presó de Lleida.
He wrote approximately fifty outstanding sardanas, such as La primera volada (1921), Infantívola (1922), Tendresa, Joiosa, Rocaborba and Apassionada (all in 1936). Serra’s posthumous piece of work, Puigsoliu was the best of his symphonic poems.
In 1934, he was appointed artistic director of the Associació de Barcelona radio station. He gave a course on orchestration for brass bands in 1948, which he summarised in his book, Tractat d’Instrumentació per a cobla (Instrumentation for brass bands) in 1957.
Author: Serra, Joaquim
This work as described by its title is a romantic poem starting with passionate spirit and with a long and wide melody full of expressivity. The piano does not have a soloist part, in spite of appearing notoriously, but becomes part of the orchestral element. The central part consists of four soloist interventions of the violin, the clarinet, the flute...
Author: Serra, Joaquim
On examining them and performing them you will appreciate the exquisite savoir faire of Joaquim Serra both as a composer and as an orchestrator.
Author: Serra, Joaquim
On examining them and performing them you will appreciate the exquisite savoir faire of Joaquim Serra both as a composer and as an orchestrator.
Author: Serra, Joaquim
The first of the Tres peces is called Matinal giving a popular air to the piano arpeggios. The second Cançó de Muntanya has clarinet pastoral improvisations. Finally, the third piece called Scherzo is a playful page structured in fugue style
Author: Serra, Joaquim
Trio en mi by Joaquim Serra has a very classical structure as a whole and in the form of each movement: at the first place Sonata, Song at the second place, and Rondó at the third.
Author: Serra, Joaquim
Trio en mi by Joaquim Serra has a very classical structure as a whole and in the form of each movement: at the first place Sonata, Song at the second place, and Rondó at the third.
Author: Serra, Joaquim
Variations for orchestra and piano op. 38 belongs to the symphony/concerto genre, with a brilliant piano part that weaves a continuous discourse through a series of virtuosic sections. It is presented and organised as a theme and five variations that make up an organic whole.