Eduard Toldrà

Eduard Toldrà Soler (; Vilanova i la Geltrú 7 April 1895 – Barcelona, 31 May 1962) was a Spanish Catalan composer and conductor. Toldrà played an important role in the Culture of Barcelona. In 1944 he founded the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra at the Palau de la Música Catalana, where his deputy in 1957 was his friend Ricardo Lamote de Grignon. Toldrà was a regular juror on the Maria Canals International Music Competition. His students included Antoni Ros-Marbà and Xavier Montsalvatge. The personal papers of Eduard Toldrà are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya. Works :translation of ca.wikipedia listing Theatrical * 1924 four musical illustrations for the play de Lluís Masriera: Un idil·li prop del cel o, pel juny, carabasses. * 1928 El giravolt de maig – The May Sunflower, comic opera in one act with libretto by Josep Carner * 1951 Oh, Tossa!, hymn for the theatrical spectacle by Joan Oliver: Quasi un paradís – almost paradise. Chamber music * 1914 Quartet in C minor, for string quartet * 1920 Vistes al mar – sea views, for string quartet, later arranged for chamber orchestra * 1921 Six sonnets, for violin and piano. One of them, Ave Maria, also adapted for orchestra * 1931 Le