José Brocá y Codina (in Catalan: Antoni Josep Mateu Brocà i Codina) (21 September 1805 – 3 February 1882) was a Spanish guitarist and composer of the Romantic period.
Life and music
editBrocá was born in Reus, province of Tarragona. Mainly self-taught on the guitar, he also studied briefly with Dionisio Aguado. He was reputed to have been an excellent performer on his instrument.[1] As a teacher based in Barcelona, his best-known pupils included Felipe Pedrell and José Ferrer who both dedicated compositions to him (and vice versa). He was a friend to Julián Arcas.
In his teaching, Brocá used Aguado's method.[2] Brocá died in Barcelona.
Brocá composed around twenty works for the guitar; Bone (1914/54) singles out his opus 19 (Fantasia and Tone Poem) as his "principal guitar composition".[3] Brocá's music was praised for its elegance and its stylistic proximity to Tárrega's, despite being several decades older.
Compositions for guitar
editDates after online catalogue of Biblioteca Nacional de España.
- El destino. Fantasía para guitarra (1864)
- El cortesano. Schotisch (1864)
- Andante sentimental (1870)
- Andante (1885)
- El catalán. Vals (1885)
- Fantasía (1886)
- Recuerdo triste. Melodía (1886)
- Crepúsculos. Tres valses 81886)
- El último canto. Fantasía con variaciones (1886)
- Recuerdos juveniles. Tres valses (1886)
- Tres piezas fáciles (1886)
- Albores. Tres valses (1886)
- El veloz. Vals (1886)
- El elegante. Vals (1886)
- El patinador. Schotisch (1886)
- La amistad. Fantasía con variaciones (1886)
- Fantasía (1886)
- Una flor. Mazurka (1886)
- Pensamiento español (1886)
- El ay. Vals (1886)
- Un adiós (1886)
- Alegreto (1886)