José Gonzalo Zulaica (10 January 1886 in San Sebastián, Spain – 30 August 1956), better known by his pen nameAita Donostia (Father Donostia or Father San Sebastian, because he was a priest born in San Sebastian, Donostia in the Basque language), was a Spanish and Basque musicologist and composer.[1] He was also known as José Antonio de Donostia.[2]
Aita Donostia in 1930
From 1936 to 1943 he was in exile in France.
His most popular work is the Basque Preludes, a set of fifteen piano pieces inspired by Basque traditional music, arranged in a very romantic way, that reminds Robert Schumann's and Edvard Grieg's styles.
Selected discography
Ahots eta pianorako musika (I) - Complete music for voice and piano
Ahots eta pianorako musika (II)
Ahots eta pianorako musika (III) Almudena Ortega, soprano and Josu Okiñena, piano NB001 2005
Ahots eta pianorako musika (IV) Almudena Ortega, soprano and Josu Okiñena, piano NB002 2006
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