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Francisco Alonso

January 08, 2024

For the Mexican wrestling promoter, see Paco Alonso.

Francisco Alonso López (9 May 1887 – 18 May 1948) was a Spanish composer of popular theatre music and zarzuelas.[1][2]

Francisco Alonso in 1927.

Alonso's music is funny, cheerful, easy melody and with a popular accent. He excelled in pasodobles and chotis, which he impressed with grace and ease. Many of his works are still highly valued, as the pasacalle Los Nardos, the chotis El Pichi, both from Las Leandras, the chotis Tabaco and cerillas from the revue Las de Villadiego or the song Maitechu mía (both with lyrics by Emilio González del Castillo). He wrote also two pasodobles for fiestas in the city of Alicante, Les Fogueres de Sant Joan, titled La festa del poble, premiered in 1934, and La Nit de San Joan 1934, a pasodoble foguerer for band, chorus and bass soloist. He also was elected president of the General Society of Authors of Spain.

Childhood and early youth edit

Francisco Alonso was born in Granada, where he received his early education from the Piarists. As the son of a pianist, Alonso was interested in music from early childhood. His mother supported him when, unable to overcome the dissection classes[clarification needed], he abandoned a career in medicine for musical studies. He studied music initially with Antonio Segura, and later with Celestino Villa, choirmaster of the Cathedral of Granada.

Alonso's first compositions were created for the Escuelas del Ave María (founder Andrés Manjón). Later, he wrote music for ballroom dances such as polkas, mazurkas, and waltzes. When he was 16 years old, he led the band of the powder workers of the El Fargue district of Granada, and later created a choir at the Philharmonic Society of Granada that performed several concerts in Granada. At age 18 he premiered his first opera with La Niña de los Cantares, performed at the Teatro Cervantes in 1905. At that time he also became the director of the regimental band of Córdoba, for whom he composed his well-known pasodoble Pólvora sin Humo.

In Madrid edit

His mother and father died in 1905 and 1908 respectively and Alonso decided to move to Madrid to focus on making the most of the better musical opportunities offered by the capital. After a banquet and tribute offered by his colleagues on 12 March, he bid farewell to Granada in 1911.

He arrived in Madrid with 600 pesetas in his pocket and initially devoted himself to writing cuplés, then very fashionable, for stars of the time as La Fornarina, Resurrección Quijano, Pastora Imperio, La Bella Chelito and La Goya. But he met only modest success for his stage works as the one act sainete ¡Armas al Hombro! with the composer Tomás López Torregrosa, which premiered at the Teatro Martín on 13 November 1911. In 1913 El Bueno de Guzmán premiered with the librettist and composer es:Enrique García Álvarez.

Alonso had to wait until 1916 for his first real success with the revue Música, Luz y Alegría, which premiered at the Teatro Novedades de Madrid. In 1918 he premiered a lyrical fantasy De Madrid al Infierno, with the chotis Oye Nicanora which was repeatedly encored by the audience. He showed more maturity in his orchestration in Las Corsarias, premiered at the Teatro Martín in 1919, that included the pasodoble La Banderita which became extremely popular in Spain, was sung by soldiers who were off to the Rif War of Africa, so that even the king Alfonso XIII was heard singing it while shaving, the more than twenty thousand performances of the work since its premiere by the company of Salvador Videgain made the maestro one of the great composers of the time, achieving even a decoration for the flag. From this time the Master is free to compose at will. His works met the same success in many countries of Latin America and Alonso was able to stage some of his works in Paris.

In 1924, came a consecutive series of successes starting with La Linda Tapada, premiered at the Teatro Cómico and included the popular Canción del Gitano, followed by La Bejarana premiered the same year at the Teatro Apolo and that was equally popular for its Pasodoble de los Quintos. At this time Alonso took inspiration from folk music of the various regions of Spain as in Curro el de Lora with its Andalusian atmosphere to a libretto by es:Luis Fernandez Ardavín, released in 1925, but which met with little success despite its excellent score. At the Teatro de la Zarzuela in the same year he premiered La Calesera, with a Madrid ambience, and featuring Pasodoble de los Chisperos and Himno a la Libertad. La Parranda set in Murcia opened in 1937. This included the Canción del Platero and the Canto a Murcia which became a popular anthem of the region. In La Picarona (1931), set in Segovia, its Canto a Segovia stood out.

Paco Alonso not only composed operettas, but was a versatile author who created many sketches and revues. Of those released in 1927 in es:Teatro Eslava Las Castigadoras, featuring the Chotis de las Taquimecas and Las Cariñosas. The next year followed Chotis de la Lola.

But his greatest success in the field of the revue came in 1931 with Las Leandras premiered at the Teatro Pavón and written especially for the star Celia Gámez who scored an enormous hit with Pasodoble de los Nardos and the chotis El Pichi.

Until the Spanish Civil War he premiered mainly revues like Las de Villadiego, Las de los Ojos en Blanco which include the pasodoble Horchatera Valenciana, Mujeres de Fuego and some zarzuelas like Me Llaman la Presumida (1935).

After the war the love of zarzuela fell into a deep decline and although Alonso premiered Manuelita Rosas, and La Zapaterita focussing on operetta and musical comedy with which he had some success as Doña Mariquita de mi Corazón (1942), Luna de Miel en El Cairo (1943), Aquella Noche Azul and Tres Días Para Quererte, (both 1945).

In 1947 he was elected as director of the Society of Authors and Publishers. While convalescing from an operation for retinal detachment he premiered 24 Horas Mintiendo a comedy written by es:Francisco Ramos de Castro. After his death at his home on Calle Sagasta, Madrid, in 1948, he was buried in a massive funeral. His posthumous La Rumbosa, a lyrical sainete opened in 1951.

Works edit

 
Bust in Madrid
Zarzuela:
  • La bejarana.(1923)
  • La linda tapada.(1924) The veiled pretty girl
  • es:La calesera. (1925)
  • es:La Parranda. (1928) The spree
  • La Picarona (1930) The naughty girl
  • es:Me llaman la presumida (1935) They called me the presumed
  • Rosa, La pantalonera (1939) Rose, the trouser girl
  • Manuelita Rosas (1941)
  • La zapaterita.(1941)
  • La mejor del puerto (1928) The best in the port
  • Coplas de Ronda (1929) couplets of Ronda
  • Curro el de Lora (1926)
  • La rumbosa (1951) The lavish girl
Revistas and comedias:
  • Las lloronas. (1928). The mourners.
  • Las cariñosas. (1930) The affectionate.
  • ¡Por si las moscas! (1929) Just in case!
  • es:Las corsarias (1919). The female corsairs
  • es:Las castigadoras (1927). The punishing women
  • Me acuesto a las ocho (1930). I go to bed at eight
  • es:Las Leandras (1931).
  • es:Las de Villadiego (1933). Those from Villadiego
  • Las mujeres bonitas (1933). Beautiful women
  • es:Luna de miel en El Cairo (1943). Honeymoon in Cairo
  • es:Mi costilla es un hueso (1933)My rib is a bone
  • Las de armas tomar (1935) The take up of arms
  • ¿Qué pasa en Cadiz? (1932) What's happening in Cadiz?
  • Mujeres de fuego (1933) Women of Fire
  • es:Doña Mariquita de mi corazón (1942) Mrs. Ladybug is my heart
  • Campanas a vuelo (1931) Bells to Flight
  • El Ceñidor de Diana (1929) The Sash of Diana
  • De Madrid al Infierno (1916) From Madrid to Hell
  • Música, Luz y Alegría Music, Light and Joy

References edit

  1. ^ Tomás Marco - Spanish music in the twentieth century - Page 98 1993 "In a more purposeful way than Luna, Alonso decided to move the zarzuela closer to the revue, a genre he considered more likely than operetta to become acclimated to Spanish soil. He achieved lasting success with Las corsarias (1919)... Las bravias continued along the same line, but Alonso later went back to a more traditional zarzuela format with La linda tapada (1924), a work of undoubted quality. The regional zarzuela — Castilian peasants this time — appeared in La Bejarana (1924), from which a number of songs still survive; and in the Murcian zarzuela La Parranda (1928), which has also endured. Still, Alonso's masterwork is La Calesera (1925), which evokes the city of Madrid and popular culture, as well as a wider Spanish feeling, recalling the political battles of the nineteenth century..."
  2. ^ Vincent J. Cincotta - Zarzuela, the Spanish lyric theatre: a complete reference 2003 "During his 48-year career, Alonso composed the music for 74 zarzuelas and sainetes liricos, 72 operettas and musical revues, 32 lyrical entremeses and other short musical pieces for the theatre, ..."

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For the Mexican wrestling promoter see Paco Alonso Francisco Alonso Lopez 9 May 1887 18 May 1948 was a Spanish composer of popular theatre music and zarzuelas 1 2 Francisco Alonso in 1927 Alonso s music is funny cheerful easy melody and with a popular accent He excelled in pasodobles and chotis which he impressed with grace and ease Many of his works are still highly valued as the pasacalle Los Nardos the chotis El Pichi both from Las Leandras the chotis Tabaco and cerillas from the revue Las de Villadiego or the song Maitechu mia both with lyrics by Emilio Gonzalez del Castillo He wrote also two pasodobles for fiestas in the city of Alicante Les Fogueres de Sant Joan titled La festa del poble premiered in 1934 and La Nit de San Joan 1934 a pasodoble foguerer for band chorus and bass soloist He also was elected president of the General Society of Authors of Spain Contents 1 Childhood and early youth 2 In Madrid 3 Works 4 References 5 External linksChildhood and early youth editFrancisco Alonso was born in Granada where he received his early education from the Piarists As the son of a pianist Alonso was interested in music from early childhood His mother supported him when unable to overcome the dissection classes clarification needed he abandoned a career in medicine for musical studies He studied music initially with Antonio Segura and later with Celestino Villa choirmaster of the Cathedral of Granada Alonso s first compositions were created for the Escuelas del Ave Maria founder Andres Manjon Later he wrote music for ballroom dances such as polkas mazurkas and waltzes When he was 16 years old he led the band of the powder workers of the El Fargue district of Granada and later created a choir at the Philharmonic Society of Granada that performed several concerts in Granada At age 18 he premiered his first opera with La Nina de los Cantares performed at the Teatro Cervantes in 1905 At that time he also became the director of the regimental band of Cordoba for whom he composed his well known pasodoble Polvora sin Humo In Madrid editHis mother and father died in 1905 and 1908 respectively and Alonso decided to move to Madrid to focus on making the most of the better musical opportunities offered by the capital After a banquet and tribute offered by his colleagues on 12 March he bid farewell to Granada in 1911 He arrived in Madrid with 600 pesetas in his pocket and initially devoted himself to writing cuples then very fashionable for stars of the time as La Fornarina Resurreccion Quijano Pastora Imperio La Bella Chelito and La Goya But he met only modest success for his stage works as the one act sainete Armas al Hombro with the composer Tomas Lopez Torregrosa which premiered at the Teatro Martin on 13 November 1911 In 1913 El Bueno de Guzman premiered with the librettist and composer es Enrique Garcia Alvarez Alonso had to wait until 1916 for his first real success with the revue Musica Luz y Alegria which premiered at the Teatro Novedades de Madrid In 1918 he premiered a lyrical fantasy De Madrid al Infierno with the chotis Oye Nicanora which was repeatedly encored by the audience He showed more maturity in his orchestration in Las Corsarias premiered at the Teatro Martin in 1919 that included the pasodoble La Banderita which became extremely popular in Spain was sung by soldiers who were off to the Rif War of Africa so that even the king Alfonso XIII was heard singing it while shaving the more than twenty thousand performances of the work since its premiere by the company of Salvador Videgain made the maestro one of the great composers of the time achieving even a decoration for the flag From this time the Master is free to compose at will His works met the same success in many countries of Latin America and Alonso was able to stage some of his works in Paris In 1924 came a consecutive series of successes starting with La Linda Tapada premiered at the Teatro Comico and included the popular Cancion del Gitano followed by La Bejarana premiered the same year at the Teatro Apolo and that was equally popular for its Pasodoble de los Quintos At this time Alonso took inspiration from folk music of the various regions of Spain as in Curro el de Lora with its Andalusian atmosphere to a libretto by es Luis Fernandez Ardavin released in 1925 but which met with little success despite its excellent score At the Teatro de la Zarzuela in the same year he premiered La Calesera with a Madrid ambience and featuring Pasodoble de los Chisperos and Himno a la Libertad La Parranda set in Murcia opened in 1937 This included the Cancion del Platero and the Canto a Murcia which became a popular anthem of the region In La Picarona 1931 set in Segovia its Canto a Segovia stood out Paco Alonso not only composed operettas but was a versatile author who created many sketches and revues Of those released in 1927 in es Teatro Eslava Las Castigadoras featuring the Chotis de las Taquimecas and Las Carinosas The next year followed Chotis de la Lola But his greatest success in the field of the revue came in 1931 with Las Leandras premiered at the Teatro Pavon and written especially for the star Celia Gamez who scored an enormous hit with Pasodoble de los Nardos and the chotis El Pichi Until the Spanish Civil War he premiered mainly revues like Las de Villadiego Las de los Ojos en Blanco which include the pasodoble Horchatera Valenciana Mujeres de Fuego and some zarzuelas like Me Llaman la Presumida 1935 After the war the love of zarzuela fell into a deep decline and although Alonso premiered Manuelita Rosas and La Zapaterita focussing on operetta and musical comedy with which he had some success as Dona Mariquita de mi Corazon 1942 Luna de Miel en El Cairo 1943 Aquella Noche Azul and Tres Dias Para Quererte both 1945 In 1947 he was elected as director of the Society of Authors and Publishers While convalescing from an operation for retinal detachment he premiered 24 Horas Mintiendo a comedy written by es Francisco Ramos de Castro After his death at his home on Calle Sagasta Madrid in 1948 he was buried in a massive funeral His posthumous La Rumbosa a lyrical sainete opened in 1951 Works edit nbsp Bust in MadridZarzuela La bejarana 1923 La linda tapada 1924 The veiled pretty girl es La calesera 1925 es La Parranda 1928 The spree La Picarona 1930 The naughty girl es Me llaman la presumida 1935 They called me the presumed Rosa La pantalonera 1939 Rose the trouser girl Manuelita Rosas 1941 La zapaterita 1941 La mejor del puerto 1928 The best in the port Coplas de Ronda 1929 couplets of Ronda Curro el de Lora 1926 La rumbosa 1951 The lavish girlRevistas and comedias Las lloronas 1928 The mourners Las carinosas 1930 The affectionate Por si las moscas 1929 Just in case es Las corsarias 1919 The female corsairs es Las castigadoras 1927 The punishing women Me acuesto a las ocho 1930 I go to bed at eight es Las Leandras 1931 es Las de Villadiego 1933 Those from Villadiego Las mujeres bonitas 1933 Beautiful women es Luna de miel en El Cairo 1943 Honeymoon in Cairo es Mi costilla es un hueso 1933 My rib is a bone Las de armas tomar 1935 The take up of arms Que pasa en Cadiz 1932 What s happening in Cadiz Mujeres de fuego 1933 Women of Fire es Dona Mariquita de mi corazon 1942 Mrs Ladybug is my heart Campanas a vuelo 1931 Bells to Flight El Cenidor de Diana 1929 The Sash of Diana De Madrid al Infierno 1916 From Madrid to Hell Musica Luz y Alegria Music Light and JoyReferences edit Tomas Marco Spanish music in the twentieth century Page 98 1993 In a more purposeful way than Luna Alonso decided to move the zarzuela closer to the revue a genre he considered more likely than operetta to become acclimated to Spanish soil He achieved lasting success with Las corsarias 1919 Las bravias continued along the same line but Alonso later went back to a more traditional zarzuela format with La linda tapada 1924 a work of undoubted quality The regional zarzuela Castilian peasants this time appeared in La Bejarana 1924 from which a number of songs still survive and in the Murcian zarzuela La Parranda 1928 which has also endured Still Alonso s masterwork is La Calesera 1925 which evokes the city of Madrid and popular culture as well as a wider Spanish feeling recalling the political battles of the nineteenth century Vincent J Cincotta Zarzuela the Spanish lyric theatre a complete reference 2003 During his 48 year career Alonso composed the music for 74 zarzuelas and sainetes liricos 72 operettas and musical revues 32 lyrical entremeses and other short musical pieces for the theatre External links edithttp www maestroalonso com http www zarzuela net com alonso htm Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francisco Alonso amp oldid 1161877557, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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