Pedro Albéniz y Basanta (1795-1855)
- Ofertorio para Organo
Performers: Guy Bovet (organ)
Further info: Historical organs
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Spanish pianist, composer and teacher. He was the son of Mateo Pérez de
Albéniz (c.1755-1831), a keyboard player and composer, from whom he
received his first music lessons. Later he went to Paris for further
training; he studied piano with Henri Herz and composition with
Friedrich Kalkbrenner, and became a friend of Rossini. Upon his return
to Spain he was organist at the church of S María in San Sebastián, and
later at a church in Logroño. When Queen María Cristina founded the
Madrid Conservatory he was appointed a professor, on 17 June 1830, and
in 1834 he became organist of the royal chapel. He gave private
instruction to Queen Isabel II, and was the first to introduce modern
methods of keyboard technique and pedagogy into Spain. Although his
compositions are of little interest, and are generally inferior to his
father’s sonatas, he wrote a Método completo para piano (Madrid, 1840),
which was the official textbook of the Madrid Conservatory. He is not
related to Isaac Albéniz.
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