Francesc Rosselló Sintes (1828-1898) - Concert per a Violí i Piano
Performers: Nicolás Sánchez Gilabert (violí); Déborah Monserrat (piano)
Painting: J. V. Paredes (19th Century) - Concierto
Further info: Francesc Rosselló Sintes (1828-1898) - Misa a Tres Voces
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Spanish violinist and composer. He received early lessons from Benet
Andreu Pons (1803-1881) before founding a choral society and the
orchestra of the Círculo Católico de Ciutadella, the first one in
Menorca and the most prominent for a long time. From 1881 he worked as
chapel master of the Cathedral of Ciutadella, in a post he held until
1889. This period was the most fruitful as a composer writing dozens of
religious works, many of them spreaded beyond the Balearic Islands. In
this sense, he was known as the master 'Roussó', for his extraordinary
musical service in favor of the city. His last years he retired from
music and worked in the Pere Cortés i Cia. Shoes Store managing the
correspondence and accounting of the factory. As a composer, he was
mainly known for his popular three-act "sarsuela" Foc i Fum (1885). It
has an old fashioned charm far removed from Madrid's sainetes of the
time; though thoroughly Donizettian in mode, it does employ a
traditional Menorcan town band and rustic pipe and tabor music.
