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.

 
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