![]() ![]() His compositions, especially the Sinfonía castellana and Suite Ingenua, put his orchestration on a par with anything at the time in the twentieth century. He wrote extensively for voice in his quest to present the melodies of his native Burgos to the world. He was hired as a director of a musical review in Burgos at the age of 18. He penned his first composition when he was 14. The sheer volume of his work (he died at 33) was prodigious. Maurice Ravel apparently said of Antonio José: "He will become the Spanish composer of our century", however, his music lay forgotten until the 1980s.īorn in Burgos, Antonio José became a music teacher at a Jesuit school and conducted the city choir in Burgos. Monument marking the centenary of the composer's birthĪntonio José Martínez Palacios (12 December 1902 – 11 October 1936), professionally known as Antonio José, was a Spanish composer.
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