Mompou, Federico (1893-1987)

Spanish pianist and composer. He studied at the Barcelona Conservatory and later in Paris, where Isidore Philipp (1863-1958) was his piano master and Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (1882-1955) taught him composition. He lived at Barcelona again 1914-21, then settled in Paris, returning to Barcelona 1941.

Works Piano 6 Impresiones intimas (1911-14), Scènes d'enfants (1915-18), Suburqis, three Pessebres (1914-17), Canço i dansa, Cants magics, Fêtes lointaines, Six Charmes (1920-21), Dialogues, Three Variations (1921), Dix Préludes (1927-51).

Songs ‘L'hora grisa’, ‘Cançoneta incerta’, ‘Quatre Mélodies’, ‘Le Nuage’, ‘Trois Comptines’.