Federico Mompou i Dencausse (Barcelona, 16 April 1893 – 30 June 1987) was a Spanish Catalan composer and pianist. He is best known for his solo piano music and his songs.
Mompou was born in Barcelona to the lawyer Frederic Mompou and his wife Josefina Dencausse. His brother, Josep Mompou (1888-1968) became a painter. Mompou studied piano at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu] before going to Paris to study with Ferdinand Motte-Lacroix ...
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Federico Mompou i Dencausse (Barcelona, 16 April 1893 – 30 June 1987) was a Spanish Catalan composer and pianist. He is best known for his solo piano music and his songs.
Mompou was born in Barcelona to the lawyer Frederic Mompou and his wife Josefina Dencausse. His brother, Josep Mompou (1888-1968) became a painter. Mompou studied piano at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu] before going to Paris to study with Ferdinand Motte-Lacroix in 1911. Being rather shy, he abandoned a solo career and chose to pursue composition instead. In 1914 he returned to Barcelona, fleeing the war.
His Scènes d'enfants (1915-18) inspired the French critic Émile Vuillermoz to proclaim Mompou the successor to Claude Debussy.
He returned to Paris in 1921, and remained there until 1941 when he once again departed for his native Catalunya, fleeing the German occupation of Paris. In 1957 he married the pianist Carmen Bravo; they had no children.
During his career Mompou received numerous awards,...
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