Antonio José

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Antonio José (December 12, 1902 – October 11, 1936) was a Spanish composer.

He was born Antonio José Martínez Palacios in Burgos, but later dropped his surnames. He became a music teacher at a Jesuit school, and conducted the city choir in Burgos. His friends included Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí. Maurice Ravel apparently said of Antonio José: "He will become the Spanish composer of our century." Nevertheless, Antonio José's music lay forgotten until the 1980s. His most famous work is the Sonata for guitar.

Antonio-José met the same fate as Lorca - he was executed by a Falangist firing squad in 1936 at Estepar (Burgos).

[edit] References

• Gilardino, Angelo (1990). Introduction to Antonio José Sonata. Ancona: Berbèn.