Manuel Penella Moreno

Manuel Penella Moreno (July 31, 1880, in Valencia – January 24, 1939, in Cuernavaca) was a Spanish composer. His father was the composer Manuel Penella Raga. His daughter Magdalena Penella Silva married the politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso; through her, he was the grandfather of actresses Emma Penella, Elisa Montés and Terele Pávez. Although his most popular work at home and abroad is the oft-revived opera española El gato montés (a special favourite of Plácido Domingo, who has revived it several times and recorded it for Deutsche Grammophon), several of his other works still enjoy popularity in Spain and the Spanish-speaking world, notably the chamber opera Don Gil de Alcalá (scored in Mexican style for strings and harp), some of his revues and the ambitious, late zarzuela La malquerida (1935), based on the masterpiece by Jacinto Benavente.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 31, 1880 (Valencia), Died 1939 (Cuernavaca)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1910 - 1933

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, leader, songwriter, lyricist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 43 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-34646	10-in.	2/24/1926	Conchita	Margarita Cueto	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-36399	10-in.	10/8/1926	Conchita	International Band	Band	composer
Victor	BAVE-44591	10-in.	Summer 1929	Linda blanquita	Orquesta Adolfo Carabelli	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BVE-48997	10-in.	5/6/1929	El gato montés	Los Gauchos Orquesta Argentina	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BVE-55816	10-in.	8/29/1929	El gondolero	A. Fernández Alba	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BAVE-60436	10-in.	Fall 1930	El alma de Portugal	Orquesta Típica J. Guido	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-62173	10-in.	5/28/1930	Canción del pajarero	Margarita Cueto	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	21670	10-in.	approximately July 1912	La españolita : Canción	Emilia Vergeri	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	21796	10-in.	August 1915	Las musas latinas : La navaja en la liga	Teresita Calvó	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	48280	10-in.	either 1916 or 1917	El gondolero (Barcarola)	José Limón	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	82794	10-in.	either December 1919 or January 1920	El negro zampagüita : Canción y baile	Manuel Noriega	Male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	93239	10-in.	either 1921 or 1922	El florero : Pregón	Conchita Piquer	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	93240	10-in.	either 1921 or 1922	Canción gitana	Conchita Piquer	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	93241	10-in.	either 1921 or 1922	La rumba de rumbo : Canción	Conchita Piquer	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	93273	10-in.	either 1921 or 1922	Frivolina : Couplet de los gansos	Conchita Piquer	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W96764	10-in.	approximately 1928	El gato montés	Banda Española	Band	composer
Columbia	W97022	10-in.	March 1929	El gondolero : Canción veneciana	Julián Mario Oliver	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	W401923	10-in.	5/27/1929	Por tus ojos	Ramírez y Rivas	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
OKeh	W402238	10-in.	1/16/1929	Si, pero no!	Medellín y Valles	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	composer
OKeh	W402247	10-in.	1/18/1929	Pobre nací	Ramírez y Medellín	Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	composer
OKeh	W402249	10-in.	1/18/1929	Ricarda	Rivas y Medellín	Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Brunswick	E29651	10-in.	4/8/1929	El bandolero	Los Castilians ; José Moriche	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E37119	10-in.	8/31/1931	El florero	Pilar Arcos ; Orquesta Continental ; Victor Young	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	6299	10-in.	7/22/1918	El gondolero	Emilia Vergeri	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6547	10-in.	1/3/1919	Canción del ruiseñor	Consuelo Escobar de Castro	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

(Results 1-25 of 43 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Penella Moreno, Manuel," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104398.

Penella Moreno, Manuel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104398.

"Penella Moreno, Manuel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.