Manuel Quiroga Losada
Manuel Quiroga Losada (15 April 1892 – 19 April 1961) was a Spanish violinist. He was described by music critics as "the finest successor of Pablo de Sarasate", and he is sometimes referred to as "Sarasate's spiritual heir". Enrique Granados, Eugène Ysaÿe (whose sixth Solo Sonata is dedicated to Quiroga) and other composers dedicated compositions to him. Violinists Ysaÿe, Fritz Kreisler, George Enescu, Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz, as well as composers such as Igor Stravinsky and Jean Sibelius, held Quiroga's artistry in great regard. Portuguese cellist Guilhermina Suggia described his playing of Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata as "marvellous and flawless". Quiroga was also a composer of two violin concertos, sets of variations, studies and smaller violin pieces, and cadenzas to major concertos from the core repertoire. He was the first to extensively use Galician nationalistic folklore as the basis of classical music compositions, and he was also a caricaturist and portraitist in oil and charcoal. In 1937, Quiroga was involved in a traffic accident in New York City, which left him with a paralysed arm and ended his playing career. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 15, 1892 (Pontevedra), Died April 19, 1961 (Pontevedra)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1912 - 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, composer, arranger
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-45056 | 10-in. | 5/23/1928 | Segunda guajira | Manuel Quiroga Losada | Violin solo, with piano | composer, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BVE-45057 | 10-in. | 5/23/1928 | Danza española | Manuel Quiroga Losada | Violin solo, with piano | arranger, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BVE-45058 | 10-in. | 5/23/1928 | Rondalla | Manuel Quiroga Losada | Violin solo, with piano | composer, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BVE-45059 | 10-in. | 5/23/1928 | Canto amoroso | Manuel Quiroga Losada | Violin solo, with piano | composer, instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 17178u | 10-in. | 4/18/1912 | Miramar | Manuel Quiroga Losada | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 17283u | 10-in. | 6/27/1912 | Jota navarra | Manuel Quiroga Losada | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Quiroga Losada, Manuel," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116881.
Quiroga Losada, Manuel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116881.
"Quiroga Losada, Manuel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Wikipedia: Manuel Quiroga
Discogs: Manuel Quiroga Losada
IMSLP: Manuel Quiroga Losada
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Quiroga Losada, Manuel, 1892-1961 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2002025655
Wikidata: Manuel Quiroga - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q447701
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/79200216
MusicBrainz: Manuel Quiroga - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9415b49-415c-4691-9f7e-24da232c0324
Getty ULAN: Quiroga Losada, Manuel - http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500037481
ISNI: 0000 0000 8029 1717 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000080291717
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