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La oración del torero (The bullfighter's Prayer), Op. 34 , is a quartet for four lutes composed by Joaquín Turina from March 31 to May 6, 1925. In 1927, Turina made an arrangement of the work for string orchestra. The composer was inspired by the vision of a bullfighter praying in a chapel near the arena before going out to fight. It was published in 1926 by Unión Musical Española.
Index 1 History 2 Structure 3 References 4 External links History The original version of the prayer of the bullfighter was written for quartet of lutes and was dedicated to the brothers Aguilar, who collaborated in the composition. 1 Said group consisted of two laudines, lute and lute . From May 7 to 13, 1925 he made a version for string quartet. The string quartet version was expanded for string orchestra in December 1926 and premiered by Bartolomé Pérez Casas at the head of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Madrid, on January 3, 1927 at the Teatro de la Comedia . 2
The following comment was included in the program of the premiere day in Barcelona, on October 23, 1928, in the words of Turina himself:
One afternoon of bulls in the Plaza de Madrid, that old square, harmonious and funny, I saw my work. I was in the horse yard. There, behind a tiny door, was the chapel, full of anointing, where the bullfighters came to pray a moment before facing death. I was then offered, in all its fullness, that subjectively musical and expressive contrast of the distant hubbub of the square, of the public waiting for the party, with the devotion of those who, before that altar, poor and full of endearing poetry, came to to pray to God for his life, perhaps for his soul, for the pain, for the illusion and for the hope that they were going to leave forever in a moment, in that arena full of laughter, music and sun.
It was performed for the first time in the United States by the Los Angeles Philharmonic on August 18, 1946 under the baton of Leopold Stokowski. 3
Structure Introduction brève Two-step Walking Slow Pasodoble (repetition) It lasts approximately eight minutes.
References
Cruise, William (2012). «The bullfighter's prayer, Op 34» . Notes of CDA67889 (in English) . Hyperion Records Retrieved on December 9, 2016 . "Op. 34 The prayer of the bullfighter, quartet of lutes. (1925) » . joaquinturina.com Retrieved on December 9, 2016 . Orrin Howard. «The prayer of the bullfighter» . www.laphil.com Retrieved on December 9, 2016 .
External links The Bullfighter's Prayer at the International Musical Scores Library Project (in English) . Cuarteto Aguilar - The Prayer of the Bullfighter, Joaquín Turina on YouTube original version for four lutes