Jesús García Leoz Explained

Jesús García Leoz (Olite, Navarra, 10 January 1904 – 1953) was a Spanish composer,^[1] particularly noted for his film scores. He was a favourite pupil of Joaquín Turina and one of the "músicos del '27."^[2]

Works, editions and recordings

• Cinco canciones para canto e piano (1934) (poems by Juan Paredes) ^[3]
• Tríptico de canciones para canto e piano (1937) (poems by Lorca)^[4]
• Seis canciones para canto e piano (1939) (poems by Antonio Machado) ^[5]
• Dos canciones para canto e piano (1952) (poems by Juan Ramón Jiménez)^[6]
• Symphony ^[7]
• Sonatina for small orchestra (1945)
• Sonata for Violin and Piano
• String Quartet in F minor (Opus 2)
• Quartet for Piano and Strings
• Piano Sonatina^[8]
• La duquesa del candil (1948) zarzuela in three acts (libretto by Guillermo and Rafael Fernández-Shaw) ^[9]

Selected filmography

• Fortunato (1942)
• A Palace for Sale (1942)
• I Will Consult Mister Brown (1946)
• The Black Siren (1947)
• Four Women (1947)
• Lady in Ermine (1947)
• Lola Leaves for the Ports (1947)
• The Party Goes On (1948)
• Guest of Darkness (1948)
• Ninety Minutes (1949)
• Night Arrival (1949)
• A Man on the Road (1949)
• Wings of Youth (1949)
• The Maragatan Sphinx (1950)
• Tales of the Alhambra (1950)
• Day by Day (1951)
• Malibran's Song (1951)
• La trinca del aire (1951)
• The Seventh Page (1951)
• Love and Desire (1951)
• Spanish Serenade (1952)
• Come Die My Love (1952)
• The Call of Africa (1952)
• Devil's Roundup (1952)
• Lovers of Toledo (1953)
• Women's Town (1953)
• Return to the Truth (1956)
• The Sun Comes Out Every Day (1958)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Compositor: Jesús García Leoz - CM Ediciones S.L. . 2012-11-26 . 2019-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190719184052/https://cm-ediciones.com/autor.aspx?compositor=134 . dead .
2. Cristóbal L. García Gallardo, Francisco Martínez González, María Ruíz Hilillo Los músicos del 27 2010 "Sin duda, figuras destacadas como las de Jesús García Leoz (1904-1953), José Muñoz Molleda (1905-1988), Fernando Obradors (1897-1945), José María Franco Bordóns (1894-1971) Jesús Arámbarri (1902-1960), Gaspar Cassadó ..."
3. CD Odradek ODRCD403
4. . Published 1965.
5. CD Odradek ODRCD403
6. CD Odradek ODRCD403
7. (Música hispana. Serie B, Música instrumental, 27, pub. 2005 in an edition by Madrid : Instituto complutense de ciencias musicales.)
8. Published 1945.
9. Blue Moon BMCD 7510