Joan Massià Explained

Joan Massià i Prats (Barcelona, 22 February 1890^[1] – 11 June 1969) was a Catalan composer and violinist.

His first wife was the pianist and student of d'Indy, Blanche Selva (1884–1942), with whom Massià recorded the Franck violin sonata and other works.^[2] After her death he remarried; his second wife was the Spanish pianist María Carbonell (1911–1988).^[3] His students included the violinist Gonçal Comellas.^[4]

Selected discography as violinist

• Franck violin sonata - with his first wife, Blanche Selva

Own compositions, editions and recordings

• Set Cançons Sobre Poemes de Tomàs Garcés - Seven poems in Catalan.

Recording

• Set Cançons - Songs. Carmen Bustamante accompanied by Manuel García Morante and José Carreras accompanied by David Giménez (piano). With historical recordings by pianist María Carbonell. La Ma De Guido.

Notes and References

1. Spanish Civil Registry, Barcelona, 1890, record #1092.
2. Déodat de Sévérac: la musique et les lettres - Page 173 Pierre Guillot - 2002 "Marie Blanche Selva qui, on le sait, sera la première biographe de Déodat de Sévérac et son interprète privilégiée, est ... Elle y rencontrera le violoniste Joan Massia qu'elle épousera et avec lequel elle enregistrera quelques disques dans
3. Albert Roussel: musique et esthétique - Page 43 Manfred Kelkel - 1989 "On sait que la pianiste épousa le violoniste Joan Massia qui, veuf, convola en secondes noces avec la pianiste espagnole Maria Carbonell de Barcelone."
4. The Strad: Volumes 97-98 1986"Soon Comellas began weekly journeys from Avinyonet to Barcelona (100 miles away), where he studied with Joan Massià, a Catalan violinist and teacher. The long slow train rides did not discourage Gonçal; in fact he kept it up for five years ..."