Manuel Mas Devesa
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| Born | 2 March 1972 Alicante, Spain  |
| Occupation(s) | composer, musical pedagogue |
Manuel Mas Devesa (Alicante, 1972) is a composer and a musical composition professor at the Conservatory of Alicante.[1]
Biography
Mas Devesa studied composition at the Conservatory of Alicante under professor Joan Enric Canet, who, in turn, studied under renowned composer Amando Blanquer. In addition to a 1st prize for harmony and other distinctions in composition, he also continued his studies at the University of Alicante on the use of new technologies in composition. He is currently a professor at the Conservatory of Alicante.
As a composer, he has written works for orchestra, concert band, and chamber music. Some of his compositions focus on the saxophone, such as Rapsodia de Invierno for symphonic band, Fantasía for saxophone and piano, and Dos luces for saxophone ensemble and piano. During the "Prize Euterpe 2006" organised by the Federación Sociedades Musicales of the Valencian Region (FSMCV), his work Colección de animales variopintos was premiered by the Symphonic Band Unió musical de Llíria at the Palau de la Música in Valencia.[2]
In 2005, he composed Obertura Académica, in neoclassical style, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Conservatory of Elche; the transcription for band of this piece was designated a compulsory work in the XXXVIII provincial competition of bands.[3]
In recent years, Manuel Mas has been working on new compositions for different instruments, such as Hojas de Otoño para Irene (2015) for piano,[4][5] a work for piano in impressionistic style about autumn, 25 de Mayo (2016), a symphonic poem on the bombing suffered in Alicante in 1938, etc.
He has also written some treatises about music, such as Fundamentos de Composición. Conceptos básicos para alumnos de composición (2007).[6]
Furthermore, Manuel is one of the founders of Numen (Spanish progressive rock band). Numen recently released their second album Numenclature (2014).[7]
Compositions
- Las alubias mágicas (1999, reviewed in 2016), suite for piano
- Rapsodia de Invierno (2001) for alto and baritone saxophones and symphonic band
- Fantasía (2001), for saxophone and piano
- Dos luces (2003), for saxophone quartet and piano
- Obertura Académica (2005), for orchestra
- Obertura Académica (2006), version for symphonic band[8]
- Colección de animales variopintos (2006), suite for symphonic band
- Sonata para una infanta (2008) for piano
- Hojas de Otoño para Irene (2015) for piano
- Hojas de Otoño para Irene (2015) for symphonic band
- 25 de Mayo (2016) symphonic poem for orchestra
- 25 de Mayo (2016) symphonic poem for orchestra
Albums
Filmography
- Numenclature. A journey in progressive (2014)[11]
Bibliography
- Manuel Mas Devesa. Fundamentos de Composición, conceptos básicos para alumnos de composición. València: Rivera Editores, 2007. ISBN 978-84-96882-16-4
- Manuel Mas Devesa. Didáctica de la Armonía: una propuesta de enseñanza basada en el aprendizaje significativo Alicante: EESS, 2015. ISBN 978-84-606-8988-1
- Manuel Mas Devesa. Valoración del diseño y la aplicación de un blog educativo en la enseñanza de Composición. Alicante: EESS, 2015. ISBN 978-84-606-8990-4
- Manuel Mas Devesa. Sonata para una Infanta. Alicante, 2009. ISMN 979-0-69200-577-3
- Manuel Mas Devesa. Obertura Académica. Alicante, 2009. ISMN 979-0-69200-578-0
- Manuel Miján. El repertorio del saxofón clásico en España. Valencia: Rivera Editores, 2008
- Revista Música i poble #129 (March–April 2005)
- Revista Música i poble #136 (May–June 2006)
- Revista Música i poble #137 (July–August 2006)
- Revista Música i poble #154 (May–June 2009)
References
External links
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