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Joan Massià

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Portrait of Joan Massià I Prats

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

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

Own compositions, editions and recordings

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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.

References

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  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 ..."