María Teresa Prieto
María Teresa Prieto (1896 – 1982) was a Spanish composer and pianist who lived and worked in Mexico.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]María Teresa Prieto was born in Oviedo in 1896 to a middle-class Asturian family. Her parents strongly encouraged her and her siblings to study piano, singing and violin. She studied with pianist and composer Saturnino del Fresno in Asturias.[1] In 1931, she moved to Madrid where she studied with Benito de la Parra at the Conservatory of Madrid. During this time, she was introduced to modal music which greatly influenced her later works. [2] In 1917, she composed a miniature for piano : Escena de niños. This is one of her only surviving early works. [3] In 1935, Prieto's mother died, leaving her alone in Spain.
Exile
[edit]Prieto went to stay with her brother Carlos in Mexico in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. During her first years in Mexico, Prieto studied with composer Manuel Ponce. [2] She also studied with Darius Milhaud at Mills College in Oakland, California, in 1946 and 1947. She returned to Spain briefly in 1958 to receive the Samuel Ross prize for Modal Quartet, but never returned to live there.[1][4] Prieto's music draws inspiration from both Spanish and Mexican culture. She was influenced by Mexican nationalism and Indigenous culture.
Works
[edit]Prieto's music was often based on folklore. Selected works include:
- Impresión sinfónica (1940) piano and symphony orchestra
- Adagio y Fuga (1953) for violoncello and piano, dedicated to Carlitos Prieto Jacque (Ediciones mexicanas de musica)
Orchestral works
[edit]- Symphony No. 1 'Asturiana' (1942)
- Symphony No. 2 'Breve' (1945)
- Symphony No. 3 'De la danza prima' (1951)
- Chichen Itza, symphonic poem
- Cuadros de la naturaleza (1965–67) includes movements Asturias and El valle de México
- El palo verde, ballet (1967)
Chamber music
[edit]- Modal String quartet (1957)
Voice and piano
[edit]- Seis melodías (1940)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Temes, José Luis. "Prieto, María Teresa" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
- ^ a b Monsalve Mejía, Juana (2019-12). "María Teresa Prieto's "Seis Melodías": An Analysis of Its Historical Background and Text-Music Relationship". UNT Digital Library. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Curtis, Liane (2024-05-10). "Composers to Discover! Maria Teresa Prieto — A Composer between Two Worlds - Women's Philharmonic Advocacy". Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900. Westport, CT: Praeger. ISBN 978-0-313-31990-7.
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