Blas de Laserna

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Blas de Laserna Nieva (Corella, Navarra, 1751 - Madrid, 1816) was a Spanish composer.

Biography

Laserna was one of the most prolific and popular songwriters of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Spain.^[1]^[2]

As an educator, he championed traditional Spanish musical forms, but as a theatrical impresario gave in to the public taste for Italian forms.

He composed several operas and concertos, as well as incidental music for several comedies in the popular Spanish theater. A prolific songwriter, his creative oeuvre contains more than five hundred songs (tonadillas), many with lyrics by Ramón de la Cruz.^[3]

While Conductor of the orchestra of the Teatro de la Cruz, he premiered his operetta, La Gitanilla Por Amor (The Gypsy Girl For Love), in 1791.

References

↑ Gomez, Julio. DON BLAS DE LASERNA UN CAPITULO DE LA HISTORIA DEL TEATRO LÍRICO ESPAÑOL VISTO EN LA VIDA DEL ÚLTIMO TONADILLERO
↑ [Cotarelo y Mori,Emilio. Don Ramón de la Cruz y sus obras: ensayo biográfico y bibliográfico
↑ [Randel, Don Michael. The Harvard concise dictionary of music and musicians, http://books.google.com/books?id=7iuZ6HaEMmoC&pg=PA674&lpg=PA674&dq=blas+de+laserna&source=bl&ots=hLllH7eVAi&sig=vL42hqnxHKYOdCwzKynJLpL2oBY&hl=en&ei=EMooTZCoKIH78Aa5y_2pAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBjge#v=onepage&q=blas%20de%20laserna&f=false]

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Persondata
Name	Laserna, Blas De
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	1751
Place of birth	Navarra, Spain
Date of death	1816
Place of death	Madrid, Spain

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