Manuel Quiroga (violinist)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quiroga and the second or maternal family name is Losada.
Manuel Quiroga
Background information
Birth nameManuel Quiroga Losada
Born(1892-04-15)15 April 1892
Pontevedra, Spain
Died19 April 1961(1961-04-19) (aged 69)
Pontevedra, Spain
Occupation(s)Composer, violinist
InstrumentViolin

Manuel Quiroga Losada (15 April 1892 – 19 April 1961) was a Spanish violinist and composer. He was described by music critics as "the finest successor of Pablo de Sarasate",[1] and he is sometimes referred to as "Sarasate's spiritual heir".[2] Enrique Granados, Eugène Ysaÿe (whose sixth Solo Sonata is dedicated to Quiroga) and other composers dedicated compositions to him. Violinists Ysaÿe, Fritz Kreisler, George Enescu, Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz, as well as composers such as Igor Stravinsky and Jean Sibelius, held Quiroga's artistry in great regard.[1][3] Portuguese cellist Guilhermina Suggia described his playing of Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata as "marvellous and flawless".[4]

Quiroga was also a composer of two violin concertos, sets of variations, studies and smaller violin pieces, and cadenzas to major concertos from the core repertoire. He was the first to extensively use Galician nationalistic folklore as the basis of classical music compositions,[1] and he was also a caricaturist and portraitist in oil and charcoal.

In 1937, Quiroga was involved in a traffic accident in New York City, which left him with a paralysed arm and ended his playing career.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Ana Luque Fernández, THE WORKS OF MANUEL QUIROGA: A CATALOGUE
  2. ^ Klugherz, Laura (1998). A Bibliographical Guide to Spanish Music for the Violin and Viola, 1900-1997. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313305900. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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  5. ^ "Manuel Quiroga. Music. Biography and works at Spain is culture".