Fernando González Casellas
composer (1925-1998)
Fernando González Casellas (October 15, 1925 – October 12, 1998) was an Argentine composer of classical music. A student of Jaume Pahissa, his early music was predominantly atonal, although his later compositions explored other musical forms and genres. He was the winner of several composition prizes in his native country and abroad for his vocal and instrumental music which included an opera, Saverio el cruel, and many works with religious or spiritual themes.
Fernando González Casellas was born in Buenos Aires, where he studied composition with the exiled Catalan composer, Jaime Pahissa and classics at the University of Buenos Aires. He died in Buenos Aires at the age of 73 while working on his second opera. González Casellas was married to the Argentine critic and author Ruth Mehl (1932 – 2010). The couple had two children, Fernando and Ximena.
Works
Fernando González Casellas composed 73 works, including:
Vocal – Instrumental
Vocalise – premiered December 10, 1957, LRA Radio Nacional Argentina
Vidrieras del silencio (text by Juan Carlos Pellegrini) – premiered December 10, 1957, LRA Radio Nacional Argentina
Río – premiered December 10, 1957, LRA Radio Nacional Argentina
Agnus Dei – premiered October 28, 1958, Auditorio Birabén, Asociación de Jóvenes Compositores de la Argentina.
Canción (text by Horacio E. Ratti) – premiered October 28, 1958, Auditorio Birabén, Asociación de Jóvenes Compositores de la Argentina
Cantata Nº 1 Días que son condena (text by Osvaldo Rossler) – premiered May 14, 1970, Teatro Municipal, Río de Janeiro
Balada for violin, contralto, and chamber orchestra (text by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Book of Lamentations) – composed 1972
Tres Sonetos de El Libro Fiel de Leopoldo Lugones (text by Leopoldo Lugones) – premiered July 15, 1977, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires; awarded First Prize, Fondo Nacional de las Artes, 1975
Tres cantos para el dolor (text by the Chinese poets, Cai Wenji and Xu Zhimo) – premiered April 8, 1981, Auditorio de Belgrano, Buenos Aires; awarded Second Prize, Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación, 1983.
Instrumental
Sonata for cello and piano – composed 1961; recorded by LRA Radio Nacional Argentina
Tres piezas for piano – awarded First Prize by the city of Buenos Aires, 1969
String Quartet No.
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