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Celestí Sadurní music scores
MS 048  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Biographical Note
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Collection Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Celestí Sadurní music scores
    Date (inclusive): 1879-1907, undated
    Collection Number: MS 048
    Creator: Sadurní, Celestí (i Gurguí), 1863-1910
    Extent: 4.21 linear feet (6 boxes)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: The collection consists of multiple musical works composed by Catalan composer and conductor Celestí Sadurní in the late 19th and early 20th century. The works, which were mostly unpublished, are handwritten either by Sadurní or a copyist and most are autographed and dated. Compositions in the collection include zarzuela operas, a ballet, a piano score, a religious march, and a number of short instrumental works.
    Languages: The collection is in Spanish.

    Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. Celestí Sadurní music scores (MS 048). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Purchased in 2019.

    Processing History

    Processed by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian, 2019.

    Biographical Note

    Celestí Sadurní i Gurguí (1863-1910) was a Catalan composer and conductor who studied at the Conservatori del Liceu, and worked as a professor for various music schools in Barcelona, Spain during the 1880s. In 1886 he established the Municipal Orchestra and Municipal Music School of Barcelona with fellow composer Josep Rodoreda. In 1887 he became the assistant conductor of the Municipal Orchestra, and its director in 1897. In addition to the orchestra, Sadurní conducted a number of choral groups, operas, and other groups in Spain and France. Sadurní also composed a number of works, both religious and secular, although most of his works were unpublished.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    The collection consists of multiple musical works composed by Catalan composer and conductor Celestí Sadurní in the late 19th and early 20th century. The works, which were mostly unpublished, are handwritten either by Sadurní or a copyist and most are autographed and dated. Compositions in the collection include a ballet, a piano score, a religious march, and a number of short instrumental works. Also included are multiple zarzuelas, which are lyric-dramatic works popular in Spain that alternate between spoken and sung scenes.

    Collection Arrangement

    The collection has been arranged by musical work, into the following 7 series:
    • Series 1. "¡Despierta España!", 1898
    • Series 2. "El Honor Militar", undated
    • Series 3. "Marcha Religiosa Ad Lento", 1884
    • Series 4. [Miscellaneous Short Works], 1879
    • Series 5. "Oriana", 1907
    • Series 6. "Phriné de Tespia", 1903-1907
    • Series 7. "Salve Regina", undated

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Composers
    Composition (Music)
    Music -- Manuscripts
    Music -- Spain
    Zarzuelas

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Musical compositions
    Scores (documents for music)