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BOOKS
Professor and musicologist, Javier Suárez Pajares is the author of a splendid book of research and documentation, an illustrated life history of Joaquín Rodrigo and his world. The life of the Maestro, which spanned almost the entire twentieth century, and was rich in musical production, events, friendships and personal experiences, is reflected in great detail in this book, thanks to the colaboration of Sociedad General de Autores y Editores and Fundación Autor, and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, through its National Art Institute of Theater and Music. This beautiful bilingual (Spanish/English) publication, which contains photographs dating from his childhood and youth up until his final days, examines the life of the great composer in the following stages: "Childhood and Youth (1901-1922)", "Formative Years-Years of Struggle 1923-1939)", "Years of Triumph 1940-1950)", "Maestro Rodrigo (1951-1961)", "Tributes and Recognition (1962-1988)", "Retirement and Family (1989-1999)". It is, in short, the history of culture in the twentieth century that is portrayed in this book, as illustrated in press articles, concert programs, caricatures published in the press, and photographs with prominent figures from every field of the times. The reader is taken into the intimacy of Rodrigo's family life and home, his long period of University activity at the Manuel de Falla Chair of the University of Madrid, and his travels to attend premieres and tributes throughout the world. "(…) The book opens with an image of Rodrigo as a plump baby, hailing from a family of landowners from Sagunto, who survived a terrible diphteria epidemic. Further on, with that look which transcends the merely superficial, important details relating to his large family can be seen, such as the fondness between siblings and the absence of his father, something clearly visible in these photos, in which he is captured at a distance from the family environment, reading the newspaper. Rodrigo is subsequently depicted as a carefree student in fashionable Paris, a young man in love, with the excitement of his first premières, as well as the desolation of his most bitter moments. (…)" Javier
Suárez Pajares.
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