Pere-Enric de Ferran i de Rocabruna was a Catalan-Spanish composer born in 1865 in Barcelona into a wealthy family. He did not begin his dedication to music until he was 30 years old. Disciple of Enric Morera and Mathieu Crickboom, friend and collaborator of the Catalan playwright Adrià Gual and the Belgian painter and writer Jean Delville, he developed his career as a composer in Barcelona, Madrid and Brussels. He died suddenly in Brussels in 1919, at the age of 54, victim of a heart attack.

His work covers multiple genres such as chamber music, symphonic pieces, lyrical and stage works, solo piano, violin and piano, vocal and choral music... Some of his compositions were premiered in prestigious venues in Barcelona, Madrid and Brussels , and received a good reception from the public and critics; among the most outstanding works are Andante for bowed Instruments, Las Bodas de Camacho, Primavera, A un Rossinyol and Crepúsculo (Le Soir).

Unfortunately, his sudden death and the war conflicts in Europe and Spain in the first half of the 20th century meant that there was no continuity in the dissemination of his important work.

The composer's private documentary collection, containing the bulk of his musical production, in the form of both holographic and published scores, concert and press reviews, and other documents, is archived in the Biblioteca de Catalunya, duly inventoried and catalogued. orks