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
In this section we give access to a selection of digital copies of the scores archived in the documentary collection Fons Pere-Enric de Ferran i de Rocabruna of the Biblioteca de Catalunya, which has authorized their inclusion on this website. For each score, its library reference number is indicated.
For public interpretation, publication or commercial use of the scores, the users of this website must take into account the provisions issued by the Biblioteca de Catalunya:
Information on the use of reproductions
Le Soir (Crepúsculo)
Lyrics by de Jean Delville
M-PFer-99
Le Soir
Reduction for piano and voice
Catalan translation by Emili Guanyabens
M-PFer-104
Las Bodas de Camacho
Prelude
M-PFer-29
Andante (original score)
Andante (rendition on Youtube)
Andante (score at musescore.com)
For bowed instruments
M-PFer-194
Berceuse (original score)
Berceuse (rendition on Youtube)
Berceuse (score at musescore.com)
For string instruments
M-Fol_C-22/53
Cançó d'Agost
Lyrics by Apel·les Mestres
M-PFer-123
Celístia
Lyrics by Emili Guanyabens
M-PFer-129
Muntanyes
Lyrics by Jaume Massó
M-PFer-135
Muntanyes del Canigó
M-PFer-137
A un rossinyol
A un rossinyol (interpretation on Youtube)
Lyrics by Emili Guanyabens
2018-Fol-C_2_25
Tu pupila es azul
Lyrics by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Dedicated to Antonio Tirabassi
M-PFer-175
Collection of 5 melodies for voice and piano:
I - Et veig per tot
Lyrics by Adrià Gual
M-PFer-148/1
II - Ofrena
Lyrics by Enric de Fuentes
2028-Fol-C-2/24
III - Amor!
Lyrics by Adrià Gual
M-PFer-141
IV - Praeterita
Lyrics by Paul Bourget
2028-Fol-C-2/24
V - Primaveral
Lyrics by Jaume Terri
M-PFer-159
Primavera
Dedicated to Mathieu Crickboom
2028-Fol-C2/23
Abril
Dedicated to Andrés Segovia
M-PFer-225
Tendre Aveu
Waltz
M-PFer-253