Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Deep Roots of a Career 1912–1920
- Chapter 2 Formation of a Musician in Barcelona 1921–1936
- Chapter 3 The Deluge 1936–1939
- Chapter 4 The Postguerra and Caribbean Breezes 1939–1953
- Chapter 5 Moving On 1953–1957
- Chapter 6 Consolidation 1958–1986
- Chapter 7 Postcards to Posterity 1991–2002
- Appendices
- Acknowledgments
- Works Principally Cited
- Index of Names
Chapter 7 - Postcards to Posterity 1991–2002
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Deep Roots of a Career 1912–1920
- Chapter 2 Formation of a Musician in Barcelona 1921–1936
- Chapter 3 The Deluge 1936–1939
- Chapter 4 The Postguerra and Caribbean Breezes 1939–1953
- Chapter 5 Moving On 1953–1957
- Chapter 6 Consolidation 1958–1986
- Chapter 7 Postcards to Posterity 1991–2002
- Appendices
- Acknowledgments
- Works Principally Cited
- Index of Names
Summary
… la ingeniosa división que hace de sus obras en tres apartados: 1) No tocables. 2) Tocables, pero lejos de donde él esté. 3) Aceptables.
… the ingenious division he makes of his works into three categories: 1) Not playable. 2) Playable, but where he can't hear it. 3) Acceptable.
– Enrique Franco, 1975M'agradaria acabar citant de nou el meu lema predilecte i que he mantingut al llarg dels anys com a símbol de la meva filosofia de la vida: «Tout s'arrange. Mal, mais tout s'arrange ».
I would like to end up by quoting again my favorite motto that I have kept through the years to represent my philosophy of life: [in French] “Everything will work out — badly, but everything will work out.”
– Xavier Montsalvatge, celebrating his eightieth birthday… Elena Pérez de Olaguer Fernández, de bona família catalanaargentina- belga-filipina, més catalana de que es podria deduir pel cognom.
… Elena Pérez de Olaguer Fernández, from a good Catalan-Argentine- Belgian-Philipino family, more Catalan than the name would indicate.
– Xavier Montsalvatge, 1991An aspect of Montsalvatge that has played only a small part in the story told here is his role as a husband and paterfamilias.
My wife Elena has been everything for me, and without her moral support and her collaborative spirit, my life would have been far more difficult and more full of complications. She never has interfered in my professional life, but naturally, she is my number-one fan. She is a great lover of music, with exquisite musical taste; lately she is found in the concert halls more than I am.
It is said that it was Elena and not Xavier who saw to it that the children had a musical education. Yvette Montsalvatge of the Sonatine became an expert and dealer in antiques, and the father seemed particularly pleased when his son became a successful Barcelona architect (a profession that he had once considered for himself and to which a great number of his cronies belonged).
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- Xavier MontsalvatgeA Musical Life in Eventful Times, pp. 93 - 104Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2012