Tríptico elegíaco para un percusionista

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Tríptico elegíaco
by Salvador Chuliá
Full titleTríptico elegíaco para un percusionista
Composed1990 (1990)
Dedicationmemory of Salvador Chuliá jr.
Movements3
Scoringorchestra

Tríptico elegíaco (Elegiac Triptych) is a composition for orchestra in three movements by Salvador Chuliá, written in 1990 in memory of his son Salvador. The full title is Tríptico elegíaco para un percusionista (Elegiac triptych for a percussionist).

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History

Chuliá was a composer and conductor who served as professor of harmony and composition at the Conservatorio Municipal "José Iturbi" de Valencia from 1978. [1] He and his wife María del Carmen had three sons who all became musicians. [2] [3] His eldest son, Salvador Antonio Chuliá Ramiro, pursued a career as a percussionist, also studying piano, harmony and counterpoint. [2] His brother Vicente described him as "probably the greatest talent in the family" and an "exceptional percussionist". He played with the Spanish National Youth Orchestra and received a scholarship to study at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with Siegfried Fink. [4] In 1989 he applied for a position as percussionist with the Spanish National Orchestra, then conducted by Edmon Colomer. [2] He died in a traffic accident that year. [2] [4]

Vicente Chuliá noted that his father "translated his great pain into musical allegories", [4] composing Tríptico elegíaco por un percusionista in 1990, an orchestral piece in three movements [2] [5] dedicated to the memory of his son. [2] [3] It was premiered by the Spanish National Youth Orchestra conducted by Colomer. [2] The piece was recorded for the Institut Valencià de la Música as part of a collection of Chuliá's works entitled Maurice André interpreta a Salvador Chuliá. The performers included Maurice André, Ernesto Chuliá and Nicolás André (trumpet) and the Orquesta Ciutat de Torrent, conducted by Vicente Chuliá. [6] The piece was performed by the Valencia Orchestra during a 2014 summer festival dedicated to the works by Chulià. [7]

Structure

The composition is structured in three movements: [8]

  1. Añoranza (Year)
  2. ¿Dónde está aquél hijo? (Where is that son?)
  3. Desesperación...paz (Despair... Peace)

References

  1. ↑ "Salvador Chuliá Hernández 1944-2025". filosofiadelamusica.es (in Spanish). 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Seco, Aurelio M. (1 September 2011). "Salvador Chuliá: "No es necesario viajar fuera de España para formarse musicalmente"". codalario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 Roca, Nacho (6 August 2025). "Muere Salvador Chuliá, Hijo Predilecto de Catarroja y referente de la música valenciana". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Catarroja. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Seco, Aurelio M. (1 October 2022). "Vicente ChuliáÁ: "La idea de Melos es la perspectiva más fundamental de la verdad musical"". codalario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Tríptico elegíaco para un percusionista". trinomusic.com (in Spanish). 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Encuentro entre dos estirpes : Maurice André interpreta a Salvador Chuliá". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). 2006. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "La Orquesta de Valencia inicia este viernes el ciclo gratuito de verano con un homenaje a Salvador Chulià". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Valencia. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Chuliá, Salvador. "Obras para orquesta" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
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