Valencian Voices: Matilde Salvador i Segarra’s Cinc Cançons de Bres
Document Type
Event
Faculty Mentor
Malinda Haslett
Abstract
Valencian Voices: Matilde Salvador i Segarra’s Cinc Cançons de Bres is a presentation and showcase focusing on the lullabies of 20th-century composer Matilde Salvador i Segarra. While Salvador’s works are vital to Valencian culture in Spain, her music remains widely unknown outside the country. The presentation will explore her contributions to Spanish art song while stressing the importance of rebalancing the canon of Spanish composers, which has long favored men. Alongside a historical examination, this project also highlights interviews and transcripts with Salvador I Segarra’s daughter, Matilde Acensio. I will take the audience through the translations I have submitted to the LiederNet Archive, the leading source of translations for musicians, for digital, public, and free access. Finally, this will culminate in a showcase of selections from Cinc Cançons de Bres, demonstrating that education and performance broaden women musicians' horizons. The Osher School of Music has continually supported the process of unearthing underperformed music. Their audio engineering team has helped create an album of these works, which will be published on streaming platforms and my website. This will make the music of Matilde Salvador i Segarra and the culture of Valencia more accessible to musicians outside of Spain. Not only will Salvador i Segarra’s songs be a part of future performances, but they will also be included in my repertoire when auditioning for graduate programs, as works by underrepresented composers are typically required and appreciated. By performing these for audiences in Europe and the United States, the homogenous canon can be transformed into a cultural mosaic.
Valencian Voices: Matilde Salvador i Segarra’s Cinc Cançons de Bres
Valencian Voices: Matilde Salvador i Segarra’s Cinc Cançons de Bres is a presentation and showcase focusing on the lullabies of 20th-century composer Matilde Salvador i Segarra. While Salvador’s works are vital to Valencian culture in Spain, her music remains widely unknown outside the country. The presentation will explore her contributions to Spanish art song while stressing the importance of rebalancing the canon of Spanish composers, which has long favored men. Alongside a historical examination, this project also highlights interviews and transcripts with Salvador I Segarra’s daughter, Matilde Acensio. I will take the audience through the translations I have submitted to the LiederNet Archive, the leading source of translations for musicians, for digital, public, and free access. Finally, this will culminate in a showcase of selections from Cinc Cançons de Bres, demonstrating that education and performance broaden women musicians' horizons. The Osher School of Music has continually supported the process of unearthing underperformed music. Their audio engineering team has helped create an album of these works, which will be published on streaming platforms and my website. This will make the music of Matilde Salvador i Segarra and the culture of Valencia more accessible to musicians outside of Spain. Not only will Salvador i Segarra’s songs be a part of future performances, but they will also be included in my repertoire when auditioning for graduate programs, as works by underrepresented composers are typically required and appreciated. By performing these for audiences in Europe and the United States, the homogenous canon can be transformed into a cultural mosaic.
