A biographical sketch of the musician Joan Flotats i Claramunt (1902-1988). the profession of piano maestro and composer Authors Marina Rodríguez Brià Institut d'Estudis Catalans Keywords: Joan Flotats i Claramunt, Catalan composers, Paral·lel academies, Paral·lel cabarets, 1950s in Barcelona, music in Catalonia 1920-1960, cuplé in Barcelona. Abstract Joan Flotats i Claramunt belongs to the generation of musicians whose careers unfolded both before and after the Spanish Civil War, a fact that marked their lives significantly. However, he was able to complete his music studies in Manresa and Barcelona, and to receive a classical higher education. He worked as a piano maestro and composer in theatres, cafés-théâtres and academies in these two cities and also in Terrassa. Flotats dominated the musical genres of the Spanish dances and those of the dances of other origins, rhythms and artistic temperaments. The study of this figure reveals what it meant to be a maestro – a wide-ranging profession in which one had to be an expert musician in the instrumental, compositional and stylistic aspects of the singing and dancing of the period. It was equivalent to being a musical director at the same time as an improviser and a composer. From the late sixties, this profession had fallen into a certain obscurity for various historical and social reasons. The music of Flotats, however, has been performed in concerts for several years now, even though it has yet to enjoy the widespread revival that it so rightly deserves.Keywords: Joan Flotats i Claramunt, Catalan composers, Paral·lel academies, Paral·lel cabarets, 1950s in Barcelona, music in Catalonia 1920-1960, cuplé in Barcelona. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue Vol. 14 (2021) Section Articles License The intellectual property of the articles belongs to the respective authors. At the time of submitting the articles to Revista Catalana de Musicologia, authors accept the following terms: — Authors assign to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia (a subsidiary of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, public communication (including communication through social networks) and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Revista Catalana de Musicologia, in any form and medium, including digital platforms. The Publications Committee reserves the right to accept or refuse submitted articles and the right to make any editorial changes it deems appropriate. If the suggested changes are accepted by authors, they should re-submit the article with such changes. — Authors answer to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. In other words, authors assure that submitted articles do not contain fragments of works by other authors or fragments of their own previously published works; that the content of articles is original, and that the copyright of third parties is not infringed upon. Authors accept this responsibility and undertake to hold harmless the Societat Catalana de Musicologia for any loss or damage resulting from non-compliance with this obligation. Furthermore, they should include a statement in articles submitted to the journal regarding their responsibility for the content of the articles. — Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles, and they should moreover ensure that images, videos, etc., have been created with the consent of the individuals appearing in them, and that material belonging to third parties is clearly identified and acknowledged as such within the text. Likewise, authors should provide the respective consents and authorisations to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia when submitting articles. — The Societat Catalana de Musicologia is exempt from any liability arising from the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. In all cases, it undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies, if necessary. — Unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, the contents published in the journal are subject to an Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (by-nc-nd) license from Creative Commons, the full text of which may be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Therefore, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate articles as long as their authorship and publishing entity are acknowledged, and no commercial use is made of them nor derivative work produced from them. — The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of published articles.
