Pablo Luna

Pablo Luna Carné (May 21, 1879 Alhama de Aragón – January 28, 1942 Madrid) was a Spanish composer. His best-known composition is the aria "De España vengo" from the zarzuela El niño judío.
Life
Pablo Luna received his first lessons in music theory from an organist at a church in his birthplace, Alhama de Aragón. His father, Pablo Luna Ferrer, who was a member of the Civil Guard, had moved with his family to the valley of the Ebro. He studied harmony with Teodoro Ballo and composition with Miguel Arnaudas. As a violinist, Luna would make money in hotels, cafes, churches and a small chamber orchestra, as well as in theaters. In 1903 he wrote his first operetta, Lolilla, la Petenera which was followed in 1904 by La Escalera de los Duendes (The Ladder of the Elves).
In 1905, he moved to Madrid to learn more about the world of zarzuela. In particular, he contacted Ruperto Chapí, the second director of the Teatro de la Zarzuela, and Tomás Barrera Saavedra, a later director of the orchestra, Jerónimo Giménez y Bellido and others. He also knew the librettist Luis Pascual Frutos, who wrote the libretto for the operetta Mussetta, which premiered successfully in 1908. This operetta was followed by many other stage works.
In Zaragoza premiered with great success 11 March 1911 his zarzuela Molinos de viento (Windmills). Luna was the same who led the orchestra on the night of reopening of the Teatro de la Zarzuela, after a fire, in 1914. In 1918, he released one of his greatest works, El niño Judío (The Jewish Boy), an exponent of the new style full of exoticism and sophistication. In March 1925 a grand concert was given in his honor and he was awarded the gold medal of the city of Zaragoza. He closed the trilogy of his three most successful zarzuelas with Benamor (1928).
He also wrote eleven screenplays under the pseudonym García Sandoval. Pablo Luna has various streets named after him, and has a school with his name in Alhama de Aragón (Zaragoza).
Works
Works for orchestra
Una noche en Calatayud, suite-fantasía
¡Arre borrico!, jota
Works for band
Ballesteros, paso-doble jota
Danza del Fuego from "Benamor"
Fantasía from "Molinos de viento"
Intermedio from "La Pícara Molinera"
Selección from "El Asombro de Damasco"
Selección from "El niño judío"
Selección from "Una noche en Calatayud"
Theatrical works
Revistas
1909 A.C.T., Que se va el tío, (with Tomás Barrera Saavedra)
1909 El Club de las solteras, Pasatiempo cómico-Lírico in 1 act and 5 scenes, with libretto by Manuel Fernández del Puente, (with Luis Foglietti)
1911 El paraguas del abuelo, cuento fantástico in 1 act (with Tomás Barrera Saavedra) - libretto by Guillermo Perrín y Miguel de Palacios
1918 La Mujer artificial o la receta del doctor Miró, 3 acts - libretto by Carlos Arniches and Joaquín Abati
1921 La Tierra del Carmen
1924 Rosa de fuego Revista in 3 acts - Libretto by Antonio Paso
1927 El Fumadero
1927 Roxana, la cortesana
1929 El Antojo
1932 ¡Cómo están las mujeres!, 2 actos - libretto by Francisco García Loygorri
1934 Las Peponas
1934 Los Inseparables, 2 acto - libretto by Leandro Blanco and Alfonso Lapena
1935 Las Ansiosas (with José Ruiz de Azagra)
1935 La Colasa del Pavón
1935 Al Cantar el gallo
1935 Las siete en punto, reportage of a great spectacle in 20 episodes, divided in 2 parts, a prologue an epilogue and an apotheosis - text: Leandro Blanco and Alfonso Lapena
1936 Piezas de Recambio, Humorada lírica in 2 acts - libretto by Fernando Neyra and García Sandoval.
1936 La sal por arrobas, 2 acts (with Jacinto Guerrero) - libretto by Antonio Paso
Operetas
1908 Musseta - libretto by Luis Pascual Frutos
1909 La Reina de los mercados, 1 act - libretto by Guillermo Perrín and Miguel de Palacios
1910 Molinos de viento, 1 act - libretto by Luis Pascual Frutos
1911 La Canción húngara
1912 Canto de primavera, 2 acts - libretto by Luis Pascual Frutos
1913 :es:Los cadetes de la Reina, 1 act
1913 La alegría del amor, 1 act - libretto by Ramón Asensio Más and José Juan Cadenas Muñoz
1914 La Corte de Risalia
1914 El Rey del mundo, 1 act - libretto by José Maria Martín de Eugenio
1916 Jack, 3 acts - libretto by Maxim Brody, Franz Martos y Emilio González del Castillo
1916 Sybill, 3 acts - libretto by Maxim Brody, Franz Martos and Emilio González del Castillo
1916 El Asombro de Damasco, 2 acts - libretto by Antonio Paso Cano and Joaquín Abati, based on a story from the Thousand and One Nights
1918 Los Calabreses
1921 El Sinvergüenza en Palacio, (with Amadeo Vives)
1923 Benamor, 3 acts
1939 Flor de Cerezo o La Gata encantada
Zarzuelas
1903 Lolilla, la Petenera
1904 Escalera de los Duendes
1906 La Corte de Júpiter, (with Eduardo Fuentes Parra)
1908 Fuente Escondida
1908 La Fiesta del Carmen (with Pedro Códoba)
1909]Oro y sangre
1909 Salón moderno
1909 Las Lindas perras, (with Rafael Calleja Gómez)
1910 Llevar la derecha
1910 Huelga de criadas, (with Luis Foglietti)
1910 Vida de príncipe, 1 act, (with Luis Foglietti) - libretto by Antonio López Monís and Ramón Asensio Más
1911 El Dirigible, (with Arturo Escobar)
1911 Las Hijas de Lemnos
1911 Sangre y arena, 1 act (with Pascual Marquina Narro) - libretto by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Gonzalo Jover and Emilio Gónzalez del Castillo
1911 La Romerito, (with Rafael Calleja Gómez)
1912 Las Malas pulgas, (with San Nicolás)
1912 La Mujer de su marido
1913 Los Cuatro gatos (with Arturo Lapuerta)
1913 La Cucaña de Sotanillo
1913 La Gloria del vencido, (with Marcelino Amenazavas)
1915 La Boda de Cayetana, o una Tarde en Amaniel
1915 La Sultana, (with Arturo Lapuerta)
1915 Amores de aldea (with Reveriano Soutullo Otero)
1916 El Patio de los naranjos, 1 act - libretto by Julio Pellicer y López and José Fernández del Villar
1917 La Casa de enfrente, sainete in 1 act - libretto by Serafín Álvarez Quintero and Joaquín Álvarez Quintero
1917 Los Patineros, (with Luis Foglietti)
1918 El Aduar
1918 El niño judío, 2 acts and 4 scenes - libretto by Enrique García Álvarez and Antonio Paso
1918 Trini la clavellina
1919 La Mecanógrafa
1919 Muñecos de trapo, farsa musical in 2 acts - libretto by Antonio Paso
1919 Pancho Virondo, zarzuela in 2 acts and 4 scenes - libretto by Enrique García Álvarez and Antonio Paso
1920 El suspiro del moro, 1 act (with Eduardo Fuentes Parra) - libretto by Antonio López Monís and Juan López Núñez
1921 Los Papiros, zarzuela in 3 acts - libretto by Serafín Álvarez Quintero and Joaquín Álvarez Quintero
1921 Su Alteza, se casa
1922 Los Apuros de Pura
1922 Los Dragones de París
1923 La Moza de las campanillas
1924 Calixta la prestamista
1924 La Joven Turquía
1925 La Paz del molino 2 acts, the second in three scenes - Libreto de Manuel Góngora y Miguel Manzano
1925 Sangre de Reyes, 2 acts (junto con Francisco Balaguer Muriel) - libretto by Angel Torres del Alamo and Antonio Asenjo Pérez Campos
1925 El Tropiezo de la Nati
1925 Las Espigas, (with Enrique Bru) (1873–1951)
1926 Las Mujeres son así
1926 La Pastorela, 3 acts (with Federico Moreno Torroba) - libretto de Fernando Luque and Enrique Calonge
1927 El Tiro de pichón
1928 La Chula de Pontevedra, sainete in 2 acts (with Enrique Bru) - libretto by Enrique Paradas and Joaquín Jiménez
1928 La Manola del Portillo, (with Federico Moreno Torroba)
1928 La Pícara molinera, zarzuela in 3 acts - Angel Torres del Alamo and Antonio Asenjo Pérez.
1929 El Caballero del guante rojo
1929 La Moza vieja, zarzuela in 3 acts - libretto by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández Shaw
1929 La Ventera de Alcalá, (with Rafael Calleja Gómez )
1931 Currito de la Cruz
1931 Morena y sevillana
1931 Flor de Zelanda- 2 acts - Luis Fernandez de Sevilla and Anselmo C. Carreño
1932 Los moscones - sainete in 2 acts - Pedro Lerena and Anselmo C. Carreño
1939 Cocktail
1939 Una copla hecha mujer
1941 Las Calatravas, 3 acts - libretto by Federico Romero and José Tellaeche
1944 Pilar de la victoria, (with Julio Gómez)
Other theatrical works
1916 El sapo enamorado (the frog in love), pantomime - based on a story by Tomás Borrás
La Boda de Antón, (with Emilio Acevedo)
La Rabalera
La Flor del camino
References
External links
Pablo Luna Carné in the Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa
Geocities: Pablo Luna
Biografías y Vidas: Pablo Luna
Spanish classical composers
Spanish male classical composers
1879 births
1942 deaths
Musicians from Zaragoza
20th-century classical composers
Spanish opera composers
Male opera composers
Spanish male writers
Male screenwriters
20th-century Spanish musicians
20th-century Spanish male musicians
20th-century Spanish screenwriters
20th-century Spanish male writers