Ruperto Chapí
Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (27 March 1851 – 25 March 1909) was a Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers. Biography. Chapí was born at Villena, the son of a Valencian barber. He trained in his home town and in Madrid. He wrote many symphonic, band, choral and chamber works, as well as "zarzuelas" and operas, becoming, alongside Tomás Bretón, a fellow pupil of Emilio Arrieta at the Madrid Conservatory. He was one of the most popular and important composers of his time. He wrote zarzuelas in all shapes and sizes, including the  three-act "zarzuela grande" and the one-act "género chico" forms. His most celebrated work is "La revoltosa", written in the latter style. Many of the preludes to his "zarzuela"s (including those to "El tambor de granaderos" and "La patria chica") have remained staple items in Spanish orchestral concerts. He died in Madrid in 1909.