Francisco Escudero (composer)

Francisco Escudero García de Goizueta (San Sebastián, 13 August 1912 – San Sebastián, 17 June 2002)[1] was a Basque composer.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Escudero and the second or maternal family name is García de Goizueta.

Monument to Francisco Escudero in Zarauz (Guipúzcoa).

He obtained the Premio Nacional de Bellas Artes for his Trío bucólico in 1937. During the Spanish Civil War he moved to France. In 1945 he became director of the Coral de Bilbao.

Selected works
  • Pinceladas vascas
  • Zigor
  • Gernika
  • Eusko Salmoa
  • Sinfonía mítica
  • Illeta
  • Aránzazu (symphonic poem)
  • Evocación en Itziar
  • Concierto Vasco para piano y orquesta
  • Concierto para violoncello y orquesta
  • Sinfonía Sacra
  • Fantasía geosinfónica

References
  1. Francisco Escudero García de Goizueta (Enciclopedia Auñamendi, Euskomedia)
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