Nobel prize winner and beloved Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez died last week. His books and short stories were admired around the world and became an inspiration for composers.
Nobel prize winner and beloved Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez died last week. He left behind a legacy of books and short stories that were admired around the world.
Obituaries:
The Telegraph
Der Spiegel
Le Monde
He also inspired music, much of it recent, as this list will show:
- 1984: Orchestermusik II: Homenaje a Gabriel García Márquez for orchestra, op. 47
By Helge Jung - 1989: Ikarus, ballett for clarinet, trombone, violin, double bass, guitar, piano, percussion, and tape.
By Hans-Christian von Dadelsen and Babette Koblenz
Based on “Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes” - 1991: Eréndira: Kammeroper in sechs Szenen
By Violeta Dinescu and Monika Rothmaier - 1997: Florencia en el Amazonas: opera en dos actos
By Daniel Catán and Marcela Fuentes-Berain
“En homenaje a Gabriel Garcia Marquez.”
Listen to this excerpt from the Houston Grand Opera
- 2001: El ahogado más hermoso del mundo: para clarinete y piano
By Juan Piñera - 2004: Der Herbst des Patriarchen, opera
By Giorgio Battistelli, libretto by Gotthart Kuppel
Based on El otoño del patriarca - 2005: Historias sin palabras pour guitare solo
By Máximo Diego Pujol
Based on Doce cuentos peregrinos
Listen to “Muerte en primavera,” the last movement in this work.
- 2006: A very old man with enormous wings: a new opera in two short acts
By Dylan Schneider
Based on Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes - 2008: Love and Other Demons, opera in two acts
By Péter Eötvös
Based on Del amor y otros demonios - 2008: Of love and death in forgotten shadows for orchestra
By Christopher J Levin
In part inspired by Del amor y otros demonios