Federico "Fred" Elizalde (December 12, 1907, Manila - January 16, 1979, Manila) was a Filipino pianist, composer, conductor, and bandleader. The City of Manila The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP A bandleader is the leader of a band of Musicians The term is most commonly though not exclusively used with a group that plays Popular music as
Elizale studied at the Madrid Conservatory and then at St. Joseph's College, London and Stanford University in the 1920s. The Madrid Conservatory (Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid is a Music college in Madrid, Spain. St Joseph’s College is a specialist Mathematics and Computing College located in London, UK. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in He took composition lessons under Ernst Bloch at Stanford, and gave up law temporarily for music, leaving the school in 1926. Ernst Simon Bloch (ɛʁnst ˈziːmɔn blɔx July 8, 1885 &ndash August 4, 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher He then embarked on a career as a jazz bandleader, leading the Stanford University Band at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles while he studied composition. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He recorded with the Cinderella Roof Orchestra in 1926, then returned to England, where he entered Cambridge University in the fall as a law student. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the This lasted only a year; soon after reaching England, Elizalde formed a new band which became highly successful and influential on the development of British jazz music in the late 1920s. Jazz in Britain has been performed in the country since shortly after the music's first appearance on record in 1917 Elizalde criticized British dance music for its Viennese qualities, and sought to bring more American principles of rhythm to the British scene. Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria, and has long been one of the major centers for cultural development in central Europe Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhythmos, "any measured flow or movement symmetry" is the variation of the length and accentuation of He recorded with his band in 1927 under several ensemble names for Brunswick and Decca. Brunswick Records is a United States based Record label. The label is currently distributed by Koch Entertainment. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. In his run at the Savoy Hotel in London, his band featured many of the best players in early British jazz, including Norman Payne, Jack Jackson, and Harry Hayes, as well as Americans such as Chelsea Quealey, Bobby Davis, Fud Livingston, Adrian Rollini, and Arthur Rollini. The Savoy Hotel is a five-star Hotel located on the Strand, in the City of Westminster in Central London that opened on August Harry Hayes may refer to Juán Enrique Hayes (1891-1976 Argentine footballer Enrique Ricardo Hayes, Argentine footballer and son of Chelsea Quealey (1905-May 6 1950 was an American Jazz trumpeter Bob Davis (born May 3, 1927 in Columbus, Georgia) is a former Offensive tackle in the National Football League playing Fud Livingston (April 10 1906 - March 25 1957 was an American Jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Adrian Francis Rollini ( June 28 1903 - May 15 1956) was a multi-instrumentalist best known for his Jazz music. The band was voted best popular dance orchestra in Melody Maker in 1928. Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper Concomitantly, Elizalde also composed works which melded jazz and European concert music elements, including The Heart of a Nigger (1927) and Bataclan (1929).
Elizalde broke up his band in 1929 just after a poorly received tour in Scotland and the onset of the Great Depression, which necessitated the return Stateside of many of his American sidemen. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. He led a new group at the Duchess Theater in London in 1930, but later that year returned to Manila to accept a position as conductor of the Manila Symphony Orchestra. The City of Manila The Manila Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest orchestras in Asia. He conducted in the 1930s in Biarritz, Paris, and Madrid, and recorded for the last time in 1933 on a brief return trip to Britain. Biarritz ( French: Biarritz, bjaˈʀits Gascon Occitan: Biàrritz; Basque: Biarritz or Miarritze is a town Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. While in Spain he studied under Manuel de Falla and fought in a Basque regiment under Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Manuel de Falla y Matheu ( November 23, 1876 &ndash November 14, 1946) was a Spanish Composer of classical music The Basques (Euskaldunak are a people who inhabit a region spanning over parts of north-central Spain and southwestern France. Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (born December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, died November 20, 1975 in Madrid The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of
He fell ill during the war and returned to Manila, then moved to France, where he lived under confinement in a house near Bayonne under the German occupation. Bayonne ( French: Bayonne bajɔn Gascon Occitan and Basque: Baiona) is a city and commune of southwest During this time he composed extensively; works include an opera on the life of Paul Gauguin, a violin concerto, a string quartet, and a piano concerto. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903 was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. A violin concerto is a Concerto for solo Violin (occasionally two or more violins and instrumental ensemble customarily Orchestra. A string quartet is a Musical ensemble of four String instruments &mdash usually two Violins a Viola and Cello &mdash or a piece A piano concerto is a work written for Piano and Orchestra.See also Harpsichord concerto; some of these works are occasionally played on piano In 1948 he returned once again to Manila, where he conducted the Manila SO again, founded the Manila Little Symphony Orchestra, and became president of the national radio broadcasting company. He did some conducting in Japan but did little work outside of the Philippines through his 1974 retirement. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Outside of music, he was an excellent sharpshooter and won gold medals as captain of the Philippines shooting team in the 1954 Asiad. The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a Multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia.
References
- Starkie/Fox/Shipton, "Fred Elizalde". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians online. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an Encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians
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