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Nicanor Zabaleta
Nicanor Zabaleta was a Spanish harpist. Zabaleta was born in San Sebastián, Spain, on January 7, 1907. In 1914 his father, an amateur musician, bought him a harp in an antique shop. He soon began taking lessons from Vincenta Tormo de Calvo and Luisa Menarguez. In 1925 he began studies in Paris, where his teachers were Marcel Tournier and Jacqueline Borot. In 1926, in Paris, he made his own official concert debut. Then he travelled to the U.S. and there, on July 5, 1934, he made his North America debut in New York City. At a concert in Puerto Rico in 1950 he met Graziela and they were married in 1952. They relocated to Spain and Zabaleta began touring Europe. During the years of 1959–1962 he led a harp class on Accademia Musicale Chigiana courses in Siena. He performed mainly music of the 18th century, and also ancient and modern music. People who composed for him include Alberto Ginastera, Darius Milhaud, Germaine Tailleferre, Xavier Montsalvatge, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Walter Piston, Ernst Krenek, Joaquín Rodrigo. Josef Tal's Concerto for Harp and Electronics was commissioned by Zabaleta in 1971, and premiered by him in Munich the same year. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicanor_Zabaleta) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Mozart: Concertos for Flute, Flute and Harp, Bassoon 2005
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Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto / Reinecke: Harp Concerto / Rodrigo: Concerto-Serenade 2001
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Mozart: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Flute & Harp Concerto K. 299 2000
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Bach / Handel: Harp Concertos 2000
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Nicanor Zabaleta ‎• Harp: Mozart • Boieldieu • Ravel • Bach • Krumpholtz • Fauré • Albéniz 2023
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Spanish Harp Music 1992
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Nicanor Zabaleta - Himmlische Harfe 1989
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Mozart, Boieldieu & Reinecke: Works for Harp & Orchestra 2019
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Harp Music 2017
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Five Hundred Years of the Harp 1978
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18th Century Harp Music (Digitally Remastered) EP • 2013
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G.F. Händel - HWV 294 - Concerto for Harp - Op. 4 no 6 - 1 Andante Allegro - Nicanor Zabaleta George 1010th • 1K views
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Concierto Andaluz. Allegretto- de Joaquín Rodrigo Hertakrosman • 6.1K views
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Rodrigo / Nicanor Zabaleta, 1960: Concierto Serenata Para Arpa Y Orquesta - Estudiantina. Allegro davidhertzberg • 40K views
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Nicanor Zabaleta - Granada (Serenata) RedSkyDry • 1.4K views
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Nicanor Zabaleta - Apunte Bético RedSkyDry • 549 views
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Rodrigo / Nicanor Zabaleta, 1960: Concierto Serenata Para Arpa Y Orquesta - Intermezzo davidhertzberg • 9.5K views
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Wiener Symphoniker // Claude Debussy "Deux danses" für Harfe und Orchester L103 Wiener Symphoniker • 2.7K views
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Rodrigo / Nicanor Zabaleta, 1960: Concierto Serenata Para Arpa Y Orquesta - Sarao, Allegro deciso davidhertzberg • 9.3K views
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