MUSICIAN

José María Ventura Casas

1817 - 1875

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Josep Maria Ventura i Casas (Alcalá la Real (Jaén), 1817 – Figueres (Catalonia), 1875), popularly known as Pep Ventura, was a Spanish musician and composer from Catalonia who consolidated the long sardana and reformed the cobla, adding instruments to give it its current formation. He is considered the father of the modern Sardana by the profound transformation that he printed to these compositions, based on giving it greater musical extension, in the inclusion of new instruments, especially the tenora (instrument creation of Andreu Turon) from 1849 and its arrangement in the cobla, which will imitate another musical formations of this type. His performance before the Queen Isabella II of Spain in the Monastery of Montserrat together with other artists of the Renaixença consecrated him as a figure in the Catalan cultural world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José María Ventura Casas is the 1,444th most popular musician (down from 1,224th in 2019), the 1,542nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,381st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Spanish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, José María Ventura Casas ranks 1,444 out of 3,175. Before him are Ismaël Lô, Ivan Král, Rudolf Firkušný, Jens Johansson, Jörg Michael, and Peter Tägtgren. After him are Bob Ezrin, Dominic Miller, Blind Blake, Red Garland, Dennis Brain, and Geoff Nicholls.

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Among people born in 1817, José María Ventura Casas ranks 75. Before him are Alexandros Koumoundouros, Braxton Bragg, Heinrich von Sybel, Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, and Richard Spruce. After him are Thomas Thomson, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Richard S. Ewell, Alfred Francis Russell, Serafino Dubois, and Manuel Robles Pezuela. Among people deceased in 1875, José María Ventura Casas ranks 72. Before him are Virginie Ancelot, Giovanni Luppis, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, George Finlay, Joseph Othmar Rauscher, and George Pickett. After him are Heinrich Ewald, Henry Kellett, Zsigmond Kemény, Karl Mauch, John Gardner Wilkinson, and Zecharias Frankel.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José María Ventura Casas ranks 1,542 out of 3,355. Before him are Domingo Perurena (1943), Alejandro Garnacho (2004), Gregorio María Aguirre y García (1835), Esperanza Aguirre (1952), Enrique Morente (1942), and Fernando Serena (1941). After him are Asunción Balaguer (1925), José Antonio Zaldúa (1941), Juan Manuel Lillo (1965), Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols (1872), Juan de Mena (1411), and Ángel Atienza (1931).

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Among MUSICIANS In Spain

Among musicians born in Spain, José María Ventura Casas ranks 20. Before him are Manny Charlton (1941), Sabicas (1912), Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863), Tete Montoliu (1933), Pepe Romero (1944), and Paco Peña (1942). After him are Tomatito (1958), José Antonio Labordeta (1935), Mikel Herzog (1960), Pau Donés (1966), Hevia (1967), and DJ Sammy (1969).

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