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Josep Fàbrega (?-1789), composer
The work of Josep Fàbrega is important within the context of
catalan music as Fàbrega is the most prolific of the first generation
of catalan composers writing symphonies, a group of musicians who,
around 1760 or even before, assimilated the style of classicism and began
writing overtures and symphonies. Their symphonic style fits perfectly
within the italian roots of the classicism: works in three movements
the second frecuently in a minor key, a gallant style,
omnipresence of sonata scheme in the fast movements and use of the binay
form in the central parts.