Joaquin Homs
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Joaquin Homs (alternately called Joaquim) (August 21, 1906 – September 9, 2003), was a Spanish composer.
He was born in Barcelona, and studied cello until 1922. Afterwards, he self-educated himself in composition before studying on-and-off from 1931 to 1938 studied composition with Roberto Gerhard.
He died at his home in Barcelona at the age of 97.
When asked by the British encyclopedia The World of Music in the mid-1950s what he considered to be his chief works, his answer was:
- Duet for Flute and Clarinet (1936)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1938)
- Violin sonata (1941)
- Sonata for oboe and bass clarinet (1942)
- Variations on a popular Catalonia theme (1943)
- String Quartets No. 2 (1949) and No. 3 (1950)
- Poem by J. Carner for voice and piano (1935)
- Four psalms for baritone and chamber orchestra (1939)
- Ten choral responses (1943)
- Choral Mass (1943)
- Rhymes for voice and piano (1950)
