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Designation for one of a series of "generations" of Spanish composers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Generación del 51 is a designation for one of a series of "generations" of Spanish composers, identifying a group born between 1924 and 1938.
Members of this group of composers from the Basque and Castilian-speaking regions of Spain include:[1]
In their earlier works, members of this generation tended toward the avant-garde, with post-Webernian serialism evident in the work of Halffter and Luis de Pablo in particular. By the end of the 1970s a mellowing of their language becomes apparent, and during the 1980s many of them began to turn to tonality of one sort or another.[1]
The Catalan members of this generation are associated with the reforming and renewing tendencies that emerged after the post-Civil War isolation:[2][1]
Soler's compositional palette involves serial techniques, and he is particularly noted for his dramatic music.[1]
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