Images of composer Óscar Esplá or singer Milagritos Gorge Borras with a booklet Juan Such Sierra or a pasodoble by Luis Torregrosa are some of the documents and photographs that can be seen in the exhibition prepared by the Alicante Municipal Archive in its building on Labradores street. starting this Thursday and until next December 4th. The exhibition is dedicated to the extensive heritage of Alicante musicians on the occasion of the festival of Santa Cecilia, which will be held on November 22, as the patron saint of musicians.
In the exhibition that can be visited research room on the ground floor and Windows A selection of photographs of Alicante musicians from the Municipal Archives are exhibited in the panels. Among those represented is the aforementioned Alicante singer Milagritos Gorge Borras (1878-1959); Oscar Esplá and Triay (1886-1976); Gonzalo Soriano Simó (1913-1972) José Mira Figueroa (1912-1976); José Tomás Pérez Sellés (1934-2001); Juan Latorre Baeza (1868 – 1941); Luis Torregrosa Garcia (1871-1960); Alicante Chamber Orchestra (1927-1937); Municipal Symphony Orchestra since 1913; Rafael Rodríguez Albert (1902-1979); Vicente Spiteri Galiano (1917-2003); Antonio Torres Climent (1913-1946) and Juan de Dios Aguilar Gomez (1900-1991).
The items displayed in the window of the room are: Original documents from past centuries, like this Providing a musician position for the San Nicolás school in 1824; A. Musical score of a tap dance from 1853; a booklet containing the text Zarzuela with music by maestro Juan Such Sierra in 1883; les Fogueres de San Joan pasodoble by musician Luis Torregrosa, or Sketch of the temple of music Accompanied by photographs in 1941.
Cultural Council Member, Nayma Beldjilali, “mentioned his name” extensive musical tradition This feature we have in our city makes it a national and international reference. “An example of this is the large number of local musicians we have had throughout our history who are currently in the Municipal Symphony Orchestra.”