%0 Journal Article
%T Choral singing in the 19th and 20th Centuries
%A Xos¨¦ Avi£¿oa
%J Catalan Historical Review
%D 2009
%I Institut d¡¯Estudis Catalans
%X Since Josep Anselm Clav¨¦ created choral singing in Catalonia in 1850, it has become one element of identification of Catalan culture. When the ¡°Orfe¨® Catal¨¤¡± was set up in 1891 it generated an associative movement that was fundamental to the cultural life of the country thanks to the creation of the ¡°Germanor dels Orfeons de Catalunya¡± (Brotherhood of Catalan Choral Societies), 1917. The Spanish Civil War put a temporary brake on this huge undertaking, but there was arecovery during the first decades of Franco¡¯s regime, when it became not just a musical activity, but also an excuse to give a cultural cohesion to the country through the creation of federative bodies, encouraging gatherings and activities. As well as Clav¨¦, there were other people of note, such as Llu¨ªs Millet, Joan Balcells, Antoni P¨¦rez Moya, Enric Rib¨®, Oriol Martorell, Manuel Cabero, Pep Prats, Jordi Casas, Pep Vila or Pere Art¨ªs in the field of the study and spreading of the movement.
%K choral singing
%K musical sociability
%K associationism
%U http://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/CHR/article/viewFile/3056/Avi%C3%B1oa