{{Short description|Spanish composer (1879–1942)}} {{for|the Mexican football coach|Pablo Luna (footballer)}} thumb|Pablo Luna 1913 '''Pablo Luna Carné''' (May 21, 1879 Alhama de Aragón – January 28, 1942 Madrid) was a Spanish composer.<ref>Vincent J. Cincotta Zarzuela, the Spanish lyric theatre: a complete reference 2003 "Along with Amadeo Vives, Jose Serrano, Francisco Alonso and Fcderico Moreno Torroba, Pablo Luna was one of Zarzuelas major exponents during the first half of the 20th century. The litheness and richness of his melody line with its broad thematic inspiration place Luna's works closer to Viennese operetta than Spanish zarzuela. Among his 168 works are: 18 operettas; 50 zarzuelas and sainetes,"</ref> His best-known composition is the aria "De España vengo" from the zarzuela ''El niño judío''.
== Life == Pablo Luna received his first lessons in music theory from an organist at a church in his birthplace, Alhama de Aragón. His father, Pablo Luna Ferrer, who was a member of the Civil Guard, had moved with his family to the valley of the Ebro. He studied harmony with Teodoro Ballo and composition with Miguel Arnaudas. As a violinist, Luna would make money in hotels, cafes, churches and a small chamber orchestra, as well as in theaters. In 1903 he wrote his first operetta, ''Lolilla, la Petenera'' which was followed in 1904 by ''La Escalera de los Duendes'' (The Ladder of the Elves).
In 1905, he moved to Madrid to learn more about the world of zarzuela. In particular, he contacted Ruperto Chapí, the second director of the Teatro de la Zarzuela, and Tomás Barrera Saavedra, a later director of the orchestra, Jerónimo Giménez y Bellido and others. He also knew the librettist Luis Pascual Frutos, who wrote the libretto for the operetta ''Mussetta'', which premiered successfully in 1908. This operetta was followed by many other stage works.
In Zaragoza premiered with great success 11 March 1911 his zarzuela ''Molinos de viento'' (Windmills). Luna was the same who led the orchestra on the night of reopening of the Teatro de la Zarzuela, after a fire, in 1914. In 1918, he released one of his greatest works, ''El niño Judío'' (The Jewish Boy), an exponent of the new style full of exoticism and sophistication. In March 1925 a grand concert was given in his honor and he was awarded the gold medal of the city of Zaragoza. He closed the trilogy of his three most successful zarzuelas with Benamor (1928).
He also wrote eleven screenplays under the pseudonym García Sandoval. Pablo Luna has various streets named after him, and has a school with his name in Alhama de Aragón (Zaragoza).
== Works ==
=== Works for orchestra === * ''Una noche en Calatayud'', suite-fantasía * ''¡Arre borrico!'', jota
=== Works for band === * ''Ballesteros'', paso-doble jota * ''Danza del Fuego from "Benamor"'' * ''Fantasía from "Molinos de viento"'' * ''Intermedio from "La Pícara Molinera"'' * ''Selección from "El Asombro de Damasco"'' * ''Selección from "El niño judío"'' * ''Selección from "Una noche en Calatayud"''
=== Theatrical works === '''''Revistas''''' * 1909 ''A.C.T., Que se va el tío'', (with Tomás Barrera Saavedra) * 1909 ''El Club de las solteras'', Pasatiempo cómico-Lírico in 1 act and 5 scenes, with libretto by Manuel Fernández del Puente, (with Luis Foglietti) * 1911 ''El paraguas del abuelo'', cuento fantástico in 1 act (with Tomás Barrera Saavedra) - libretto by Guillermo Perrín y Miguel de Palacios * 1918 ''La Mujer artificial o la receta del doctor Miró'', 3 acts - libretto by Carlos Arniches and Joaquín Abati * 1921 ''La Tierra del Carmen'' * 1924 ''Rosa de fuego'' Revista in 3 acts - Libretto by Antonio Paso * 1927 ''El Fumadero'' * 1927 ''Roxana, la cortesana'' * 1929 ''El Antojo'' * 1932 ''¡Cómo están las mujeres!'', 2 actos - libretto by Francisco García Loygorri * 1934 ''Las Peponas'' * 1934 ''Los Inseparables'', 2 acto - libretto by Leandro Blanco and Alfonso Lapena * 1935 ''Las Ansiosas'' (with José Ruiz de Azagra) * 1935 ''La Colasa del Pavón'' * 1935 ''Al Cantar el gallo'' * 1935 ''Las siete en punto'', reportage of a great spectacle in 20 episodes, divided in 2 parts, a prologue an epilogue and an apotheosis - text: Leandro Blanco and Alfonso Lapena * 1936 ''Piezas de Recambio'', Humorada lírica in 2 acts - libretto by Fernando Neyra and García Sandoval. * 1936 ''La sal por arrobas'', 2 acts (with Jacinto Guerrero) - libretto by Antonio Paso
'''''Operetas''''' * 1908 ''Musseta'' - libretto by Luis Pascual Frutos * 1909 ''La Reina de los mercados'', 1 act - libretto by Guillermo Perrín and Miguel de Palacios * 1910 ''Molinos de viento'', 1 act - libretto by Luis Pascual Frutos * 1911 ''La Canción húngara'' * 1912 ''Canto de primavera'', 2 acts - libretto by Luis Pascual Frutos * 1913 '':es:Los cadetes de la Reina'', 1 act * 1913 ''La alegría del amor'', 1 act - libretto by Ramón Asensio Más and José Juan Cadenas Muñoz * 1914 ''La Corte de Risalia'' * 1914 ''El Rey del mundo'', 1 act - libretto by José Maria Martín de Eugenio * 1916 ''Jack'', 3 acts - libretto by Maxim Brody, Franz Martos y Emilio González del Castillo * 1916 ''Sybill'', 3 acts - libretto by Maxim Brody, Franz Martos and Emilio González del Castillo * 1916 ''El Asombro de Damasco'', 2 acts - libretto by Antonio Paso Cano and Joaquín Abati, based on a story from the Thousand and One Nights * 1918 ''Los Calabreses'' * 1921 ''El Sinvergüenza en Palacio'', (with Amadeo Vives) * 1923 ''Benamor'', 3 acts * 1939 ''Flor de Cerezo o La Gata encantada''
'''''Zarzuelas''''' * 1903 ''Lolilla, la Petenera'' * 1904 ''Escalera de los Duendes'' * 1906 ''La Corte de Júpiter'', (with Eduardo Fuentes Parra) * 1908 ''Fuente Escondida'' * 1908 ''La Fiesta del Carmen'' (with Pedro Códoba) * 1909]''Oro y sangre'' * 1909 ''Salón moderno'' * 1909 ''Las Lindas perras'', (with Rafael Calleja Gómez) * 1910 ''Llevar la derecha'' * 1910 ''Huelga de criadas'', (with Luis Foglietti) * 1910 ''Vida de príncipe'', 1 act, (with Luis Foglietti) - libretto by Antonio López Monís and Ramón Asensio Más * 1911 ''El Dirigible'', (with Arturo Escobar) * 1911 ''Las Hijas de Lemnos'' * 1911 ''Sangre y arena'', 1 act (with Pascual Marquina Narro) - libretto by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Gonzalo Jover and Emilio Gónzalez del Castillo * 1911 ''La Romerito'', (with Rafael Calleja Gómez) * 1912 ''Las Malas pulgas'', (with San Nicolás) * 1912 ''La Mujer de su marido'' * 1913 ''Los Cuatro gatos'' (with Arturo Lapuerta) * 1913 ''La Cucaña de Sotanillo'' * 1913 ''La Gloria del vencido'', (with Marcelino Amenazavas) * 1915 ''La Boda de Cayetana, o una Tarde en Amaniel'' * 1915 ''La Sultana'', (with Arturo Lapuerta) * 1915 ''Amores de aldea'' (with Reveriano Soutullo Otero) * 1916 ''El Patio de los naranjos'', 1 act - libretto by Julio Pellicer y López and José Fernández del Villar * 1917 ''La Casa de enfrente'', sainete in 1 act - libretto by Serafín Álvarez Quintero and Joaquín Álvarez Quintero * 1917 ''Los Patineros'', (with Luis Foglietti) * 1918 ''El Aduar'' * 1918 ''El niño judío'', 2 acts and 4 scenes - libretto by Enrique García Álvarez and Antonio Paso * 1918 ''Trini la clavellina'' * 1919 ''La Mecanógrafa'' * 1919 ''Muñecos de trapo'', farsa musical in 2 acts - libretto by Antonio Paso * 1919 ''Pancho Virondo'', zarzuela in 2 acts and 4 scenes - libretto by Enrique García Álvarez and Antonio Paso * 1920 ''El suspiro del moro'', 1 act (with Eduardo Fuentes Parra) - libretto by Antonio López Monís and Juan López Núñez * 1921 ''Los Papiros'', zarzuela in 3 acts - libretto by Serafín Álvarez Quintero and Joaquín Álvarez Quintero * 1921 ''Su Alteza, se casa'' * 1922 ''Los Apuros de Pura'' * 1922 ''Los Dragones de París'' * 1923 ''La Moza de las campanillas'' * 1924 ''Calixta la prestamista'' * 1924 ''La Joven Turquía'' * 1925 ''La Paz del molino'' 2 acts, the second in three scenes - Libreto de Manuel Góngora y Miguel Manzano * 1925 ''Sangre de Reyes'', 2 acts (junto con Francisco Balaguer Muriel) - libretto by Angel Torres del Alamo and Antonio Asenjo Pérez Campos * 1925 ''El Tropiezo de la Nati'' * 1925 ''Las Espigas'', (with Enrique Bru) (1873–1951) * 1926 ''Las Mujeres son así'' * 1926 ''La Pastorela'', 3 acts (with Federico Moreno Torroba) - libretto de Fernando Luque and Enrique Calonge * 1927 ''El Tiro de pichón'' * 1928 ''La Chula de Pontevedra'', sainete in 2 acts (with Enrique Bru) - libretto by Enrique Paradas and Joaquín Jiménez * 1928 ''La Manola del Portillo'', (with Federico Moreno Torroba) * 1928 ''La Pícara molinera'', zarzuela in 3 acts - Angel Torres del Alamo and Antonio Asenjo Pérez. * 1929 ''El Caballero del guante rojo'' * 1929 ''La Moza vieja'', zarzuela in 3 acts - libretto by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández Shaw * 1929 ''La Ventera de Alcalá'', (with Rafael Calleja Gómez ) * 1931 ''Currito de la Cruz'' * 1931 ''Morena y sevillana'' * 1931 ''Flor de Zelanda''- 2 acts - Luis Fernandez de Sevilla and Anselmo C. Carreño * 1932 ''Los moscones'' - sainete in 2 acts - Pedro Lerena and Anselmo C. Carreño * 1939 ''Cocktail'' * 1939 ''Una copla hecha mujer'' * 1941 ''Las Calatravas'', 3 acts - libretto by Federico Romero and José Tellaeche * 1944 ''Pilar de la victoria'', (with Julio Gómez)
'''Other theatrical works''' * 1916 ''El sapo enamorado'' (the frog in love), pantomime - based on a story by Tomás Borrás * ''La Boda de Antón'', (with Emilio Acevedo) * ''La Rabalera'' * ''La Flor del camino''
==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=8286&tipo_busqueda=1&nombre=Pablo%20Luna&categoria_id=&subcategoria_id=&conImagenes= Pablo Luna Carné] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311051345/http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=8286&tipo_busqueda=1&nombre=Pablo%20Luna&categoria_id=&subcategoria_id=&conImagenes= |date=2007-03-11 }} in the [http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa] * [https://archive.today/20010417173527/http://www.geocities.com/lazarzuela20/autorpabloluna.htm Geocities: Pablo Luna] * [http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/l/luna_pablo.htm Biografías y Vidas: Pablo Luna]
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