by Niedzielski

Joaquin Turina is only forty-six, but he has already produced an imposing volume of distinguished music - for the stage, for orchestra, chamber music, and many songs and smaller pieces ; he also is the author of at least two important books on musical subjects. As a teacher he is recognized as exercising an influence on present-day Spanish composition which is having far-reaching effects, and he is known far beyond the bounds of his native land as a brilliant solo pianist and a conductor.