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Josep Maria Mestres i Quadreny
Person · male · Spain · Manresa · born 1929 · died 2021 · recording since 1972
Catalan composer (1929–2021)
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Also known as Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny · Josep Mestres Quadreny · Joseph Maria Mestres Quadreny · ジュゼプ・メストレス・クアドレニ
Timeline
5 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1✦ Award 1† Death 1
1920s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: Espaces Sonores no. 1
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
2020s
Biography
English biography154 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1356873224
Biography
Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny (4 March 1929 – 18 January 2021) was a Spanish composer.
Biography
He studied sciences at the University of Barcelona, taking lessons in composition from Cristòfor Taltabull. In 1968 he started the Catalan Group of Contemporary Music (Conjunt Català de Música Contemporània), and in 1976 the Catalan Instrumental Group (Grup Instrumental Català) with Carles Santos. He was also one of the founders of the Phonos Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music in 1973.
His output included incidental music for theatre and cinema, musicals, ballet, opera and instrumental music. He also collaborated with visual artists, including Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies and Joan Brossa.
In addition to his compositional activities, he taught at the Darmstadt New Music Courses and the Latin American Course of Contemporary Music (Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporánea) in Brazil.
He was chairman of the Joan Brossa Foundation and an emeritus member of the board of trustees of the Joan Miró Foundation.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Josep Maria Mestres i Quadreny head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Saint George's Cross | won | |
| — | Barcelona Medal of Honor | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e63299c3-35ef-42c4-baa8-d607d9ff4641discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e63299c3-35ef-42c4-baa8-d607d9ff4641core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3098833genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3098833seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Mestres_Quadrenybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Mestres_Quadreny
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
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Wikidata: Q3098833 · MusicBrainz: e63299c3-35ef-42c4-baa8-d607d9ff4641
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