Aita Donostia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Aita Donostia

Basque writer

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1886

Place of Birth: Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain

Date of Death: 30-Aug-1956

Profession: writer, composer, Catholic priest, organist, musicologist

Nationality: Spain, France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Aita Donostia

  • José Gonzalo Zulaica (10 January 1886 in San Sebastián, Spain – 30 August 1956), better known by his pen name Aita Donostia (Father Donostia or Father San Sebastian, because he was a priest born in San Sebastian, Donostia in the Basque language), was a Basque musicologist and composer.
  • He was also known as José Antonio de Donostia.From 1936 to 1943 he was in exile in France. His most popular work is the Basque Preludes, a set of fifteen piano pieces inspired by Basque traditional music, arranged in a very romantic way, that reminds Robert Schumann's and Edvard Grieg's styles.

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