Jesús García Leoz

Jesús García Leoz (Olite, Navarra, 10 January 1904 – 1953) was a Spanish composer,^[1] particularly noted for his film scores. He was a favourite pupil of Joaquín Turina and one of the "músicos del '27."^[2]

Works, editions and recordings

• Cinco canciones para canto e piano (1934) (poems by Juan Paredes) ^[3]
• Tríptico de canciones para canto e piano (1937) (poems by Lorca)^[4]
• Seis canciones para canto e piano (1939) (poems by Antonio Machado) ^[5]
• Dos canciones para canto e piano (1952) (poems by Juan Ramón Jiménez)^[6]
• Symphony ^[7]
• Sonatina for small orchestra (1945)^[8]
• Sonata for Violin and Piano ^[9]
• String Quartet in F♯ minor (Opus 2)^[10]
• Quartet for Piano and Strings^[11]
• Piano Sonatina^[12]
• La duquesa del candil (1948) zarzuela in three acts (libretto by Guillermo and Rafael Fernández-Shaw) ^[13]

Selected filmography

• Fortunato (1942)
• A Palace for Sale (1942)
• I Will Consult Mister Brown (1946)
• The Black Siren (1947)
• Four Women (1947)
• Lady in Ermine (1947)
• Lola Leaves for the Ports (1947)
• The Party Goes On (1948)
• Guest of Darkness (1948)
• Ninety Minutes (1949)
• Night Arrival (1949)
• A Man on the Road (1949)
• Tempest (1949)
• Wings of Youth (1949)
• The Maragatan Sphinx (1950)
• Tales of the Alhambra (1950)
• Day by Day (1951)
• Malibran's Song (1951)
• La trinca del aire (1951)
• The Seventh Page (1951)
• Love and Desire (1951)
• Spanish Serenade (1952)
• Come Die My Love (1952)
• The Call of Africa (1952)
• Devil's Roundup (1952)
• Lovers of Toledo (1953)
• Women's Town (1953)
• Return to the Truth (1956)
• The Sun Comes Out Every Day (1958)