Ruperto Chapí Spain
Biography
Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (27 March 1851 - 25 March 1909) was a Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores. Chapí was born at Villena, the son of a Valencian barber. He trained in his home town and Madrid. He wrote a large number of symphonic, band, choral and chamber works, as well as zarzuelas and operas, becoming, alongside Tomás Bretón, a fellow pupil of Emilio Arrieta at the Madrid Conservatory. He was one of the most popular and important composers of his time.
