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The generic title of this collection of Catalan intimacies comes from the special affection that Vicente Ascencio Ruano had for this music. Some of the dances were taken from his very popular Danse Valencianes. Completed in 1970, Col. lectici Intim premiered with guitarist Narsico Yepes at the San Leone Auditorium in Rome. For Ascencio, modern music is itself uninteresting. "I am a tonal composer", he said in a previous interview. "The atonal movement has finally come to Spain but I do not find it overly interesting. We (Spaniards) are Mediterraneans and dodecaphony is mainly an intellectual thing while we are intuitive. We must try to find our own form of expression. We must find a technique that answers our lifestyle. I am an intimist who doesn't like the overflowing styles. I like the intimacy of music".
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