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A cobla is a Catalan orchestra, composed of 11 musicians who play 12 instruments, some of them typically Catalan: tenora (tenor Catalan shawm), tible (treble Catalan shawm), flabiol (Catalan fipple flute) and tamborí (small drum).
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La cobla és una agrupació musical autòctona de Catalunya, formada per 11 músics que toquen 12 instruments (alguns d’ells típicament catalans: tenora, tible, flabiol i tamborí).
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He altered the composition of the cobla, which he likewise considered too limited, transforming the archaic cobla de tres quartans (bagpipes, shawm, flabiol and tambori) into a formation that was initially composed of five or seven musicians but which progressively incorporated brass instruments.
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S’ocupà de liderar el canvi de l’arcaica cobla de tres quartans (cornamusa, xeremia, flabiol i tamborí) en un conjunt que inicialment era de cinc o set sonadors, i que progressivament anar incorporant instruments de metall.
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He devotes particular attention to music for Catalan traditional Cobla bands, and was the composer of the first ever concerto for tenora (Catalan tenor shawm) and orchestra, the first performance of which was given on 3 December 1999 by the Barcelona City Orchestra.
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Dedica una atenció especial a la música per a cobla, i és l’autor del primer concert per a tenora i orquestra simfònica de la història (estrenat el 3 de desembre de 1999 per l’OBC).
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