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Francisco Grau

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Francisco Grau Vegara (22 January 1947 – 21 July 2019)[1] was a Spanish musician, composer and General in the Spanish Armed Forces.[2] He was born in Bigastro, Alicante. In January 2008, Grau became the first General of Music in the Spanish Armed Forces, having been made a colonel some years previously.[3] From 1988 – 2008, he was also director of the Musical Unit of the Spanish Royal Guard.

Grau died on 21 July 2019, aged 72.[4]

References

  1. "Sentir cofrade en Sevilla - Details of involved composers, date of birth recorded". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  2. "La Verdad de Orihuela (local press article) - 2006". Archived from the original on 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  3. "Press review - El País (Spanish national newspaper) 2007-10-22". Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  4. "Muere el compositor Francisco Grau". Pasión en Sevilla (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-07-24.