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

Works, editions and recordings

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

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)

References

1. "Compositor: Jesús García Leoz - CM Ediciones S.L." Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
2. Cristóbal L. García Gallardo, Francisco Martínez González, María Ruíz Hilillo Los músicos del 27 2010 "Sin duda, figuras destacadas como las de Jesús García Leoz (1904-1953), José Muñoz Molleda (1905-1988), Fernando Obradors (1897-1945), José María Franco Bordóns (1894-1971) Jesús Arámbarri (1902-1960), Gaspar Cassadó ..."
3. CD Odradek ODRCD403
4. OCLC 775056194. Published 1965.
5. CD Odradek ODRCD403
6. CD Odradek ODRCD403
7. OCLC 658526446 (Música hispana. Serie B, Música instrumental, 27, pub. 2005 in an edition by Madrid : Instituto complutense de ciencias musicales.)
8. OCLC 725583771
9. OCLC 801441304
10. OCLC 812221638
11. OCLC 435933386
12. Published 1945. OCLC 843946850
13. Blue Moon BMCD 7510

• Spanish composers
• 1904 births
• 1953 deaths
• 20th-century Spanish composers
• 20th-century Spanish musicians
• People from Olite
• 20th-century Spanish male musicians
• Spanish film score composers
• Spanish male film score composers