Joaquim Homs

Joaquim Homs i Oller (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒu.əˈkim ˈɔms]; 21 or 22 August 1906 – 9 September 2003) was a Spanish composer.

His early style was characterized by the use of free counterpoint, already moving towards atonality, and beginning in 1954 he began using twelve-tone technique.

While his style remained loyal to modernism, his later works no longer adhered to strict twelve-note technique (Menéndez Aleyxandre and Pizà 2001).

The personal papers of Joaquim Homs are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya.

When asked by the British encyclopedia The World of Music in the mid-1950s[This quote needs a citation] what he considered to be his chief works, his answer was: