Biography
José Padilla Sánchez (28 May 1889 in Almería – 25 October 1960 in Madrid), popularly known as Maestro Padilla was a famous Spanish composer and pianist. He was best known for the songs La Violetera and El Relicario, popularized by cuplé singer Raquel Meller, and the pasodoble song Valencia.
He became famous in France as he composed songs for the Moulin Rouge, like Ça c'est Paris. La Violetera was adapted by Charlie Chaplin for the soundtrack of City Lights (1931).
José Padilla Sánchez was born in Almería in 1889. He took his first music lessons from Almería´s Municipal Band director and at fourteen he produced his first written music sheet titled Las dos palomas. By the time he lived in Madrid, he attended the Real Conservatorio de Música y Declamación. Also, he became acquainted with remarcable Zarzuela composers such as Tomás Bretón, Gerónimo Giménez y Amadeo Vives.
At 23 he moves Barcelona and from there to Buenos Aires and works as director for the Úrsula López Band. Later on he moved back to Barcelona and composed his popular El Relicario and La violetera. Next he moves to Paris and his works are performed in the Folies Bergere and Moulin Rouge music halls where his Ça c´est Paris sung by Mistinguett becomes very popular. In 1928 he signed a 25 million franc contract to travel to Argentina. There he produced works with Carlos Gardel.
In 1949, al 60 returns to Madrid to a house that, after his death in 1960 held his museum.
There is a conmemorative plaque in his Paris residence. Also, in 1992 the Maestro Padilla Auditorium was built in home town Almería. There is a garden named Jardín Maestro Padilla in the Arganzuela district of Madrid.
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Filmography
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Descubriendo a José Padilla (2020)
Histoires : Marie Antoinette (2005)
Dreaming of Julia (2003)
Hotel Danubio (2003)
Chaplin Today: 'City Lights' (2003)
Ibiza Dream (2002)
Stolen Tangos (2002)
The Green March (2002)
Elle et lui au 14ème étage (2000)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Chaplin (1992)
Blaze (1991)
Weltbühne Berlin - Die Zwanziger Jahre (1986)
Las alegres chicas de Colsada (1984)
Private Manoeuvres (1983)
Général... nous voilà ! (1978)
The Gentleman Tramp (1976)
Musidora (1973)
Français si vous saviez (1973)
Money Money Money (1972)
Land of Milk and Honey (1971)
El relicario (1970)
You Will Reap the Tempest (1969)
Who Thanasis! (1969)
The Boss of Champignol (1966)
Pelusa (1960)
Normandy - Neman (1960)
European Nights (1959)
Melodías inolvidables (1959)
S.O.S. Noronha (1957)
Fantaisie d'un jour (1955)
Prisionera del pasado (1954)
The Lovers of Midnight (1953)
Rolling Sea (1951)
La Danseuse de Marrakech (1950)
The Angel with the Trumpet (1948)
La dernière chevauchée (1947)
Ni tuyo ni mío (1944)
Mi adorable secretaria (1943)
Una conquista difícil (1941)
La vida es un tango (1939)
El ciento trece (1935)
Folies Bergère (1935)
The Reliquary (1933)
Violettes impériales (1932)
City Lights (1931)
El relicario (1927)
Valencia (1926)
Frivolinas (1926)
The Life of Christopher Columbus (1916)
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GenderMale
Birthday1889-05-23
Deathday1960-10-25 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceAlmería, Spain
CitizenshipsSpain
Also Known As Jose Padilla, José Padilla Sánchez, Maestro Padilla
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