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People

A comprehensive list of Clavé's circle of known friends, acquaintances, relations, and political and professional associates, in alphabetical order.

Santiago Soler i Pla

Barcelona, 1839 – Barcelona, 1888 Politician / Lawyer

Lawyer and politician. He took part in the frustrated republican revolt of 1867 and went into exile in France. After the revolution of 1868, he became a member of the Federal Democratic Republican Party and was mayor of Barcelona in 1869.

Soler was deputy in Barcelona in 1869, ​ 1872 and 1873. During the First Republic, he was appointed minister of State by Nicolás Salmerón, and minister of Overseas by Emilio Castelar. 

After the restoration, he practiced law again. 

Soler ran again in the 1876 general election for Castelar’s Republican Possibilist party, but was not elected. In 1885, he became a republican councilor in Barcelona City Council.

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Letters by Clavé / view all

  1. Catalanization

    The Choruses in Madrid, 1863.
  2. Captivity

    Letters from El Saladero, 1867.

  3. Banishment

    Exiled in France, 1869-1870.
  4. Conspiracies

    Persecution for Prim’s assassination, 1870.
  5. Federalism

    Political thoughts, 1872.

  6. Power

    Governor in Castelló and Tarragona, 1873.

Papers / view all

Clavé's Papers (1845—1870). A transcription of the composer's personal and professional collection of documents.

Correspondence / view all

Clavé received letters from politicians and intellectuals such as Víctor Balaguer, Pi i Maragall, Baltasar Saldoni, Pep Ventura, Abdó Terradas, Rius i Taulet, among others.

Notes / view all

This section offers an interpretation of Clavé's correspondence and archive, and compiles our scholarship on nineteenth-century Catalan popular music, politics, and social movements.