Ramon Roig i Perles (a) Arengadetes

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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the gralla (a shawm) was prominent in certain areas of Catalonia (the Penedès and the Camp de Tarragona districts).
Gralla groups playing these shawms ' usually three of them plus a drum at that time ' played dance music, traditional intermezzos (e.g. the giant-parade sets, gypsy pieces, masquerades and human-castle pieces), and performed in celebrations and major festivities (carnival, Easter serenading etc.).
One of those groups, perhaps the most renowned one at that time, was the 'Colla dels Bastarons' of Vila-Rodona. This volume in the collection 'Calaix de Solfa' (music-language box) brings together the repertoire that Ramon Roig i Perles composed for that group, plus a few other pieces. These are concert pieces that are only suitable for the most skilled groups.