Frederic Mompou: El eterno recomenzar. Frederic Mompou: L'etern recomencar, Frederic Mompou: Complete Works for Piano

(Pla is cur- rently working on just such a study, which should be finished by early 2015.) Since the main focus of the book is Mompou's music, particularly the piano music, the relation- ship to Gaudí is not emphasized (e.g., only eight photographs of his work are included in the book, compared to about forty in the SoL concert). The introduction and chapter I, "Mompou, A Master of the Future" (un maestro de future), provide an overview of the book and a convincing vision of Mompou's place in history, which, as the ti- tle implies, is indeed an impressive legacy, both in his music and his creative process.\n Stephen Hough captures the significance of Mompou's bell sounds in saying they "are not so much a call to prayer, as a prayer itself-an abstract orison celebrating a sacredness in the very quiver of the metal" (notes to Piano Music by Federico Mompou, Hyperion CDA 66963 [1997], CD).