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the first publication of the method for the txistu, hundreds of txistularis and pipers of the Basque country and Navarre have learned to play this instrument. It must be kept in mind that at that time there was no method for this instrument. Today, a number of new peda- gogical methods for txistu still use Father Hilario’s method because it contains plenty of music from the Basque country and Navarre. Father Hilario also composed a number of works for two txistus, silbote (bass txistu), and tamboril 27 , mainly dances rooted in the traditions of the Basque country and Navarra, for example, biribilketas, fandangos, porrusaldas, and zortzikos, among others. Several of his works were awarded prizes in different contests: Eguberria, Mixintxo, Litxu, Txoriak, Arkaitzak and Edurne. All of these works are suites of dances written for a trio of txistus, tamboril (percussion), and atabal (drum). Works for piano Father Hilario composed twenty-nine works for piano. In 1920, he wrote the Noche de San Juan , a Basque musical scene. In 1925, he published his first work for piano, inspired by the folklore of Navarre, Mutil-Dantza de Baztán , a dance of mozos (servants). This preceded his study in Basque and Spanish for his choreographic dioramas. The Danza de la Era de Estella (1929), is a suite of seven dances for piano that are to be played without pause ( Introducción , Cadena , Jota vieja , Vals , Fandango , Boleras , and Corrida y final ). In 1931, he composed Ingurutxo de Leiza , which included a foreword in Spanish and Basque, a result of his study of the melodies he collected during the period he was a professor in Lekaroz. He took them directly from Evaristo de Elduayen, of the Auberge de la Petite Ferme Leiza, who, in spite of not knowing music, was an outstanding interpreter of the txistu and tambourine. In 1935, Father Hilario composed the Suite for Violin and Piano in four movements ( Goiza , Otoia , Argaray , and Xigantiak ), possibly based on music that he and Father Donostia interpreted together at the College of Lekaroz. He also wrote Infantiles , a piano work designed for younger students. This work is in five movements ( Monjardín [pasodoble], Campanula [waltz], Violet [gavotte], Gold but- ton [mazurka], and Carnation [bolero]). In 1957, he published two books of piano music, based on the music of Navarre, Danzas de Baztán and Dantza-Soñu and, in 1963, an addi- tional book, Yoku-Dantzak , which brings together nineteen short dance-games. Works collected by Father Hilario In 1922, Father Hilario began to explore, investigate, and collect the music of Navarre, visiting with the best txistu instrumentalists of the region. He directly transcribed these melodies, and in doing so, acquired a profound knowledge of the music, which is then re- flected in his compositions. Other musicians made use of the music he documented on these trips to the Basque country and Navarre. These include José Ignacio Ansorena, José A. Azkue, M. Gaiza, Zaraya, C. Albistur, Short Brothers, T. Beteta, L. Urteaga, A. Yurrita, L. Aramburu, Victor of Zubizarreta, L. Tower, Onraita, and Demetrio Garaizabal, among others. It is famous in- terpreters of the txistu in the Basque country and Navarre, whose names are collected from their own notes in their notebooks. CATALOG I NG MUS I CAL WORKS OF FATHER H I LAR I O OLAZARÁN OF ES TEL LA 49 27. The silbote, or bass txistu, is a tuned a fifth lower. It is played with two hands and used to provide a third voice to the instrumental texture.