For an analysis of the siete canciones populares espanolas with sheet music examples please see these posts. Nights in the gardens of spain is fallas first strictly orchestral piece, produced after. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Spanish music definition by babylons free dictionary. In paris from 1907 to 1914, he met debussy debussy, claude achille, 18621918, french composer, exponent of musical impressionism. Submitted to the graduate degree program in music and the graduate faculty of the university of kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of musical arts. Falla took piano lessons from his mother and later. Lieb liebchen features one of heines most striking and successful lyrics of irony. Faya, together with albeniz and granados, helped to make spanish music important again after three centuries during which there had been no important spanish composers.
Nana is a lullaby, and polo a wild desire for revenge on an unfaithful lover. The spanish composer infused his compositions with unique idioms from native folk songs and dance to create his music on nationalistic lines. In his music he achieved a fusion of poetry, asceticism, and ardour that represents the spirit of spain at its purest. The passionate jota takes the name of one of the most widely known. Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin and cello dedicated to wanda landowska c. Jota from siete canciones popolares espanolas music. Fallas jota, the fourth song of the cycle, is composed of entirely original.
The puppet opera marked the first time the harpsichord had entered the modern orchestra. Siete canciones populares espanolas the liedernet archive. This blend of impressionism and his own ambitions for spanish music resulted in his three bestknown works. Siete canciones populares espanolas, 7 canciones populares espanolasiii. Almost but not quite a piano concerto, it treats the keyboard instrument as a member of the orchestra rather than making a soloist of it. He has a claim to being spains greatest composer of the 20th century, although the number of pieces he. They say we arent in love, they say we arent in love. Along with isaac albeniz, francisco tarrega, and enrique granados, he was one of spains most important. His output is small but choice, and revolves largely around music for the stage. The new grove dictionary of music and musicians, second edition, edited by stanley sadie and john tyrrell london.
His standing as such is due not only to the outstanding quality of his music but also to its essentially spanish tone and spirit. From 1896 to 1900 he studied composition at the madrid conservatory under felipe pedrell, who stimulated fallas interest in folk music as he had previously done for albeniz and granados. Pieza en do mayor and romanza for cello and piano 1898. His mother, however, was a fine pianist, and it was from her that falla received his earliest instruction. In paris from 1907 to 1914, he met debussy debussy, claude achille, 18621918. Spanish music played a notable role in the evolution of western classical music, particularly from the 15th through the early 17th century. The choices one makes under such circumstances may seem sometimes arbitrary, the music is so beautiful that it demands of the player decisions of an almost spiritual nature. In 1922 falla settled in granada, leaving only infrequently to conduct or attend performances of his work. Alfredo kraus alfredo kraus trujillo also performed by. Manuel was a his father was a businessman with no musical training. Nights in the gardens of spain work by falla britannica.
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