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Born:
23 November
1876
— Cádiz
— Spain
Died:
14 November
1946
— Alta Gracia, Cordoba
— Argentina
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Music
Manuel de Falla wrote one opera: "La vida breve" (Life is short);
one piano concerto "Noches en los Jardines de España" (Nights in the Gardens of
Spain); songs "Siete Canciones Españolas", later orchestrated by Ernesto
Halffter and Luciano Berio; piano works "Cuatro piezas Españolas".
(Thanks Jose MX Pajares <jose.pajares
sggdph.mma.es>.)
Another famous piece is "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" (The Three-cornered Hat).
One of Spain’s greatest composers. Lived in Spain in Granada, near the Alhambra. Wrote El Amor Brujo (Love the Magician); Atlantida (Atlantis), an oratorio; Harpsicord Concerto.and the very popular and often recorded short piece from El Amor Brujo:
The Ritualm Fire Dance. (Contributed by Ralph Barrocas <RBarrocasaol.com>.)
Life
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1 April 1913: Premiere of La Vida Breve, in Nice, France.
14 January 1915: Premiere of Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, in Madrid, Spain.
9 April 1916: Premiere of Noches en los Jardines de España, in Madrid, Spain.
22 July 1919: Premiere of El Sombrero de Tres Picos, in London, England.
18 June 1962: Premiere of Atlántida, in Milan, Italy.
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