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Manuel de Falla
12+ albums
Classicalspanishcontemporary classicalcomposers20th Century Classical
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Manuel de Falla y Matheu (November 23, 1876 – November 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. Manuel de Falla was born in Cádiz. His early teacher in music was his mother; at the age of 9 he was introduced to his first piano professor. From the late 1890s he studied music in Madrid, piano with José Tragó and composition with Felipe Pedrell. In 1899 by unanimous vote he was awarded the first prize at the piano competition at his school of music, and around that year he started to use de with his first surname, making de Falla the name he became known as from that time on. It was from Felipe Pedrell, during the Madrid period, that de Falla became interested in native Spanish music, particularly Andalusian flamenco (specifically cante jondo), the influence of which can be strongly felt in many of his works. Among his early pieces are a number of zarzuelas, but his first important work was the one-act opera La vida breve (A Brief Life, written in 1905, though revised before its premiere in 1913). De Falla spent the years 1907 to 1914 in Paris, where he met a number of composers who had an influence on his style, including the impressionists Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Paul Dukas. He wrote little more music, however, until his return to Madrid at the beginning of World War I. While at no stage was he a prolific composer, it was then that he entered into his mature creative period. In Madrid he composed several of his best known pieces, including: The noctur
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Nana
13,73127 canciones populares españolas: VI. Canción
13,2263Siete canciones populares españolas: No. 5 Nana
11,9604La Vida Breve: Danza Española No. 1 (Arr. for Harp & Guitar)
9,1845Ritual Fire Dance
8,6626Siete Canciones Populares Españolas: VI. Nana - for alto and piano
7,7287Noches en los jardines de España: I. En el Generalife. Allegretto tranquillo e misterioso
7,0358El sombrero de tres picos, Pt. 1: III. Danza de la molinera
5,1879Asturiana
4,80010El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
4,742albums
Falla: Nights in the Garden of Spain; Solo Piano Works
Manuel de Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
FALLA: Songs and Piano Music
FALLA: El sombrero de tres picos; El amor brujo
Falla: Amor Brujo (El) / El Sombrero De Tres Picos
De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat & Nights in the Gardens of Spain
FALLA: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1
Manuel de Falla - Great Recordings
Tomorrow Eyes
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This Is Classical - the Universe's Best Easy Listening Album of All Time
Viva Espana: The Music of Spain
Manuel De Falla: Siete Canciones populares españolas