(November 23, 1876 Cadiz, Spain - November 14, 1946 Alta Gracia, Argentina)
Manuel de Falla began taking piano lessons from his mother at a very young age and later went to Madrid to study composition. There he was inspired by 16th century Spanish church music, folk music, and native opera. His style was Neoclassical while still Spanish, and he won two prizes in 1905 for piano playing and for a national opera, La vida breve, first performed in Nice, France in 1913.
Manuel de Falla moved to Paris in 1907, where he published his first piano pieces and songs. He composed zarzuelas (Spanish musical comedies) which assisted in changing the fortunes of his family. He wrote and composed many stage works, orchestral music, vocal music, chamber music, and piano music. He retired to Granada in 1922 and organized a festival while composing a puppet opera. His final years were spent in the Argentine desert working on a giant cantata, Atlantida, which remained unfinished.
- Album Title: Amor brujo (El) / (Senn, Simon Bolivar Symphony, Mata)
Catalogue No: Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-90210
Category: Ballet, Orchestral, Vocal - Album Title: Harpsichord Concerto (Marlowe, Concert Arts Players) 1956
Catalogue No: Naxos Classical Archives 9.81075
Category: Concertos, Chamber Music - Album Title: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Archucarro, Rattle) / (Teatro Real, 2010) (Blu-ray, Full HD)
Catalogue No: EuroArts 2058884
Category: Classical Concert
"Manuel De Falla." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 28 June 2013.
http://www.britannica.com/Ebchecked/topic/200829/Manuel-de-Falla.
"Manuel De Falla." Naxos.com. Naxos, n.d. Web. 28 June 2013.
http://www.naxos.com/person/Manuel_de_Falla_26040/26040.htm.
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