Manuel de Falla

El Amor Brujo: Ballet Pantomine

The triumvirate of composers Granados, Albéniz, and Falla, are the most important composers of twentieth-century Spain, without question.   But, many would award the palm of “first among equals” to Falla.  His three relatively early works:  The “Ritual Fire Dance” from his ballet, El amor brujo; his Nights in the Gardens of Spain; and The Three-cornered Hat are all...

Suite No. 1 from The Three-Cornered Hat

The triumvirate of composers Granados, Albéniz, and Falla, are the most important composers of twentieth-century Spain, without question.   But, many would award the palm of “first among equals” to Falla.  American audiences know him primarily for three relatively early works:  The “Ritual Fire Dance” from his ballet, El amor brujo; the symphonic suite for piano and orchestra...

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