Manuel de falla biography sampler
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Manuel de Falla and Visions of Spanish Music
About this eBook
Michael Christoforidis is widely recognized as a leading expert on one of Spain's most important composers, Manuel de Falla. This volume brings together both new chapters and revised versions of previously published work, some of which is made available here in English for the first time. The introductory chapter provides a biographical outline of the composer and characterisations of both Falla and his music during his lifetime. The sections that follow explore different facets of Falla’s mature works and musical identity. Part II traces the evolution of his flamenco-inspired Spanish style through contacts with Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, while Part III explores the impact of post-World War I modernities on Falla’s musical nationalism. The final part reflects on aspects of Falla’s music and the politics of Spain in the s and s. Situating his discussion of these aspects of Falla's m
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Angela Nagle's Newsletter
Reflections on "Sacred Passions: The Life and Music of Manuel de Falla" by Carol A. Hess.
We can learn from eras that provided ideal conditions for art - generous patrons, leisure, national confidence, and cultural vitality. But what about the naturally talented artist who is born at a less fortunate time, one of national decline, civil war, growing uncertainty, fear, and scarcity? The Spanish composer Manuel de Falla is such a figure.
By the time Falla was born, the peak of Spanish global power and its Golden Age of culture had long passed and Spain's loss in the Spanish-American War was the end of its status as a major world power. Then there was WWI and the Spanish Civil War, and he died just one year after the end of WWII, so war was thundering in the background of his entire creative life. If murder is everywhere, and it seems as though the world is ending, why make music at all?
He was born in Cádiz, the ancient port city with P
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