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He was born in Cádiz. From the late 1890s he studied music in Madrid, piano with José Tragó and composition with Felipe Pedrell. It was from Pedrell 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). Nickname: Tacita de plata (little silver cup) Official website: http://www. ... Madrid is the capital and the largest city in Spain, as well as in the province and the autonomous community of the same name. ... Felipe Pedrell (February 19, 1841 - August 19, 1922), was a Spanish composer. ... Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humankind) Capital Seville Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87 268 km²  17,2% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 1st  7. ... Flamenco dancer Belén Maya, photograph taken by Gilles Larrain at his studio, 2001 Flamenco is a song, music and dance style which is strongly influenced by the Gitanos, but which has its deeper roots in Moorish and Jewish musical traditions. ... Cante Jondo is a vocal style in flamenco. ... Zarzuela (IPA /θarθwela/ in Spain, /sarswela/ in the New World) is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre, which alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating dances. ... Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognizable opera houses and landmarks Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content or primary entertainment is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the... La vida breve (Life is Short) is an opera in two acts by Manuel de Falla to an original Spanish libretto by Carlos Fernandez-Shaw. ...

He 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. The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ... The Impressionist movement in music is a movement in music loosely set between the late nineteenth century, up to the middle of the twentieth century. ... Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist, known especially for the subtlety, richness, and poignancy of his music and generally considered to be one of the major composers of the 20th century. ... Claude Debussy Achille-Claude Debussy () (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a French composer. ... Paul Dukas (October 1, 1865 – May 17, 1935) was a French composer of classical music. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First...

In Madrid he composed several of his best known pieces, including:

• The nocturne for piano and orchestra Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain, 1916)
• The ballet El amor brujo (Love the Magician, 1915) which includes the much excerpted and arranged Ritual Fire Dance
• The ballet El corregidor y la molinera (The Magistrate and the Miller's Wife) which, after revision, became El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat, 1917) and was produced by Serge Diaghilev with set design by Pablo Picasso.

From 1921 to 1939 Manuel de Falla lived in Granada, where he wrote the puppet opera El retablo de maese Pedro (Master Peter's Puppet Show, 1923) and a concerto for harpsichord and chamber ensemble (1926). In these works, the Spanish folk influence is somewhat less apparent than a kind of Stravinskian neo-classicism. A nocturne (from the French for nocturnal) is usually a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night. ... Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardins de Espana) is a piece of music by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. ... Ballet as musical form is a musical composition intended for ballet performance. ... // El Corregidor y La Molinera During World War I Manuel de Falla wrote a pantomime ballet in two scenes and called it El Corregidor y la Molinera or, The Governor and the Millers Wife . ... Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (Сергей Павлович Дягилев) (March 19, 1872 – August 19, 1929), often known as Serge, was a Russian ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes from which many famous dancers and choreographers would later arise. ... Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ... Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the community of Andalusia, Spain. ... Master Peters Puppet Show (El retablo de Maese Pedro) is a puppet-opera composed by Manuel de Falla to a Spanish libretto he based on an episode from Don Quixote by Cervantes. ... In classical music, the word concerto (pl. ... Harpsichord in Flemish style; for more info, click the image. ... Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. ... Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: И́горь Фёдорович Страви́нский Igor Fëdorovič Stravinskij) (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was a Russian-born composer of modern classical music. ... Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ...

Also in Granada, he began work on the large-scale orchestral cantata L'Atlàntida (Atlantis), based on a Catalan text by Jacint Verdaguer, which he considered to be the most important of all his works. Verdaguer's text gives a mythological account of how the submersion of Atlantis created the Atlantic ocean, thus separating Spain and Latin America and how later the Spanish discovery of America reunited, what had always belonged together. De Falla continued work on the cantata after moving to Argentina in 1939. The orchestration of the piece remained incomplete at his death and was completed posthumously by Ernesto Halffter. Jacint Verdaguer. ...

De Falla tried but failed to prevent the murder of his close friend the poet Federico García Lorca in 1936. Following Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War, De Falla left Spain for Argentina. He died in Alta Gracia, in the Argentine province of Córdoba. In 1947 his remains were brought back to Spain and entombed in the cathedral at Cádiz. Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. ... The name Franco may refer to: Francisco Franco, Dictator of Spain from 1936 to 1975 Francois Luambo Makiadi, a Congolese musician and founder of the band OK Jazz active from the 1950s to 1980s ... Combatants Second Spanish Republic Foreign volunteers Nationalist Spain Fascist Italy Nazi Germany Commanders Manuel Azaña Francisco Largo Caballero Juan Negrín Francisco Franco The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 18, 1936 to April 1, 1939, was a conflict in which the incumbent Second Spanish Republic and political... Alta Gracia, meaning High Grace, is a city located in north-centre of the Cordoba province, in Argentina. ... Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the centre of the country. ...

Partial list of works

• L'Atlàntida (Atlantis)
• El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-cornered Hat)
• El amor brujo (ballet) (The Love Wizard, also translated: Love the Magician)
• Ritual Fire Dance
• La vida breve (lyric drama) (A Brief Life, also translated: Life is Short)
• Interlude and Dance
• El retablo de maese Pedro (puppet opera)
• Noches in los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain) for piano and orchestra
• Siete canciones populares españolas
• Concerto for Harpsichord
• Four Spanish Pieces for piano
• Serenata andaluza for piano

// El Corregidor y La Molinera During World War I Manuel de Falla wrote a pantomime ballet in two scenes and called it El Corregidor y la Molinera or, The Governor and the Millers Wife . ... El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) is a piece of music composed by Manuel de Falla. ... La vida breve (Life is Short) is an opera in two acts by Manuel de Falla to an original Spanish libretto by Carlos Fernandez-Shaw. ... Master Peters Puppet Show (El retablo de Maese Pedro) is a puppet-opera composed by Manuel de Falla to a Spanish libretto he based on an episode from Don Quixote by Cervantes. ... Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardins de Espana) is a piece of music by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. ...

References

• Manuel de Falla by Nancy Lee Harper (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998)
• Manuel De Falla and Modernism in Spain by Carol A Hess (University of Chicago Press, 2001)

External link

• The Manuel de Falla Foundation in Spanish and English