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Manuel De Falla
Manuel de Falla, (born November 23, 1876, Cádiz, Spain—died November 14, 1946, Alta Gracia, Argentina), the most distinguished Spanish composer of the early 20th century. In his music he achieved a fusion of poetry, asceticism, and ardour that represents the spirit of Spain at its purest. Falla took piano lessons from his mother and later went to Madrid to continue the piano and to study composition with Felipe Pedrell, who inspired him with his own enthusiasm for 16th-century Spanish church music, folk music, and native opera, or zarzuela. In 1905 Falla won two prizes, one for piano playing and the other for a national musikdrama, La vida breve (first performed in Nice, France, 1913).
In 1907 he moved to Paris, where he met Claude Debussy, Paul Dukas, and Maurice Ravel (whose orchestration influenced his own) and published his first piano pieces and songs. In 1914 he returned to Madrid, where he wrote the music for a ballet, El amor brujo (Love, the Magician; Madrid, 1
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Falla and the Guitar
Falla and the Guitar
The Importance of the Guitar
Falla considered the guitar the main Spanish instrument because of its important role in the history of Spanish music and music in general. In his archives there are various drafts of the preface that he wrote for Emilio Pujol’s method for guitar. Falla affirms that the guitar is the most complete string instrument due to the possibilities of harmonic and polyphonic playing. He also mentioned how Spanish composers such as Soler, Granados, Albéniz, and Turina display the influence of this instrument in their compositions.
In another draft, Falla defines the guitar as the synthesis of Spanish music for various reasons:
- The Latin guitar and the use of strumming or rasgueo
- The disappearance of the vihuela and the replacement by the guitar
- Recovery of classical music for laud and vihuel
- Establishment of the guitar as “our most truly national instrument”
- Guitar influence as a transmitter of Hispan