Manuel de Falla, the composer, initially struggled between a career in literature and music, ultimately choosing music after hearing a concert of Edvard Grieg's work.
Compositional Technique
In 'Noches en los jardines de España,' Falla uses specific aural elements like imitations of strummed guitars and a chord on the flattened second of the scale to create a characteristic Spanish sound.
Composition History
The premiere of 'El sombrero de tres picos' (The Three-Cornered Hat) featured choreography by Léonide Massine and sets and costumes by Pablo Picasso, placing Falla in esteemed company.
Composition History
Falla's 'Homenajes' (Tributes) is one of his last works, compiled in Argentina in 1939 for concerts at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, after he settled there due to the Spanish Civil War.
Composition History
Falla began working on his 'Noches en los jardines de España' (Nights in the Gardens of Spain) while living in Paris from 1907 to 1914, demonstrating how composers sometimes need physical distance from their subject matter to create.
Composition History
The influential pianist Ricardo Viñes suggested that Falla's 'Noches en los jardines de España,' originally conceived for solo piano, would work well for piano and orchestra.
Composition History
Serge Diaghilev, director of the Ballets Russes, persuaded Falla to rework his modestly scored pantomime-ballet 'El corregidor y la molinera' into the larger 'El sombrero de tres picos' (The Three-Cornered Hat) for a Spanish-themed ballet.
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