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Spanish Piano Music - (Dover Music for Piano) by Manuel de Falla & Francis A Davis (Paperback)

Spanish Piano Music - (Dover Music for Piano) by  Manuel de Falla & Francis A Davis (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The 2nd-3rd works by Falla are excerpts from ballets, originally for orchestra.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p></p><p>The late 19th and early 20th centuries have been called the golden age of Spanish piano music -- a rebirth of fervent nationalism that ushered in a true keyboard renaissance. Brought to national awareness by the four most important composers of their generation -- Isaac Alb�niz, Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla, and Joaquin Turina -- this new wave of music explored everything Spanish: the magnetic rhythms of Spanish dance, the dark lyricism of Spanish song, the Iberian countryside, the landscape, and the sights and sounds of everyday life.<br>Alb�niz sketched picturesque vistas of Spanish scenes and landscapes in works called "Malague�a," "Asturias," and "C�rdoba." In <i>Goyescas, </i> Granados transformed Francisco Goya's artwork into a world of voluptuous sound, confessing that "I fell in love with Goya's palette . . . with his lady <i>maja.</i>" Falla painted the Spanish landscape in "Aragonesa" and "Andaluza" and brought new life to Spanish dance theater with his ballet <i>El amor brujo</i> -- featuring the world-famous "Ritual fire dance" -- and with the brilliant <i>farrucas</i>, <i>fandangos</i>, and <i>seguidillas</i> of his ballet <i>El sombrero de tres picos</i>. And Turina added new luster to Spanish nationalism with music steeped in the <i>cante hondo</i> ("deep song") of his native Andalusia. <br>Dover's outstanding new collection brings together 24 works by these Spanish masters, introduced by Antonio Soler's hypnotic: "Fandango," considered one of the most celebrated keyboard works of the 18th century. The technical range of the pieces in this exceptional volume makes this collection of special interest to a broad range of pianists, intermediate to advanced.</p>

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