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Manuel de Falla

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Name: Manuel de Falla
Birth Date: November 23, 1876
Death Date: November 14, 1946
Place of Birth: Cadiz, Spain
Place of Death: Argentina
Nationality: Spanish
Gender: Male
Occupations: composer

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Biography of Manuel de Falla
506 words, approx. 2 pages
The Spanish composer Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) infused his compositions with the distinctive idioms of native folk song and dance to create music on nationalistic lines. Manuel de Falla was born on Nov. 23, 1876, in Cadiz into a family that had a...


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Manuel de Falla Information
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Manuel de Falla was born in Cádiz. His early teacher in music was his mother; at the age of 9 he was introduced to his first piano professor. From the late 1890s he studied music in Madrid, piano with José Tragó and composition with Felipe Pedrell....


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Musical Times
Sacred passions: the life and music of Manuel de Falla
10/01/2005: 1,578 words, approx. 5 pages
Don's delights Sacred passions: the life and music of Manuel de Falla Carol A. Hess Oxford University Press (New York & Oxford, 2005); xvii, 349pp; £24.50. ISBN 0 19 514561 5. THIS BRILLIANT BOOK is not exactly what it appears to be. Despite...
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The New Leader
The Conquistador of Composition.(Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer)
07/01/2001: 3,120 words, approx. 10 pages
HOW MANY modern Spanish composers have achieved international stature? Isaac Albeniz and Enrique Granados, yes, though most people probably could not tell them apart; Joaquin Turina, for one or two pieces; Joaquin Rodrigo, unjustly, for only one, the now overplayed Concierto de Aranjuez. The...
 


 

Manuel de Falla

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