Manuel de Falla ( Spanish: Manuel de Falla , full name Manuel María de los Dolores Falla y Matheu ; , - , ) - Spanish composer , music critic .
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Biography
He received his first music lessons from a pianist mother, a native of Catalonia (his father was from Valencia ), and then took piano lessons from X. Trago, from whom he later studied at the Madrid Conservatory, where he also studied harmony and counterpoint. At the age of 14, Falla began to compose works for the chamber-instrumental ensemble, and in 1897-1904. wrote pieces for piano and 5 zarzuela. The years of teaching at Pedrell (1902-04), which directed the young composer to the study of Spanish folklore, had a fruitful effect on Fall. As a result, the first significant work appeared - the opera Short Life (1905).
He was fond of literature, at the age of fifteen he became the founder of two literary magazines. In 1893, having heard Grieg's music at a concert in Cadiz, he decided to become a composer. From 1889 to 1895 he studied piano playing by H. Trago in Madrid . In 1896 he wrote the first plays, including for the chamber-instrumental ensemble. [6] In 1896 he entered the Madrid Conservatory . His main teacher was Felipe Pedrell , one of the main figures of the Spanish cultural revival - Renacimiento , who instilled in Fallier a love of musical folklore ( flamenco ).
In 1907-1914, Falla lived in Paris , met with Debussy , Ravel , Paul Duke , Albenis , Picasso . He was exposed to musical impressionism .
In 1919 he moved from Madrid to Granada , became close with Lorca and his friends. In 1926, the name of Falla was given to the theater in his hometown .
After the defeat of the Republic since 1939, he lived in Argentina, where he died. In 1947, his ashes were transported to Cadiz and buried in the crypt of the local cathedral .
The most famous works
Fallier owns orchestral, chamber and instrumental compositions, songs and romances, including verses by Gongory , Gauthier , Becker , Lorca.
- Operas
- La Vida breve / Life is short (lit. “Short life”; 1905 ; 2nd ed. 1913 )
- El Retablo de Maese Pedro / Carnival of the master Pedro (based on the chapter from Don Quixote by M. de Cervantes; 1923 )
- Ballets
- El Corregidor y la molinera / Correchidor and the mill (with singing; 1917 ; 2nd ed. Under the name "Tricorne")
- El Amor brujo / Sorceress Love (ballet with singing, ( 1915 )
- El Sombrero de tres picos / Tricorne ( 1919 )
- Other
- Cuatro piezas españolas / Four Spanish Pieces ( 1906 - 1909 , dedicated to Isaac Albenis )
- Noches en los jardines de España / Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Suite for Piano and Orchestra ( 1909 - 1916 )
- Siete canciones populares españolas / Seven Spanish Folk Songs ( 1914 )
- Concert for harpsichord with instrumental ensemble ( 1923 - 1926 , dedicated to Wanda Landowska )
- Psyché / Psyche, for voice, flute, harp and string trio ( 1924 )
- La Atlantida / Atlantis, oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra based on the poem of the Catalan poet Jacint Verdager (started in 1927 , not completed; ed. Ernesto Alftera, 1961)
Literature
- James B. Manuel de Falla and the Spanish Musical Renaissance. London: Gollancz, 1979
- Hess CA Manuel De Falla and Modernism in Spain. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001
- Manuel de Falla: imágenes de su tiempo. Granada: Archivo Manuel de Falla, 2001.
- Universo Manuel de Falla: Exposición permanente. Granada: Archivo Manuel De Falla, 2002
- Harper NL Manuel de Falla: his life and music. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2005
- Hess CA Sacred passions: the life and music of Manuel de Falla. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2005.
- [Letters from F. Garcia Lorca to Manuel de Fallier] // Garcia Lorca F. The saddest joy ... Artistic journalism. M .: Progress, 1987 (according to the Index)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118531883 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Falla Manuel de / Ed. A. M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 https://wepa.unima.org/en/manuel-de-falla/
- ↑ Musical Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. Yu. V. Keldysh. - “The Soviet Encyclopedia”, 1981. - 1056 p.
Links
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- Manuel de Falli Society Website