Manuel de Falla His Life and Music

by Harper, Nancy Lee

• ISBN13: 9780810854178
• ISBN10: 0810854171
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-13
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Drawing extensively on primary sources, this study in three parts provides a detailed biography, examines the most prominent aspects of Falla's character as they pertained to his relationships with other composers and his own music, and sheds light on his creative process as a composer through examination of many of his works with reference to original scores and correspondence, many of which are published here for the first time. A chronological photo section rounds out this offering of great significance for music teachers and students as well as those with an interest in Spanish culture.

Author Biography

Nancy Lee Harper is associate professor of piano with aggregation at the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.

Table of Contents

Credits	vii
Musical Examples and Tables	ix
Titles of Musical Works	xv
(Spanish-French-Latin-English)
Abbreviations and Useful Addresses	xxi
Acknowledgments	xxix
Chronology	xxxiii
Introduction	xlix
Part I Biography
1 Cádiz (1876-1897)	3	(17)
2 Madrid (1897-1907)	20	(20)
3 Paris (1907-1914)	40	(18)
4 Back to Madrid (1914-1920)	58	(36)
5 Granada (1920-1939)	94	(33)
6 Argentina(1939-1946)	127	(18)
Part II Facets of Falla's Life and Works
7 Falla in His Religion	145	(15)
8 Falla as Educator	160	(4)
9 Falla and the Piano	164	(20)
10 Bach-Scarlatti-Chopin-Beethoven-Romanticism	184	(4)
11 Louis Lucas	188	(21)
12 From Folksong to Plainchant: Musical Borrowings and the Transformation of Manuel de Falla's Musical Nationalism in the 1920's	209	(38)
Michael Christoforidis
13 Falla in Europe: Relations with His Contemporaries	247	(38)
Chris Collins
14 Alexandre Tansman Remembers Manuel de Falla	285	(12)
Louis Jambou
15 Manuel de Falla's Personal Library and Insights into the Composer's Annotations	297	(32)
Michael Christoforidis
Part III Works
16 Youthful Period (1896-1904)	329	(26)
17 Period of Consolidation of Musical Language(1905-1914)	355	(8)
18 Andalusian Period (1915-1919)	363	(18)
19 Period beyond Nationalism (1920-1926)	381	(11)
20 Period of Research for a Universal Synthesis(1927-1946)	392	(23)
Genealogical Record of Manuel de Falla	415	(6)
Bibliography	421	(32)
Index	453	(20)
About the Author and Contributors	473