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(En-re’-ka Gra-na’-thos) 1867–1916 Spanish composer Born in Lérida, Granados studied with Pedrell in Barcelona and then in Paris. He later founded and directed a music academy in Barcelona. Like his compatriots Albéniz and Falla, he forged a new Spanish style, with strumming effects, ornamentation, modes and exuberant dance rhythms. His best-known works are the Goyescas (1911), two ...

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Petite Symphonie for wind (1888). Recommended Recording: Faust, soloists, Capitole Chorus & Orchestra, Toulouse (cond) Michel Plasson (EMI/Erato) Introduction | Late Romantic | Classical Personalities | Enrique Granados | Late Romantic | Classical ...

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the turn of the twentieth century. He studied composition with Felipe Pedrell (1841–1922), famous for his pioneering collections of Spanish folk and classical music that also inspired Albéniz’s contemporary Enrique Granados and, a little later, Manuel de Falla (1876–1946). Aged 20, he abandoned his virtuoso career in favour of composition, producing, during nearly 30 years, ...

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newly self-governing countries, or countries wishing to establish a place in the Western canon. Spain and Latin America in particular made a bid, with Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), Enrique Granados (1867–1916) and Manuel de Falla (1876–1946) quickly establishing a Spanish style and the presence of Spanish composers with a distinct voice. In Latin America, Silvestre Revueltas (1891–1940), Heitor Villa-Lobos ...