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Enrique Granados

Granados (y Campifia), Enrique, outstanding Spanish composer, father of Eduardo Granados b. Lérida, July 27, 1867; d. at sea, March 24, 1916 (victim of the sinking by a German submarine of the S.S. Sussex in the English Channel). He studied piano at the Barcelona Cons. with jumet and Pujol, winning I st prize (1883); then studied composition there with Pedrell (1883-87); in 1887 went to Paris to study with Charles de Beriot; made his recital debut in Barcelona in 1890. He first supported himself by playing piano in restaurants and giving private concerts. He attracted attention as a composer with his zarzuela Maria del Carmen (Madrid, Nov. 12, 1898); in 1900 he conducted a series of concerts in Barcelona; also established a music school, the Academia Granados (1901). He then wrote 4 operas, which were produced in Barcelona with little success: Picarol (Feb. 23, 1901), Follet (April 4, 1903), Gaziel (Oct. 27, 1906), and Liliana (I 91 1). He undertook the composition of a work that was to be his masterpiece, a series of piano pieces entitled Goyescas (I 91 1), inspired by the paintings and etchings of Goya; his fame rests securely on these imaginative and effective pieces, together with his brilliant Danzas espagnolas. Later, Fernando Periquet wrote a libretto based on the scenes from Goya's paintings, and Granados used the music of his piano suite for an opera, Goyescas. Its premiere took place, in the presence of the composer, at the Metropolitan Opera in N.Y., on Jan. 28, 1916, with excellent success; the score included an orch. Intermezzo, one of his most popular compositions. It was during his return voyage to Europe that he lost his life. Granados's music is essentially Romantic, with an admixture of specific Spanish rhythms and rather elaborate ornamentation.

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Enrique Granados Granados (y Campifia), Enrique, outstanding Spanish composer, father of Eduardo Granados b. Lérida, July 27, 1867; d. at sea, March 24, 1916 (victim of the sinking by a German submarine of the S.S. Sussex in the English Channel). He studied piano at the Barcelona Cons. with jumet and Pujol, winning I st prize (1883); then studied composition there with Pedrell (1883-87); in 1887 went to Paris to study with Charles de Beriot; made his recital debut in Barcelona in 1890. He first supported himself by playing piano in restaurants and giving private concerts. He attracted attention as a composer with his zarzuela Maria del Carmen (Madrid, Nov. 12, 1898); in 1900 he conducted a series of concerts in Barcelona; also established a music school, the Academia Granados (1901). He then wrote 4 operas, which were produced in Barcelona with little success: Picarol (Feb. 23, 1901), Follet (April 4, 1903), Gaziel (Oct. 27, 1906), and Liliana (I 91 1). He undertook the composition of a work that was to be his masterpiece, a series of piano pieces entitled Goyescas (I 91 1), inspired by the paintings and etchings of Goya; his fame rests securely on these imaginative and effective pieces, together with his brilliant Danzas espagnolas. Later, Fernando Periquet wrote a libretto based on the scenes from Goya's paintings, and Granados used the music of his piano suite for an opera, Goyescas. Its premiere took place, in the presence of the composer, at the Metropolitan Opera in N.Y., on Jan. 28, 1916, with excellent success; the score included an orch. Intermezzo, one of his most popular compositions. It was during his return voyage to Europe that he lost his life. Granados's music is essentially Romantic, with an admixture of specific Spanish rhythms and rather elaborate ornamentation.
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