Manuel de Falla, with his contemporaries Albeniz, Granados and Rodrigo, is one of Spain's most important composers of the 20th century.
Born: Manuel María de los Dolores Falla y Matheu
23 November 1876, Cadiz, Spain
Father: José María Falla y Franco 1849-1919
Mother: María Jesús Matheu y Zabala 1850-1919
Siblings: Sister: María del Carmen de Falla
Partner: Never married
Died: 14 November 1946, Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina
Cause of death: Cardiac arrest
Grave: Cadiz cathedral, Spain. see findagrave
Style: Nationalist/impressionist to 1920 then neoclassical
- La vida breve (opera)
- The Three-Cornered Hat (ballet)
- Atlàntida (cantata)
- Fantasia Baetica (piano)
- Psyche (cantata)
- Harpsichord Concerto
- Ritual Fire Danse
- Siete canciones populares españolas (voice) - also a piano and violin version.
- Nights In The Gardens of Spain (piano concerto)
- El amor brujo (Love the Magician) (ballet-pantomime)