1. TWENTIETH-CENTURYTWENTIETH-CENTURY
SPANISH MUSICSPANISH MUSIC
Íria ForitVidal

2. INDEXINDEX
 Introduction
 Nationalism
 Currents that coexist with Nationalism
 Isaac Albéniz
Spanish Suite
 Enrique Granados
 Goyescas

3. INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
 In Spain, during the twentieth-century, we find several
currents that were developed simultaneously in Europe.
 Deepen more with Nationalism. Authors:
o Enrique Granados
o Isaac Albéniz

4. NATIONALISMNATIONALISM
 Similar materials are used in folk
music besides melodies, harmonies
and rhythms inspired by this.
 And we found some authors as
Manuel de Falla and Joaquín Turina.
Manuel de Falla
Danza del molinero – Dance of the Miller

5. CURRENTS THAT COEXIST WITHCURRENTS THAT COEXIST WITH
NATIONALISMNATIONALISM
 Neo-romanticism: new musical forms, sounds and textures were
explored. It’s opposed to the earlier times because of its creative
freedom.
 Neoclassicism: little instrumental groups are reused, especially the
chamber ones. They also utilize lots of contrapuntal qualities and they
usually refuse expressing feelings.
 Vanguardism: they want to innovate in the artistic production,
using different “isms”.
 Dodecaphonism: it is used a new composition technique, which
includes the 12 notes in the chromatic scale used by the same way.

6. Isaac AlbénizIsaac Albéniz
 He was born in Spain in 1860 and he
died in France in 1909.
 Great composer and pianist.
 He wrote for different instruments,
as well as orchestral and chamber
music plays.
 Granada and Asturias, pieces that we
are going to perform, belong to the
Spanish Suite.
Rumores de la Caleta:

7. Spanish SuiteSpanish Suite
 It consists of excerpts that were written in 1886 and that in 1887 were
clustered in honour of the Spanish Queen.
 It includes: Granada, Cataluña, Sevilla and Cuba. The other ones, Cádiz,
Asturias, Aragón and Castilla, were published in later editions.
 Granada: is a calm and sensual serenade that shows a happy principal
theme which contrasts the next theme with a mysterious and melancholy
tone.
 Asturias: is the most popular one and, although is named after the
Cantabrian region, it evokes Andalusian air.

8. Enrique GranadosEnrique Granados
 He was born in 1867 and he died in 1916
 Spanish neo-romantic composer and
pianist.
 His most important piano play was
Goyescas.
 It was firstly a piano work (1911) and
lately it was adapted to the opera (1915).
(We are going to perform the Intermezzo
from this opera)
12 Spanish Dances for
piano: Andalusian

9. GoyescasGoyescas (1915)(1915)
 Intermezzo from an opera with one act and three scenes.
 Singers: Soprano, Tenor, Mezzo-soprano, Baritone, Tenor.
 It was released the first time on the 28th of January in 1916 in New York,
when the First World War had already ended.
 It had a great success.
 Nowadays it is a very popular concert play and is performed by orchestra or
by cello and piano.
 A Spanish film has been made from Goyescas adapted to opera.

10. GoyescasGoyescas (1915)(1915)
 Intermezzo from an opera with one act and three scenes.
 Singers: Soprano, Tenor, Mezzo-soprano, Baritone, Tenor.
 It was released the first time on the 28th of January in 1916 in New York,
when the First World War had already ended.
 It had a great success.
 Nowadays it is a very popular concert play and is performed by orchestra or
by cello and piano.
 A Spanish film has been made from Goyescas adapted to opera.