The document summarizes several Spanish composers of classical music. Manuel de Falla was a Spanish composer best known for his ballet El amor brujo. Joaquín Rodrigo was a Spanish composer and pianist who achieved great success despite being nearly blind, particularly for his Concierto de Aranjuez. Isaac Albéniz was a Spanish pianist and composer known for works based on folk idioms, such as Asturias. Pablo de Sarasate was a Spanish violinist and composer of the Romantic period best known for works like Zigeunerweisen and the Carmen Fantasy.

1. Music by Spanish composers

2. Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu
(November 23, 1876 –
November 14, 1946) was a
Spanish composer of classical
music born in Cadiz
The ballet El amor brujo (Love
the Magician, 1915) which
includes the much excerpted
and arranged Ritual Fire Dance.
Choreography of the film:
Carlos Saura - Antonio Gades

3. Joaquín Rodrigo
Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of
the Gardens of Aranjuez (November 22,
1901 – July 6, 1999), was a composer of
classical music and a virtuoso pianist.
Despite being nearly blind from an early
age, he achieved great success. Rodrigo's
music counts among some of the most
popular of the 20th century, particularly
his Concierto de Aranjuez, considered one
of the pinnacles of the Spanish music and
guitar concerto repertoire.
Here it is played by Paco de Lucía
(Concierto de Aranjuez Part2)

4. Isaac Albéniz
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y
Pascual (29 May 1860,
Camprodon – 18 May 1909,
Cambo-les-Bains) was a Spanish
Catalan pianist and composer best
known for his piano works based
on folk music idioms (many of
which have been transcribed by
others for guitar).
Here is Ana Vidovic performing
Isaac Albeniz's Asturias at the
New York Guitar Festival's third
biennial Guitar Marathon at the
92nd Street Kaufman Auditorium

5. Pablo de Sarasate
Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués born on
March 10, 1844 in Pamplona died on September 20,
1908) was a Spanish violinist and composer of the
Romantic period.
Perhaps the best known of his works is Zigeunerweisen
(1878), a work for violin and orchestra. Another piece,
the Carmen Fantasy (1883), also for violin and
orchestra, makes use of themes from Georges Bizet's
opera Carmen. Probably his most performed encores
are his two books of Spanish dances, brief pieces
designed to please the listener's ear and show off the
performer's talent.
Here encore played by Midori Goto with Robert
McDonald (piano) at her Carnegie Hall debut in 1990.

6. Pablo de Sarasate
Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués born on
March 10, 1844 in Pamplona died on September 20,
1908) was a Spanish violinist and composer of the
Romantic period.
Perhaps the best known of his works is Zigeunerweisen
(1878), a work for violin and orchestra. Another piece,
the Carmen Fantasy (1883), also for violin and
orchestra, makes use of themes from Georges Bizet's
opera Carmen. Probably his most performed encores
are his two books of Spanish dances, brief pieces
designed to please the listener's ear and show off the
performer's talent.
Here encore played by Midori Goto with Robert
McDonald (piano) at her Carnegie Hall debut in 1990.