List Of Compositions By Manuel De Falla
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Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was an Andalusian Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first hal ...
(1876–1946).


Stage works

*''See List of works for the stage by Manuel de Falla


Orchestral works

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Noches en los jardines de España ''Nights in the Gardens of Spain'' ( es, Noches en los jardines de España), G. 49, is a piece of music by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. Falla was Andalusian and the work refers to the Hispano-Arabic past of this region (Al-Andalus). F ...
'' ("Nights in the Gardens of Spain") – piano and orchestra (c. 1909–1916) * '' Homenajes'' ("Homages") – orchestra (1938–1939) *: Sections: I. "Fanfare sobre el nombre de E. F. Arbós" – II. "À Claude Debussy (Elegía de la guitarra)" – Rappel de la Fanfare – III. "À Paul Dukas (Spes Vitae)" – IV. "Pedrelliana"


Choral works

* ''Balada de Mallorca'' ("Ballad of Majorca") – for choir (1933)


Works for chamber ensembles and solo instruments

* ''Melodía para violonchelo y piano'' – for piano and cello (1897) * ''Pieza en Do mayor'' and ''Romanza'' – for cello and piano (1898) * ''Fanfare pour une fête'' ("Fanfare for a feast") – for two trumpets, timpani and side-drum (1921) * Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin and cello – dedicated to
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(c. 1923–1926) * ''Fanfare sobre el nombre de Arbós'' ("Fanfare on the name of Arbós") – for trumpets, horns and drums (1934); orchestrated as a section of ''Homenajes''.


Vocal works

* ''Preludios'' ("Preludes") – voice and piano, text ("Madre todas las noches") by Antonio de Trueba (c. 1900) * ''Rima'' ("Rime") – voice and piano, text ("Olas gigantes") by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (c. 1900) * ''Dios mío, qué solos se quedan los muertos'' – voice and piano, text by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (c. 1900) * ''Tus ojillos negros'' ("Your small black eyes") – voice and piano, text by Cristóbal de Castro (1902–1903) * ''Cantares de Nochebuena'' "Songs of Christmas Eve" – nine popular songs for voice, guitar and (at least in the case of the first two songs) zambomba and rebec or chicharra (1903–1904) * ''Trois mélodies'' – voice and piano, words by Théophile Gautier (1909–1910) * ''
Siete canciones populares españolas ''Siete canciones populares españolas'' ("Seven Spanish Folksongs") is a 1914 set of traditional Spanish songs arranged for soprano and piano by the composer Manuel de Falla. Besides being Falla's most-arranged composition and one of his most pop ...
'' ("Seven Spanish Folksongs") – for voice and piano, dedicated to Madame Ida Godebska (1914) * ''Oración de las madres que tienen sus hijos en sus brazos'' ("Prayer of the mothers embracing their children" – voice and piano, words by Gregorio Martínez Sierra (1914) * ''El pan de Ronda que sabe a verdad'' ("The bread of Ronda has a taste of truth") – voice and piano, by G. Martínez Sierra (1915) * ''Psyché'' – for mezzo-soprano, flute, harp, violin, viola and cello (1924) * ''Soneto a Córdoba'' ("Sonnet to Cordoba") – for soprano voice and harp (or piano), text by
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(1927)


Instrumental works


Piano

* ''Nocturne'' (1896) * ''Mazurka in C minor'' (1899) * ''Serenata andaluza'' ("Andalusian Serenade") (1900) * ''Canción'' ("Song") (1900) * ''Vals capricho'' (1900) * ''Cortejo de gnomos'' ("Procession of Gnomes") (1901) * ''Allegro de concierto'' (1903–1904) * ''Cuatro piezas españolas'', ''Pièces espagnoles'' ("Four Spanish Pieces") – for piano, dedicated to
Isaac Albéniz Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the Post-Romantic era who also had a significant influence on his conte ...
(c. 1906–1909) * ''
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'' – for piano, dedicated to
Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein ( pl, Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 188720 December 1982) was a Polish Americans, Polish-American pianist.
(1919) * ''Canto de los remeros del Volga (del cancionero musical ruso)'' ("Song of the Volga boatmen") (1922) * ''Pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas'' (1935) – piano (1935); orchestrated as the third part of ''Homenajes''


Guitar

* ''Pour le tombeau de
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'' – for guitar; arranged for piano (1920); orchestrated as the second section of ''Homenajes''


Versions and arrangements of other authors' works

*Cançó de nadal (1922) *
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– ''
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'' ( L. 86), known in English as ''Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun'', is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration. It was composed in 1894 and first performed ...
'' (1924) *Preludio (1924) *
Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...
– Overture to ''
The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( it, Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione ) is an ''opera buffa'' in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was base ...
'' (1924–1925) *Ave María (1932) *L´amfiparnaso (Palma de Mallorca, 1934) *Invocatio ad individuam trinitatem (Granada, 1935) *Himno marcial (Granada, 1937) *Emendemus in melius (Granada, 1939) *Madrigal: prado verde y florido (Granada, 1939) *Romance de Granada: qué es de ti, desconsolado (Granada, 1939) *Tan buen ganadico (Granada, 1939) *¡Ora, sus! (Granada, 1939) *O magnum mysterium (in circuncisione Domini) (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942) *Tenebrae factae sunt (responsorium) (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942) *Miserere mei Deus (salmo 50) (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942) *In festo Sancti Jacobi (o Lux et decus Hispaniae) (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942) *Benedictus (de la misa "Vidi speciosam") (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942) *Gloria (de la misa "Vidi speciosam") (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942) *Cançó de l´estrella (Villa del Lago, 1941–1942) *Romance de Don Joan y Don Ramón (Villa del Lago, 1941–1942)


References

*Crichton, Ronald (1992), 'Falla, Manuel de' in ''The
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'', ed. Stanley Sadie (London) {{Manuel de Falla Falla