Download e-book for iPad: Enrique Granados: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in by Carol A Hess

Enrique Granados (1867-1916) used to be one of many first sleek Spanish composers to accomplish foreign acceptance. in the course of a 1916 stopover at to the us his opera Goyescas was once premiered by means of the Metropolitan Opera and his symphonic poem, Dante, via the Chicago Symphony. Granados used to be additionally specially well known in Paris, the place he knew Saint-Saens, d'Indy, and Faure. He had composed a extraordinary physique of labor and was once additionally on the top of his occupation as a live performance pianist at his premature demise whereas a passenger on a torpedoed British ship.

The biographical learn, the 1st in English, attracts on fundamental resources in English, Spanish, French, Catalan, and different languages. This fabric is thoroughly documented within the huge annotated bibliography in addition to contemporaneous and up to date analytical reviews and different assets. Granados's oeuvre offers cataloging difficulties as a result of his behavior of remodeling items, long-delayed book, and arbitrary opus numbers. within the Works and Performances part, besides the fact that, each attempt has been made to supply book dates, manuscript destinations, and data on premieres. consultant preparations of his works by way of different composers also are given. An appendix classifies the works via scoring. A selective discography is additionally supplied, and all components of the quantity are absolutely cross-referenced and listed. Granados is put within the context of the overseas creative scene on the flip of the century, and a chronology notes similar events.