Goyescas (piano suite)
Suite
Enrique Granados 1867–1916
Suite
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Themes & character
Inspired by Goya·Spanish nationalism·Composer's masterpiece·A tragic aftermath
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- Form
- Suite
About the piece
Composed in 1911, this suite of six pieces was inspired by the paintings and tapestry cartoons of Francisco Goya, and by the world of the majos and majas, the flamboyant working-class figures of eighteenth century Madrid whom Goya painted.
Granados later expanded the music into an opera, whose premiere he attended in New York in 1916. Returning to Europe, his ship was torpedoed in the English Channel; having reached a lifeboat, he leapt back into the water in an attempt to save his wife and both drowned.
The composer
Enrique Granados
1867–1916
Enric Granados i Campiña, born Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña was a Spanish and Catalan composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Joaquin Malats and other pianists, he was part of the modern Catalan school of piano, initiated by Pere Tintorer.
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