GOYESCAS, SPANISH DANCES AND OTHER WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO
BY ENRIQUE GRANADOS

PAGES: 176
PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
SERIES: DOVER CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC
PUBLICATION DATE: 1ST OCTOBER 1987
TRIM SIZE: 9 X 12 IN
FORMAT: PAPERBACK
BISACS:
MUSIC / GENRES & STYLES / CLASSICAL
MUSIC / PRINTED MUSIC / PIANO & KEYBOARD REPERTOIRE

DESCRIPTION:
-THIS REMARKABLE BOOK BRINGS TOGETHER IN ONE STURDY, YET INEXPENSIVE VOLUME FOUR OF THE MOST MEMORABLE AND FREQUENTLY PLAYED SETS OF WORKS FOR THE PIANO BY ENRIQUE GRANADOS (1867–1916), ONE OF SPAIN`S GREATEST MODERN COMPOSERS. THEY ARE REPRINTED HERE FROM EARLY EDITIONS.

-THE PIANO SUITE GOYESCAS, FIRST PERFORMED IN BARCELONA IN 1911, WOULD BRING GRANADOS HIS GREATEST, MOST ENDURING SUCCESS. IN EACH OF ITS SIX PIECES, THE COMPOSER EMPLOYS WILD, INSISTENT MELODY AND HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL RHYTHM, HARMONY, AND COLORING TO CREATE DRAMATIC IMPRESSIONS OF PAINTINGS BY GOYA, TO WHOSE WORK GRANADOS WAS DEEPLY DRAWN.

-THE EXQUISITE SPANISH DANCES, A SUITE OF EARLY WORKS, WERE MUCH ADMIRED BY THE LEADING COMPOSERS OF THE DAY, AMONG THEM MASSENET, SAINT-SAËNS, AND GRIEG, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR DISTINCTIVE MUSICAL QUALITIES, BUT ALSO FOR THE NEW DIRECTION IN SPANISH MUSIC WHICH THEY HERALDED. THEY REMAIN TODAY PERHAPS THE MOST PERFORMED OF GRANADOS`S WORK.

-LESS WELL KNOWN IN AMERICA ARE THE BEAUTIFUL ESCENAS POÉTICAS AND ESCENAS ROMÁNTICAS, TWO SUITES WHICH REFLECT GRANADOS`S INTEREST IN THE MUSIC OF GRIEG, SCHUMANN, AND LISZT, YET ARE FILLED WITH THE GREAT SPANISH COMPOSER`S ORIGINAL MODULATIONS AND CHARACTERISTIC MELODIC WRITING. TOGETHER, THE FOUR SUITES OFFER PERFORMING ARTISTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND MUSIC LOVERS A RICH TREASURY OF THE FINEST AND MOST ENDURING OF GRANADOS`S COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PIANO.

-REPRINT OF EARLY SPANISH AND FRENCH EDITIONS.

CONTENTS:
-GOYESCAS (LOS MAJOS ENAMORADOS) [THE MAJOS IN LOVE]
1. LOS REQUIEBROS [FLATTERY] (DEDICATED TO EMIL SAUER)
2. COLOQUIO EN LA REJA [CONVERSATION AT THE GRILLED WINDOW] (DEDICATED TO EDUARDO RISLER)
3. EL FANDANGO DE CANDIL [THE FANDANGO BY LAMPLIGHT] (DEDICATED TO RICARDO VIÑES)
4. 'QUEJAS Ó LA MAJA Y EL RUISEÑOR [LAMENTS, OR THE MAJA AND THE NIGHTINGALE] (DEDICATED TO AMPARO [GAL])'
5. EL AMOR Y LA MUERTE: BALADA [LOVE AND DEATH: BALLADE] (DEDICATED TO HAROLD BAUER)
6. EPÍLOGO: SERENATA DEL ESPECTRO [EPILOGUE: SERENADE OF THE SPECTRE] (DEDICATED TO ALFRED CORTOT)

-SPANISH DANCES [DANZAS ESPAÑOLAS]
1. ALLEGRO (DEDICATED TO AMPARO GAL)
2. ANDANTE (DEDICATED TO JULIÁN MARTÍ)
3. ENERGICO (DEDICATED TO JOAQUÍN VANCELLS)
4. VILLANESCA (DEDICATED TO T. TASSO)
5. 'ANDANTINO, QUASI ALLEGRETTO (DEDICATED TO ALFREDO G. FARIA)'
6. 'ALLEGRETTO, POCO A POCO ACCELERANDO (DEDICATED TO D. MURILLO)'
7. ALLEGRO AIROSO (IN HONOR OF CÉSAR CUI)
8. ASSAI MODERATO
9. MOLTO ALLEGRO BRILLANTE
10. ALLEGRETTO (DEDICATED TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE INFANTA ISABEL DE BORBÓN)
11. LARGO A PIACER
12. ANDANTE

-ESCENAS ROMÁNTICAS [ROMANTIC SCENES] (DEDICATED TO MARIA OLIVERÓ)
1. MAZURKA
2. BERCEUSE
3. LENTO CON EXTASIS
4. ALLEGRETTO
5. ALLEGRO APPASSIONATO
6. EPÍLOGO

-'ESCENAS POÉTICAS [POETICAL SCENES], BOOK 1 (DEDICATED TO 'MY DAUGHTER SOLEDAD')'
1. BERCEUSE
2. EVA Y WALTER [EVA AND WALTER]
3. DANZA DE LA ROSA [DANCE OF THE ROSE]