Enrique Granados [[electronic resource] ] : Poet of the Piano

• Autore: Clark Walter Aaron
• Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press, USA, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (671 p.)
• Disciplina: 780.92; 780/.92
• Soggetto topico: Composers -- Spain -- Biography; Granados, Enrique, 1867-1916
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Foreword by Alicia de Larrocha""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Map of Spain""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Preface to the Paperback Edition""; ""Preludio: Renaissance""; ""1. A Born Pianist""; ""2. The Emerging Composer""; ""3. Works for Piano in a Central European Style""; ""4. Teacher, Conductor, Organizer""; ""5. Modernisme Catalan""; ""6. Catalan Works with Texts by Apeles Mestres""; ""7. La Maja de Goya""; ""8. Goyescas""; ""9. A World of Ideas""; ""Epílogo: The Legacy of Granados""; ""Appendix 1: Genealogy"" ; ""Appendix 2: List of Works""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Works""; ""General Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Enrique Granados (1867-1916) is one of the most compelling figures of the late-Romantic period in music. During his return voyage to Spain after the premiere of his opera Goyescas in New York, a German submarine torpedoed the ship on which he and his wife were sailing and they perished in the waters of the English Channel. His death was mourned on both sides of the Atlantic as a stunning loss to the music world, for he had died at the pinnacle of his career and his late works held the promise of greater things to come. While Granados's tragic demise casts a pall over his life story, author Wal
• Titolo autorizzato: Enrique Granados
• ISBN: 0-19-991052-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461664903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II