Enrique Granados
One of the most colorful turn-of-the-20th-century Spanish musicians, composer and pianist Enrique Granados is best remembered for his evocative solo piano works. They are so full of Iberian flavor that they are often heard transcribed for the guitar. His output also includes a great deal of orchestral music and six operas, only the last of which, Goyescas, has gained any lasting fame.
Born in 1867 to an officer in the Spanish army, Granados received his first musical instruction from an army bandmaster. Further studies in Barcelona with Francisco Jurnet (piano) and Felipe Pedrell (composition) prepared the young musician for a brief but highly influential stay in Paris (1887-1889), during which Granados worked under well-known Parisian pianist and teacher Charles de Bériot (son of the famous violinist of the same name). Granados' earliest mature work, the Valses poéticos of 1887, was completed around this time. After returning to Barcelona in 1890, Granados spent the next decade building a dual career as pianist and composer, forming a successful piano trio with Belgian violinist Mathieu Crickboom and the young Pablo Casals. His first opera, Maria del Carmen, was well-received at its premiere in 1898, after which the Order of Carlos III (a Spanish knighthood) was bestowed upon Granados by a supportive government. He was quick to follow up on this success, and two more operas were produced in the next five years. For the 1900 season, he founded the Society of Classical Concerts (Sociedad de Conciertos Clásicos) in Barcelona, which, although short-lived, gave him the confidence to create his own piano school the following year (known as the Academia Granados). The school was a success, and Granados maintained his involvement with it until his death. Granados was one of the great pianists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Virtually all his music relies heavily on the Catalan and Spanish folk idiom (e.g. Twelve Spanish Dances or Six Pieces on Spanish Folksongs), which, along with fellow Spaniard Isaac Albéniz, Granados was instrumental in bringing to the attention of the contemporary European musical establishment. The Goyescas suite, begun in 1902 but not finished until 1911, is perhaps his mightiest achievement. Granados also produced an opera of the same name; both the pianistic and operatic incarnations of the work take the striking visuals of Goya as their inspiration. In March 1916, while returning from the U.S. -- where the opera Goyescas had received a New York premiere on January 26, 1916, and where Granados had performed at the White House for President Wilson -- the liner Sussex was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Among the casualties were Granados and his wife of 24 years.
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