Seven Popular Spanish Songs for viola and piano; Manuel de Falla (Manuel de Falla Ediciones)

Seven Popular Spanish Songs for viola and piano by Manuel de Falla (Manuel de Falla Ediciones)

• Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) was one of Spain's leading composers in the early 20th-century. He consistently blended the colorful, impressionist styles of his time with evocations of Spain's traditional music. This can be heard in his most popular chamber work, Siete canciones populares espanolas (Seven Spanish Folksongs, 1914) for soprano and piano. He set songs from all across Spain, including an asturiana, seguidilla, and a jota. It speaks to the piece's popularity that, with violinist Paul Kochanski, he arranged them for violin and piano as "Suite populaire espagnole." This in turn was arranged for cello and piano by Maurice Marechal. Now, violists can enjoy this wonderful work with this authoritative edition from Manuel de Falla Ediciones.

SONGS:

I. El Pano moruno

• II. Nana
• III. Cancion
• IV. Polo
• V. Asturiana
• VI. Jota