List of compositions by Manuel de Falla

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Manuel de Falla

This is a list of the works of the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla (1876–1946).

Stage works[edit]

This is a complete list of Manuel de Falla's the stage works.

Title Genre Sub­divisions Libretto Composition Première date Place, theatre
El conde de Villamediana composer 1887, but lost
La Juana y la Petra (La casa de tócame Roque) zarzuela 1 act J. Santero, after Ramon de la Cruz 1900, but lost unperformed
Limosna de amor zarzuela 1 act José Jackson Veyán 1901–1902 unperformed
Los amores de la Inés zarzuela 1 act Emilio Dugi (Mannel Osorio y Bertrand) 12 April 1902 Madrid, Teatro Cómico
El cornetín de órdenes
(composed with Amadeo Vives)
zarzuela 3 acts c. 1903, but lost
La cruz de Malta
(composed with Amadeo Vives)
zarzuela c. 1903, but lost
Prisionero de guerra
(composed with Amadeo Vives)
zarzuela c. 1903–1904
La vida breve lyric drama 2 acts Carlos Fernández Shaw 1904–1905 1 April 1913 Nice, Municipal Casino
El amor brujo 1. gitaneria / 2. symphonic work / 3. ballet pantomímico Gregorio Martínez Sierra 1914–1925 1. 15 April 1915, 2. 28 March 1916 Madrid, Teatro Lara
The Three-Cornered Hat ballet 1 act Gregorio Martínez Sierra, after Pedro Antonio de Alarcón's El sombrero de tres picos 22 July 1919 London, Alhambra Theatre
Fuego fatuo opera 3 acts after themes by Frédéric Chopin, libretto by M Martínez Sierra 1918–1919, but unfinished unperformed
El retablo de maese Pedro puppet opera 1 act composer, after Cervantes 1919–1923 25 June 1923 Paris, Palace of the Princess of Polignac
El gran teatro del mundo incidental music composed for a performance of Calderón de la Barca's play of the same name 1927 27 June 1927 Granada, Plaza de los Aljibes de la Alhambra
Atlántida
(revised and completed by Ernesto Halffter)
cantata escénica (for soloist, chorus and orchestra) prologue and three parts composer, after Jacint Verdaguer 1927–1946 24 November 1961 (concert version)
18 June 1962 (stage version)
Barcelona, Gran Teatre del Liceu
Milan, Teatro alla Scala

Orchestral works[edit]

  • Noches en los jardines de España ("Nights in the Gardens of Spain") – piano and orchestra (c. 1909–1916)
  • Homenajes ("Homages") – orchestra (1938–1939)
    Sections: I. "Fanfare sobre el nombre de E. F. Arbós" – II. "À Claude Debussy (Elegía de la guitarra)" – Rappel de la Fanfare – III. "À Paul Dukas (Spes Vitae)" – IV. "Pedrelliana"

Choral works[edit]

  • Balada de Mallorca ("Ballad of Majorca") – for choir (1933)

Works for chamber ensembles and solo instruments[edit]

  • Melodía para violonchelo y piano – for piano and cello (1897)
  • Pieza en Do mayor and Romanza – for cello and piano (1898)
  • Fanfare pour une fête ("Fanfare for a feast") – for two trumpets, timpani and side-drum (1921)
  • Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin and cello – dedicated to Wanda Landowska (c. 1923–1926)
  • Fanfare sobre el nombre de Arbós ("Fanfare on the name of Arbós") – for trumpets, horns and drums (1934); orchestrated as a section of Homenajes.

Vocal works[edit]

  • Preludios ("Preludes") – voice and piano, text ("Madre todas las noches") by Antonio de Trueba (c. 1900)
  • Rima ("Rime") – voice and piano, text ("Olas gigantes") by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (c. 1900)
  • Dios mío, qué solos se quedan los muertos – voice and piano, text by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (c. 1900)
  • Tus ojillos negros ("Your small black eyes") – voice and piano, text by Cristóbal de Castro (1902–1903)
  • Cantares de Nochebuena "Songs of Christmas Eve" – nine popular songs for voice, guitar and (at least in the case of the first two songs) zambomba and rebec or chicharra (1903–1904)
  • Trois mélodies – voice and piano, words by Théophile Gautier (1909–1910)
  • Siete canciones populares españolas ("Seven Spanish Folksongs") – for voice and piano, dedicated to Madame Ida Godebska (1914)
  • Oración de las madres que tienen sus hijos en sus brazos ("Prayer of the mothers embracing their children" – voice and piano, words by Gregorio Martínez Sierra (1914)
  • El pan de Ronda que sabe a verdad ("The bread of Ronda has a taste of truth") – voice and piano, by G. Martínez Sierra (1915)
  • Psyché – for mezzo-soprano, flute, harp, violin, viola and cello (1924)
  • Soneto a Córdoba ("Sonnet to Cordoba") – for soprano voice and harp (or piano), text by Luis de Góngora (1927)

Instrumental works[edit]

Piano[edit]

  • Nocturne (1896)
  • Mazurka in C minor (1899)
  • Serenata andaluza ("Andalusian Serenade") (1900)
  • Canción ("Song") (1900)
  • Vals capricho (1900)
  • Cortejo de gnomos ("Procession of Gnomes") (1901)
  • Allegro de concierto (1903–1904)
  • Cuatro piezas españolas, Pièces espagnoles ("Four Spanish Pieces") – for piano, dedicated to Isaac Albéniz (c. 1906–1909)
  • Fantasía Bética – for piano, dedicated to Arthur Rubinstein (1919)
  • Canto de los remeros del Volga (del cancionero musical ruso) ("Song of the Volga boatmen") (1922)
  • Pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas (1935) – piano (1935); orchestrated as the third part of Homenajes

Guitar[edit]

  • Pour le tombeau de Claude Debussy – for guitar; arranged for piano (1920); orchestrated as the second section of Homenajes

Versions and arrangements of other authors' works[edit]

  • Cançó de nadal (1922)
  • Claude DebussyPrélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1924)
  • Preludio (1924)
  • Gioachino Rossini – Overture to The Barber of Seville (1924–1925)
  • Ave María (1932)
  • L´amfiparnaso (Palma de Mallorca, 1934)
  • Invocatio ad individuam trinitatem (Granada, 1935)
  • Himno marcial (Granada, 1937)
  • Emendemus in melius (Granada, 1939)
  • Madrigal: prado verde y florido (Granada, 1939)
  • Romance de Granada: qué es de ti, desconsolado (Granada, 1939)
  • Tan buen ganadico (Granada, 1939)
  • ¡Ora, sus! (Granada, 1939)
  • O magnum mysterium (in circuncisione Domini) (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942)
  • Tenebrae factae sunt (responsorium) (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942)
  • Miserere mei Deus (salmo 50) (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942)
  • In festo Sancti Jacobi (o Lux et decus Hispaniae) (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942)
  • Benedictus (de la misa "Vidi speciosam") (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942)
  • Gloria (de la misa "Vidi speciosam") (Villa del Lago, 1940–1942)
  • Cançó de l´estrella (Villa del Lago, 1941–1942)
  • Romance de Don Joan y Don Ramón (Villa del Lago, 1941–1942)

References[edit]

  • Crichton, Ronald (1992), 'Falla, Manuel de' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7