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Enrique Granados /// 12 Spanish Dances Op 37
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Posted on 01/20/2016 10:11:39 PM PST by WhiskeyX

The twelve Spanish Dances, Op.37, were composed in 1890, and initially published in four sets of three dances each. These early works, inspired by the Spanish national school of Felipe Pedrell, were one of Granados' first successes as a composer, and have become one of his most popular piano works, second only to the masterly Goyescas.

The 12 Spanish Dances have been transcribed for guitar as well as for orchestra, and are more often heard on the guitar than on the piano, especially the famous 5th dance, Andaluza (sometimes named Playera), which is one of the most performed Spanish classical pieces.

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Enrique Granados

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Enrique Granados Campiña (27 July 1867 - 24 March 1916) was a Spanish pianist and composer of classical music.[1] His music is in a uniquely Spanish style and, as such, is representative of musical nationalism.

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