Lorca in Tune with Falla : : Literary and Musical Interludes / / Nelson R. Orringer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• VerfasserIn: Orringer, Nelson R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Federico García Lorca (1889-1936) is widely regarded as the greatest Spanish poet of the twentieth century; Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) is Spain's most performed composer of the same period. The two were very different - Lorca was gay, liberal, and a member of the avant garde, while Falla was a devout Catholic - yet they had a profound mutual influence. The two developed an intimate friendship, which ended when Lorca was shot by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.Lorca in Tune with Falla is the first book to trace Lorca's impact on Falla's music, and Falla's influence on Lorca's writings. Nelson R. Orringer explores the music underlying Poem of Deep Song, Gypsy Ballads, and Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, bringing out the analogous sounds and ideas that emerge in the active, ongoing connection between the artworks of both creators. The book emphasizes how this harmony increases knowledge and appreciation of both artists.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations and Musical Examples -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Musical Glossary -- Introduction: The Intersection of Two Artists' Lives -- 1. Music in the Letters of Lorca before Meeting Falla -- 2. Fantasía Bætica and "Baladilla de los tres ríos": Two Searches for Andalusian Wellsprings -- 3. "Poema de la siguiriya gitana": Return to the Sources of Deep Song -- 4. "Poema de la soleá": Consciousness-Raising of Pain in Lorca and Falla -- 5. "Poema de la saeta": The Oblation of Pain in Seville -- 6. "Gráfico de la Petenera" and Falla's Guitar Elegy to Debussy -- 7. Openness to Death in Flamenco Artists and in Southern Cities -- 8. "Seis caprichos" or Virtuosity and Art at a Distance -- 9. Falla on Deep Song and Lorca's Romancero gitano -- 10. Andalusia's "Cultural Spirit" in Two Trios of Gypsy Ballads -- 11. Lorca's Artistic Tributes to Falla -- Postlude with Coda -- Notes -- Works Consulted -- Index