GRANADOS, Enrique  (1867-1916)

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Granados (y Camipina), Enrique, outstanding Spanish corn poser, father of Eduardo Granados (y Cainpina) b Lerida July 27, 1867; d. at sea, March 24, 1916 (victim of the sinking by a German submarine of the 5.5. Sussex in the English Channel). He studied piano at the Barcelona Cons. with Jurnet and Pujol, winning 1st prize (1883); then studied composition there with Pedrell (1883—87); in 1887 went to Pans to study with Charles de Beriot; made his recital debut in Barcelona in 1890. He first supported himself by playing piano in restau rants and giving private concerts. He attracted attention as a composer with his zarzuela Maria del Carmen (Madrid Nov 12, 1898); in 1900 he conducted a series of concerts in Barce lona; also established a music school, the Academia Granados (1901). He then wrote 4 operas, which were produced in Barce lana with little success: Picarol (Feb. 23, 1901), FolIet (Apnl 4,1903), Gaziel (Oct. 27, 1906), and Liliana (1911). He under took the composition of a work that was to be his masterpiece a series of piano pieces entitled Goyescas (1911), inspired by the paintings and etchings of Goya; his fame rests securely on these imaginative and effective pieces, together with his brilliant Danzas espanolas. Later, Fernando Penquet wrote a libretto based on the scenes from Goyas paintings, and Granados used the music of his piano suite for an opera, Goyescas. Its premiere took place, in the presence of the composer, at the Metropolitan Opera in N.Y., on Jan.28, 1916, with excellent success; the score included an orch. Intermezzo, one of his most popular compositions. It was during his return voyage to Europe that he lost his life. Granados’s music is essentially Romantic, with an admixture of specific Spanish rhythms and rather elaborate ornamentation. Other works include an inter- mezzo to Miel de Ia Alcarna (1893); symphonic poems La nit del mart and Dante; Suite arabe; Suite gallega; Marcha de los vencidos; Serenata; arch. suites, Elisenda and Navidad Pi ano Trio; String Quartet; Serenata for 2 Violins and Piano Oriental for Oboe and Strings; Trova for Cello and Piano Cant de les Estrelles for Chorus, Organ, and Piano. Piano works Danzas espanolas (4 vols.); Goyescas: (Part I) Los Requzebros Cola quio en Ia Reja, El fandango del Candil, Quejas o Ia Maja y el Ruisenor; (Part II) El Amor y Ia Muerte (Ballade), Epilogo (Serenade of the Specter), El Pelele (Escena goyesca); Escenas roman ticas; 6 pieces on Spanish popular songs; Valses podticos; Cuentos para Ia juventud; Marche militaire and A la Cubana (also arranged for Orch.); 2 danses caractéristiques: Danza gitana and Danza aragonesa. Songs: ColecciOn de Tonadillas, escritas en estilo antiguo; ColecciOn de canciones amatorias.