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Manuel de Falla: Quick Facts

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Born November 23, 1876 • Cádiz • Spain
Died November 14, 1946 (aged 69) • Argentina • (Anniversary tomorrow)
Notable Works chamber music • “Brief Life” • “El amor brujo” • “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” • “The Three-Cornered Hat”
Movement / Style nationalistic music

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Manuel de Falla, detail of an oil painting by José María López Mezquita, 1928; in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America.
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