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Born October 28, 1866 • Spain
Died January 5, 1936 (aged 69) • Santiago de Compostela • Spain
Notable Works “Bohemian Lights” • “The Pleasant Memoirs of the Marquis de Bradomin: Four Sonatas”
Movement / Style Modernismo
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