Lorca in Tune with Falla: Literary and Musical Interludes

by Nelson R. Orringer

Federico Garc a 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442647299
• ISBN13: 9781442647299
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"