biography
pronunciation:
[falya]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1876–1946)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Cadiz, SW Spain. He won prizes in 1905 as a pianist and for his first opera, then moved to Paris (1907–14), where he published his first piano compositions. On returning to Madrid, his works became known for their colourful national Spanish idiom. He is best known for his ballet, The Three-Cornered Hat (1919). With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, he settled in Argentina. |
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