Spanish composer. The folk music (flamenco) of southern Spain is a major part of his compositions. His opera
La vida breve/Brief Life (1905; first performed 1913) was followed by the ballets
El amor brujo/Love the Magician (first performed 1915) and
El sombrero de tres picos/The Three-Cornered Hat (1919), and his most ambitious concert work,
Noches en los jardines de España/Nights in the Gardens of Spain (1916). He also wrote songs and pieces for piano and guitar.
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