WITH the same order of enthusiasm with which
Brahms and Dvorak collected and gave to the concprt world the Hungarian and Slavonic Dances which are now so universally popular, Granados edited four volumes of national Spanish dances, arranging them in the first instance for pianoforte. Their strongly marked Spanish character is most clearly evident in their vigorous rhythm ; that, indeed, seems to matter almost more than the tunes.
Listeners will remember that Granado?, like his older compatriot Albeniz, was a native of Catalonia, a part of Spain where national sentiment is a very sturdy growth.