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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Granados and Albeniz (1867-1916 and 1860-1909)

Composer of the Week: Granados and Albeniz (1867-1916 and 1860-1909): Episode 2

Granados and Albeniz (1867-1916 and 1860-1909)

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Granados and Albeniz (1867-1916 and 1860-1909), Episode 2

Albeniz and Granados's involvement in the quest for a Spanish national style of music.

Donald Macleod discusses Albeniz and Granados's involvement in the quest for a Spanish national style of music.

The Spanish musicologist Felipe Pedrell's manifesto proposing a school of music that would draw on Spain's musical heritage, stimulated heated discussions among the country's leading musicians. Albéniz and Granados who had studied with Pedrell independently of each other, became part of that dialogue, finding inspiration for their own work in the folk music and history of Spanish music. With Donald Macleod.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of composers Enrique Granados and Isaac Albeniz.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Spanish composers Enrique Granados and Isaac Albeniz

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