Famous Musicians

ANDALUSIA MUSICIANS by: Irene Sánchez Fernández Cinthia Parra Pérez

Index
Manuel de Falla
Andres Segovia
Paco de Lucía
Manuel Quiroga
Jose Padilla

Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla He was born in Cádiz on the 23 rd November 1876 and died in 1946.

Manuel de Falla
Some of his most famous plays are: “El amor brujo” (1915), “El sombrero de tres picos” (1917) or “El gran teatro del mundo” (1927)‏

Andrés Segovia Andrés Segovia. He was born on the 21 st February in Linares (Jaén) in 1893 and he died in Madrid on the 3 rd June 1987. He was a Classic Spanish guitarist and composer. He is considered to be the father of the classic modern movement of the guitar. He started to play the guitar when he was four years old. Thanks to him the guitar was considered an important instrument.

Andrés Segovia
He had many pupils an he played
The Aranjuez concert.

Paco de Lucía Paco de Lucía His real name is Franciso Sánchez Gómez. He was born on the 21 st December 1947 in Algeciras (Cádiz). He is a Flamenco Andalusian guitarist but also he did other styles like flamenco fused wiht jazz. He is one of the masters of the guitar of all times.

Paco de Lucía
He won lost of prizes like ·”Medalla de oro al mérito de las Bellas Artes (1992), “Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes” (2004), etc.

Manuel Quiroga Manuel Quiroga He was born in 30 th January in Sevilla in 1899 and he died in 13 th December in Madrid in 1988. He was a famous andalusian composer. He studied piano.

Manuel Quiroga
Some of his plays are : “Sevilla qué grande eres”, “Ojos verdes”, “A la lima y al limón”, “Ay penita pena!”, “El presagio rojo” or “Francisco alegre”.

José Padilla José Padilla He was born on the 23 rd May 1889 in Almería and he died on the 25 th October 1960 in Madrid. He was a famous Andalusian composer. He wrote “zarzuelas” and some popular songs. In total he did about 60 plays.

José Padilla
He composed plays like “La bien amada”, “Sol de Sevilla”, “La mayorala”, “El relicario”, “La violetera” or “Valencia”.

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Famous Musicians

by Bilingual Section on Aug 05, 2008

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