La Vida Breve
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Most appealing of all, Debussy's "La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin" followed, and two short works by Falla, including her arrangement for one guitar of his two-guitar Spanish Dance from "La Vida Breve."
From Seattle Times
At the heart of both “El Amor Brujo” and “La Vida Breve,” striking works by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, is a woman of low social standing, jilted in love.
From New York Times
“La Vida Breve,” composed for a 1905 contest and first staged in France in 1913, is potent verismo, with Italianate lyricism and French iridescence.
From New York Times
When frail, nervous Spanish Composer Manuel de Falla died two years ago in voluntary exile in Argentina, he left behind some fiery and famous works: the lyric drama La Vida Breve, the ballets El Amor Brujo and The Three-Cornered-Hat But most of his friends said: "He died too soon; he died without finishing his master piece."
From Time Magazine Archive
Premieres La Vida Breve, opera in two acts by Manuel de Falla, based on the libretto by Carlos Fernandez-Shaw, had its first U .
From Time Magazine Archive
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