Work Title
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El Amor Brujo
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Alternative. Title
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Composer
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Falla, Manuel de
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IMF 1
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 act (13 numbers in final version):
- Gitanería (Original version, 1915)
- 1. Introducción y escena
- 2. Canción del amor dolido
- 3. Sortilegio
- 4. Danza del fin del día (Danza del Fuego in the ballet)
- 5. Escena (El amor vulgar) (omitted in ballet)
- 6. Romance del pescador
- 7. Intermedio (Pantomima in ballet)
- 8. Introducción (El fuego fatuo) (omitted in ballet)
- 9. Escena (El terror) (largely omitted in ballet)
- 10. Danza del fuego fatuo (Danza del Terror in ballet)
- 11. Interludio (Alucinaciones)
- 12. Canción del fuego fatuo
- 13. Conjuro para reconquistar el amor perdido (omitted in ballet)
- 14. Escena (El amor popular) (omitted in ballet)
- 15. Danza y canción de la bruja fingida (Danza y canción del juego de amor in ballet)
- 16. Final (Las campanas del amanecer)
- Ballet-pantomime (Revised version, 1920)
- Introduccion y Escena
- En la Cueva (La Noche)
- Canción del Amor Dolido (voice and orchestra)
- El Aparecido
- Danza del Terror
- El Circulo Mágico (Romance del Pescador)
- A Media Noche, Los Sortilegios
- Danza Ritual del Fuego
- Escena
- Canción del Fuego Fatuo (voice and orchestra)
- Pantomima
- Danza del Juego de Amor (voice and orchestra)
- Final: Las Campanas del Amanecer
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1914-15, rev.1916-20
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First Performance.
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1915-04-15 in Madrid, Teatro Lara (original version)
- Pastora Imperio (Candelas), José Moreno Ballesteros (conductor)
1925-05-22 in Paris, Théâtre du Trianon-Lyrique (revised version)
- Antonia Mercé "La Argentina" (Candelas)
Vicente Escudero (Carmelo), George Wague (the Ghost) Orchestra, Manuel de Falla (conductor)
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First Publication.
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1921 (piano red.) 1924 (full score)
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Copyright Information
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Although purely instrumental selections and arrangements are permitted for this piece items containing any text by the author(s) listed below cannot be added to the main server (located in Canada) until 70 years after the death of the author(s). Items with text first published before 1929 or otherwise confirmed as public domain in the United States can be uploaded to the US server only.
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Librettist
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Gregorio Martínez Sierra (1881–1947) María de la O Lejárraga (1874–1974)
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Language
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Spanish
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Dedication
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Pastora Imperio
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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34 minutes (original version) 23 minutes (revised version)
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Early 20th century
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Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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Instrumentation
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voice, chamber orchestra (original) ; voice, orchestra (revised)
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InstrDetail
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Original version
- flute (piccolo), oboe, horn, cornet, bells, piano, strings.
Revised version
- 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), oboe (also English horn), 2 clarinets, bassoon
2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion, piano, strings
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External Links
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Wikipedia article Original Version
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Extra Information
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María Martínez Sierra (1874-1974) is supposedly the co-author of her husband Gregorio's libretto, first published in 1915. This seems to be a favorite stunt of publishers lately. No credit of any kind for María appears on the printed scores, naturally.
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