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Enrique granados sheet music.
Granados - Andaluza: No 5 from Spanish Dances
Background
Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) is perhaps most famed for his piano composition, Goyescas, a suite of pieces based on paintings of Goya.
Granados last name origin
Granados, himself, was also a painter of some distinction.
The set of twelve Spanish Dances, for piano, was written in 1890.
A composer of Catalan origins, his style is very much that of Spanish nationalism, with the influence of the guitar often evident.
Granados himself may be heard playing here on an old piano roll recording dated around 1913:
Pupil Match & Suitability
Students with a fiery temperament and a sense of passion should do well if choosing this piece.
It needs a certain musical maturity to bring it off. There is considerable repetition here and a feeling for the spontaneity of mood is needed so that the character does not become predictable and boring.
Style & Tempo
The Spanish style is full of colour, daring and panache, even in the more gentle tempi
