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Manuel de Falla!
The Biography
of Manuel de Falla
1876-1946
Born in Cadiz
The full birth name of this Spanish Maestro was Manuel María de los Dolores Falla y Matheu.Cancion manuel de falla biography
He was born in Cadiz on 23 November 1876 to his parents José María Falla y Franco and María Jesús Matheu y Zabal. His mother was, along with his grandfather, one of his early music teachers. At the age of nine Falla began piano lessons with Eloísa Galluzo, but the lessons ended abruptly when she entered a convent - the Sisters of Charity - to become a nun.
A few years later in 1889 he continued piano lessons with Alejandro Odero, and studied harmony and counterpoint with Enrique Broca.
At the age of 15 years Manuel de Falla became interested in literature and journalism and founded two magazines: El Burlónand El Cascabel. However two years later, after witnessing a concert of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg's works, he felt inspired and later reminisced that at that time he felt that "my definitive vocation is music