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Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)


Isaac Manuel Francisco ALBÉNIZ i PASCUAL (May 29, 1860 – May 18, 1909) was a Spanish pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on Spanish folk music.

Born in Camprodon (Girona, Catalonia, Spain),
ALBÉNIZ was a child prodigy who first performed at the age of four. At age seven he passed the entrance examination for piano at the Paris Conservatoire, but he was refused admission because he took out a ball from his pocket and broke a glass window while playing with it. By age fifteen, he had already given concerts worldwide. After a short stay at the Leipzig Conservatory, in 1876 he went to study in Brussels. In 1880, he went to Budapest to study with Franz Liszt, only to find out that Liszt was in Weimar, Germany.

In 1883, he met the teacher and composer Felipe Pedrell, who inspired him to write Spanish music such as the Suite Española, Op. 47. The fifth movement of that suite, called Asturias (Leyenda), is probably most famous these days as part of the classical guitar repertoire, even though it was originally composed for piano and only later transcribed to guitar. Many of his other compositions were also transcribed to guitar, notably by Francisco Tárrega —
ALBÉNIZ once declared that he preferred Tárrega's guitar transcriptions to his original piano works.

During the 1890s
ALBÉNIZ lived in London and Paris and wrote mainly theatrical works. In 1900 he started to suffer from Bright's disease and returned to writing piano music. Between 1905 and 1909 he composed his most famous work, Iberia (1908), a suite of twelve piano "impressions". His orchestral works include Spanish Rhapsody (1887) and Catalonia (1899).

Albéniz died on 18th May 1909 at age 48 in Cambo-les-Bains and is buried in the Cementiri del Sudoest, Barcelona.

[Biography extract from Wikipedia]

Please find below Arrangements of Isaac ALBÉNIZ's Pieces
solely published by FLEX Editions.

 

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Asturias - I. ALBENIZ - Solo Piano

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" With this famous spanish "Legend", the piano sound must be as close as possible to guitar. The right hand will be, for the repeated notes, slightly suspended above the left hand, and right in the middle of the black keys [...] In this piece, a special care must to taken to put into relief the character and colors of Spain. " - Nicolas CARDONA

Asturias - I. ALBENIZ - Extracts - Solo Piano

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" With this famous spanish "Legend", the piano sound must be as close as possible to guitar. The right hand will be, for the repeated notes, slightly suspended above the left hand, and right in the middle of the black keys [...] In this piece, a special care must to taken to put into relief the character and colors of Spain. " - Nicolas CARDONA

Suite Española Op. 47 - No. 5. ASTURIAS - I. ALBENIZ - Clarinet Quintet

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