Invited by President Wilson to play at the White House, Granados delayed his return home. Granados' trip to the United States ended in tragedy.
Granados came to the United States to supervise the production and to attend the premiere.ĭespite the favorable response of the audience and critics, the opera did not sustain interest and never found a place in the operatic repertory. The Metropolitan Opera took it over, and it had its world premiere in January 1916 in New York. The operatic version, with a libretto by Fernando Periquet, was accepted by the Opéra, but the outbreak of World War I put an end to plans for its production. Soon after, he was elected a member of the Legion of Honor and was asked by the Paris Opéra to turn Goyescas into an opera. When Granados played it in Paris on April 4, 1914, it was given an equally enthusiastic reception. Granados' most celebrated work, the piano suite Goyescas, received its first performance in Barcelona on March 9, 1911. In 1901 he established his own piano school, the Academia Granados. He wrote four other operas which were produced in Barcelona, but they met with little success. Granados' first major success as a composer came in 1898 with the production of his opera Maria del Carmenin Madrid, for which he was honored by the king. Of these deservedly popular dances, the fifth in E minor is the best known. In these pieces- much admired by Massenet, Cui, Saint-Saëns, and Grieg- Granados incorporated elements of Spanish folk dances in a most distinctive and personal way. Among his most distinguished early works for piano are the Danzas españolas, 12 pieces gathered into four sets written in the 1890s.
This successful debut launched the concert career that eventually earned him an international reputation.ĭespite the demands of performance, he also composed and taught piano. He returned to Barcelona in 1889 and gave his first recital there the following year.
Inġ887 he went to Paris, where he studied piano privately with Charles de Bériot, one of the leading professors at the Conservatoire. In 1883 he began to study composition with Felipe Pedrell, composer, musicologist, and passionate champion of Spanish folk music, who introduced Granados to the principles of musical nationalism. After his family moved to Barcelona he took piano lessons from Francisco Jurnet and Joan Baptista Pujol. His best-known work is the piano suite Goyescas.Įnrique Granados (y Campiña) was born in Lérida, Spain, on July 27, 1867. The Spanish composer and pianist Enrique Granados (1867-1916) contributed significantly to the creation of a national Spanish music.
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