Isaac Albéniz

Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909) was a Spanish composer and pianist whose piano works, especially Iberia, transformed Spanish musical styles into virtuosic concert music.

Iberia: A suite of twelve piano pieces by Albéniz, composed between 1905 and 1908. This demanding late suite is Albéniz’s most celebrated synthesis of Spanish musical styles.
Andalusian music: The diverse musical traditions associated with Andalusia in southern Spain. Its idioms and imagery are central to the atmosphere of many Albéniz piano pieces.
Franz Liszt: A Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist who reshaped nineteenth-century piano performance and composition. Albéniz’s piano virtuosity and concert career developed in a musical world Liszt had transformed.
Enrique Granados: A Spanish composer and pianist whose works often draw on Spanish themes and styles. Granados shared Albéniz’s effort to create a distinctive Spanish piano repertory.
Suite española: A piano suite by Albéniz whose movements evoke regions and dances of Spain. Its regional titles turn Spanish places and dance forms into vivid piano character pieces.
Flamenco: An Andalusian art of music, song, dance, and performance with varied regional forms. Flamenco-associated rhythms and gestures inform Albéniz’s stylized musical evocations of Spain.
Felipe Pedrell: A Spanish composer and musicologist who advocated drawing on Spain’s historical and folk music. Pedrell encouraged Albéniz to treat Spanish musical traditions as material for serious composition.
Manuel de Falla: A Spanish composer whose works combine Spanish musical traditions with modern composition. Falla continued the project of bringing Spanish musical materials into concert music.
Asturias (Leyenda): A piano piece by Albéniz, originally published as the prelude to Chants d’Espagne. Its guitar-like figuration became one of Albéniz’s most recognizable musical signatures.
Habanera: A Cuban dance and musical form marked by a characteristic dotted rhythm. Its rhythm offered Albéniz a means of evoking Spain’s musical links with Cuba.

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