Suite española, Op. 47

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Suite española, Op. 47 is a celebrated piano suite by Isaac Albéniz that evokes the musical character of various Spanish regions through a series of vividly stylized dance pieces.

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Suite española, Op. 47 canonical 3
Suite española No. 1, Op. 47 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
piano suite
alsoKnownAs Suite española, Op. 47
surface form: Suite española No. 1, Op. 47
composer Isaac Albéniz
countryOfOrigin Spain
dedicatedTo no widely known specific dedicatee
evokes musical character of various Spanish regions
firstPublicationCentury 19th century
form suite
frequentlyArrangedFor guitar
guitar and orchestra
orchestra
genre classical music
hasCatalogueNumber Op. 47
hasKey various keys
hasMovementOrder Granada; Cataluña; Sevilla; Cádiz; Asturias; Aragón; Castilla; Cuba
hasPart Aragón (Fantasía)
Asturias (Leyenda)
Castilla (Seguidillas)
Cataluña (Curranda)
Cuba (Capricho)
Cadiz
surface form: Cádiz (Saeta)

Granada (Serenata)
Sevillanas
surface form: Sevilla (Sevillanas)
influenced 20th-century Spanish guitar repertoire
inMusicHistory one of Albéniz’s most famous piano works
inspiredBy Spanish folk music
Spanish regional dances
language instrumental
movementCount 8
notableArrangementOf Asturias (Leyenda) for guitar
notableMovement Asturias (Leyenda)
Granada (Serenata)
Sevillanas
surface form: Sevilla (Sevillanas)
numberOfMovements 8
opusNumber Op. 47
partOfComposerOeuvre piano works of Isaac Albéniz
period Romantic
publisher various music publishers
scoredFor solo piano
style Spanish nationalist
subjectOf musicological studies on Spanish nationalism in music
numerous commercial recordings
title Suite española
typicalPerformanceContext guitar recital (in transcription)
piano recital
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 30 minutes

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Isaac Albéniz notableWork Suite española, Op. 47
Suite española, Op. 47 alsoKnownAs Suite española, Op. 47
this entity surface form: Suite española No. 1, Op. 47
Asturias (Leyenda) firstPublication Suite española, Op. 47
Asturias (Leyenda) partOf Suite española, Op. 47