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FALLA Manuel de (1876 - 1946)

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FALLA Manuel de (1876 - 1946)
L.A.S., Granada January 1, 1922, [to Dolores de SILVERA]| 4 pages in-8 (small mourning).
Very beautiful letter about the performance of Amor Brujo (Love's Witch).
He learns that she is going to sing Amor Brujo in Nantes under the direction of Master Arbos, and he hopes that she will be able to sing it in Paris, and that he will be able to come and hear it. He gives her some directions for singing his work. "You have, no doubt, guessed the somewhat fierce style that requires these songs, because of their popular Andalusian character. The voice must, in a certain way, of course, imitate this nasal quality of the singers of the people, and the value of the final notes of each phrase must be observed| that is to say, it is necessary to give an impression of continuity in the song"...