Analysis of 'The Maiden and the Nightingale' by Granados

[@jeffsmith1798]

What a great insight! The comparison to Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde. The world of simple cadences has been replaced by unresolved harmonies and chromatic passing tones. I never would have thought of the connection between Granados and Wagner. Both masterworks use the leitmotif paradigm. Very insightful. Gracias!

[@AlexAlguacil]

Thanks. Wagner’s Die Walküre and Götterdamerung were heard in Barcelona for the first time at the turn of the 20th century. I think Granados’s use of recurring leit-motives and themes in Goyescas can’t be separated from his exposure to the music of Wagner. After all Goyescas is a sort of opera for piano. I also read that Granados’s first performance of the first book of Goyescas was in 1910 at a private concert in Barcelona, where he also played Liszt’s B minor Sonata, another operatic work of Wagnerian scope, revealing Granados his vision connecting those two works together in a program.

[@angelpuig331]

Molt xulo el Vídeo. BRAVO!!! 👏👏👏

[@AlexAlguacil]

Gràcies Àngel!!

[@DavidSkinnerMusic]

Very useful and interesting, thank you

[@thepianistq8]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I've never heard these pieces.

[@CaminoTrader61]

gracias, me encanta!

[@AlexAlguacil]

Gracias!!