Andrés Gaos: Granada, symphonic poem

Andrés Gaos

Andrés Gaos was a Galician composer who stood out for having succeeded in spreading Galician music during the early 20^th century throughout Latin America, especially Argentina, the country where he spent most of his life. During the five years between 1913 and 1917, Gaos composed many of his most significant works: the anthem to commemorate the centenary of the Argentine independence, the opera Amor vedado, the symphonic poem Granada and the Sonata for violin and piano.

According to a review published in La Prensa newspaper (Buenos Aires) in October 1916, after its premiere: ‘Granada is a symphonic poem of great importance by maestro Gaos. In its instrumentation, full of colours, one seems to hear the rustling of the foliage with birdsongs in the background. The pizzicato that imitates the guitar and the staccato col legno of the strings are resources that bring happiness. The prolonged, high-pitched pedal note sustained by the violins at the beginning and at the end of the poem is also worth mentioning’.

This volume belongs to the series Agra Vella, within the collection Ars Gallaeciae Musicae that Dos Acordes co-publishes with the Galician Agency for Cultural Industries (AGADIC) of the Xunta de Galicia. It was been revised by Joám Trillo, musicologist, conductor and composer, and it also contains a CD with the recordings.