Enrique Granados: Poet of the Piano

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Foreword by Alicia de Larrocha
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Abbreviations
Map of Spain
Preludio: Renaissance
1. A Born Pianist
2. The Emerging Composer
3. Works for Piano in a Central European Style
4. Teacher, Conductior, Organizer
5. Modernisme Catalan
6. Catalan Works with Texts by Apeles Mestres
7. La Maja de Goya
8. Goyescas
9. A World of Ideas
Epilogo: The Legacy of Ideas
Appendix 1: Genealogy
Appendix 2: List of Works
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Works
General Index

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Enrique Granados (1867-1916) is one of the most compelling figures of the late-Romantic period in music. During his return voyage to Spain after the premiere of his opera Goyescas in New York, a German submarine torpedoed the ship on which he and his wife were sailing and they perished in the waters of the English Channel. His death was mourned on both sides of the Atlantic as a stunning loss to the music world, for he had died at the pinnacle of his career and his late works held the promise of greater things to come. While Granados's tragic demise casts a pall over his life story, author Walter Clark reveals an artist of remarkable versatility and individuality and sheds new light on his enduring significance.

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Clark tactfully addresses conspiracy theories surrounding the tragic death, including a far-fetched one, which claimed that England plotted the torpedo attack to lure America into the war. A compelling musical-historical panorama

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