Lorca in Tune with Falla

"With meticulous archival research on Falla and Lorca's collaborations, Lorca in Tune with Falla makes a case for how Falla's theories about the cante jondo and his stylization of Andalusia influenced some of Lorca's major poetic and dramatic works. Professor Orringer's book will be of interest to Lorca scholars and other specialists in modern Spanish culture, especially as prior scholarship has not delved in any depth into the influence Falla had on Lorca and how this is perceptible in Lorca's poetry and farces." -- Roberta Quance, Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Queen's University Belfast "A highly sophisticated attempt to unravel Lorca's creative process, Nelson Orringer's book offers innovative and fresh perspectives on the Falla-Lorca relationship and its impact on Lorca's creative output." -- Michael Christoforidis, Melbourne Conservatory and the University of Melbourne

Lorca in Tune with Falla is the first book to trace Lorca’s impact on Falla’s music, and Falla’s influence on Lorca’s writings.

Federico García Lorca (1889-1936) is widely regarded as the greatest Spanish poet of the twentieth century; Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) is Spain’s most performed composer of the same period. The two were very different – Lorca was gay, liberal, and a member of the avant garde, while Falla was a devout Catholic – yet they had a profound mutual influence. The two developed an intimate friendship, which ended when Lorca was shot by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

Lorca in Tune with Falla is the first book to trace Lorca’s impact on Falla’s music, and Falla’s influence on Lorca’s writings. Nelson R. Orringer explores the music underlying Poem of Deep Song, Gypsy Ballads, and Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, bringing out the analogous sounds and ideas that emerge in the active, ongoing connection between the artworks of both creators. The book emphasizes how this harmony increases knowledge and appreciation of both artists.