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Regarded as the greatest Spanish composer of the 20th century Manuel De Falla (1876-1946) had a distinctively nationalistic style.Cantares De Nochebuena was written c.1903 making it one of his earlier works. It is a collection and arrangement of 9 traditional folksongs for Christmas Eve originally from the Andalusian region of southern Spain. They were probably gathered in the city of Cadiz.The songs are scored for solo Voice and Guitar. In an attempt to imitate the simplistic nature of the source material the Guitar part is relatively easy requiring only a handful of different chords.

In 1915 Falla took a trip through Andalusia with the poet and playwright Maria Lejarraga (Often known as Maria Martinez Sierra) with whom he collaborated on many of his best-known works. Only two of the works from this period have survived and been published they were originally presented under the title Obras Desconocidas but have been reprinted under the title Canciones De Maria Lejarraga.Manuel De Falla (1876-1946) is usually regarded as the greatest Spanish composer of the 20th century. He had a distinctively nationalistic style and most of his works were inspired by Spanishculture or landscape.