Union-Musical-Ediciones - Piano, Voice

Spanish conductor and composer Tomás Bretón (1850 1923) became conductor of the Madrid Opera and spent his professional life fighting for the cause of sophisticated Spanish music nationalism. Bretón composed the lively evocative zarzuela La Verbena de la Paloma in just nineteen days and it has remained popular with Spanish audiences since its premiere in 1894 for its humour its music and the characters that recall nineteenth century Madrid.La Verbena de la Paloma is scored for two to three Soprano roles one to two contrAltos one to two Tenors and five to six baritones as well as an actor-singer and actress-singer. The libretto is in Spanish withouttranslation.

De La Esperanza-Saeta En Forma De Salve A La Virgen De La Esperanza is a 1932 work by Spanish composer Joaquin Turina. This version has been edited by Alvarez Quintero and is for Voice with Piano accompaniment.

The Homenaje (Tribute) a Lope de Vega sets extracts from three of the sixteenth century writer’s many works all on the theme of romantic desire. The Vocal work is demanding and the Piano part more than mere accompaniment which keep these songs alive in the recital repertoire.Composer pianist writer and educator Joaquin Turina was born in Seville in 1882 and was active mainly in Spain until his death in 1949. His work is influenced by traditional Andalusian idioms and he was particularly generous in his attention to songs dwarfed only by his output of solo Piano music.