Canon
Where to start with Granados
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
Keyboard12 Spanish Dances, op. 37, H.142
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Vocal12 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, H.136
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ChamberDanza Espaqola no. 6, for guitar
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KeyboardGoyescas, H.63
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Keyboard2 Impromptus, H.144
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Keyboard2 Military Marches, H.145
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Keyboard4 Melodías, DLR 3:10
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Keyboard6 Escenas románticas, H.57, DLR 5:7
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Vocal7 Canciónes amatorias, H.24
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Keyboard7 Escenas infantiles, H.54, "7 Childhood Scenes"
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Keyboard7 Estudios
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Keyboard7 Valses poéticos, H.147, DLR 7:8
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KeyboardA la antigua; Bourrée, H.1
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KeyboardA la cubana, op. 36, H.2
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KeyboardA la pradera, op. 35, H.3
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Granados's catalogueMost Popular
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Goyescas — Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor
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Danzas Españolas Op. 37
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El pelele (from Goyescas)
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Intermezzo from Goyescas (opera)
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Andaluza (Danza española No. 5)
Most Acclaimed
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Goyescas (complete piano suite)
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Spanish Dances Op. 37
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Piano Sonata
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Navidad (song)
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Colección de tonadillas (songs — after Goya)
Most Weird
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Goyescas (opera based on the piano suite)only opera ever written after the composer’s own piano music; premiered in New York because WWI prevented a Paris premiere; Granados died returning home when his ship was torpedoed
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Goyescas Book 2 — El amor y la muertethe darkest of the suite — the death of the lover
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Libro de horas (unfinished)
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Dante (piano poem)
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Bocetos (piano sketches)unpublished studies
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 94
- Keyboard
- ● 12 Spanish Dances, op. 37, H.142
- Goyescas, H.63
- 2 Impromptus, H.144
- 2 Military Marches, H.145
- 4 Melodías, DLR 3:10
- 6 Escenas románticas, H.57, DLR 5:7
- 7 Escenas infantiles, H.54, "7 Childhood Scenes"
- 7 Estudios
- 7 Valses poéticos, H.147, DLR 7:8
- A la antigua; Bourrée, H.1
- A la cubana, op. 36, H.2
- A la pradera, op. 35, H.3
- Album: Paris, 1888, H.4
- Allegro appassionata, H.5
- Allegro de concierto in C major, op. 46, H.6, DLR 5:8
- Andalucía-Petenera, DLR 3:6
- Andaluza: Andantino, quasi allegretto, for piano
- Apariciones: Valses románticos, DLR 7:5
- Aparición, H.10, DLR 3:18
- Arabesca, H.11
- Arabesca: Largo a piaacer, for piano
- Barcarola, op. 45, H.14
- Bocetos: Colección de 4 obras fáciles, H.16
- Bolero: Andante, for piano
- Canción morisca, H.22
- Canto del pescador, DLR 3:8
- Capricho español, op. 39, H.30
- Carezza, op. 38, H.31
- Cartas de amor: 4 Valses íntimos, op. 44, H.32
- Clothilde H.35
- Cuentos de la juventud, op. 1, "Scenes of Childhood"
- Dans le bois, DLR 3:11
- Danza característica, H.41
- Danza lenta, op. 37, H.44
- Dolora in A minor, H.48
- Elvira, H.51
- En la aldea, H.52
- Escenas poéticas, Series 1, H.55
- Escenas poéticas, Series 2, H.56
- Estudio, H.58
- Estudios Expresivos, H.124
- Exquise, H 59, DLR 7:7
- Exquise, H.59
- Fandango: Energico, for piano
- Fantasia: Cheherezada
- Galante: Allegro, for piano
- Goyescas, H.64, DLR 2:4
- Illusory Serenade
- Impromptu, op. 39, H.70
- Improvisation on Themes of 12 Spanish Dances
- Jácara, op. 14, H.74
- L'Himne dels morts, H.67
- La Berceuse, DLR 3:9
- La góndola: Escena poética, DLR 3:25
- La sirena H.123
- Libro de horas, H.77
- Los soldados de cartón, H.126
- Marcha Militares, H.82
- María del Carmen,, H.84
- Mazurka in E flat major, H.87
- Mazurka in A minor, H.86
- Melancólica: Allegretto, for piano
- Minuetto, for pedal piano, H.92, DLR 3:17
- Moresque y canción árabe, H.95
- Oriental: canción variada, intermedio, y final, H.101
- Paisaje, H.104
- Parranda-Murcia, DLR 1:4
- Pastoral, DLR 3:12
- Países soñados: palacio encantado en el mar, leyenda, DLR 5:9
- Piano Sonata in A, DLR 6:1
- Preludio in D
- Rapsodia aragonesa, H.113
- Romántica: Molto allegro brillante, for piano
- Rondella Aragonesa: Allegretto, poco a poco accelerando, for piano
- Rêverie-improvisation, H.114
- Sardana H.118
- Serenata, DLR 3:20
- Valenciana: Allegro arioso, for piano
- Valse de concert, op. 35, H.146
- Valses sentimentales, DLR 8:4.1-10
- Villanesca: Allegretto, alla pastorale, for piano
- Vocal
- 12 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, H.136
- 7 Canciónes amatorias, H.24
- Cant de les estrelles, for chorus, piano, and organ, H.28
- Salve regina, for 4 voices and organ
- Chamber
- Danza Espaqola no. 6, for guitar
- Escena religiosa, for violin, organ, piano, and timbales, H.53
- Intermezzo
- Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, H.112
- Romanza for Violin and Piano, H.115
- Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano, op. 50, H.140
- Valses Poeticos, for guitar
- Violin Sonata, H.127
- Stage
- Goyescas, opera, H. 65