Manuel de Falla's "Homenaje a la Tumba de Debussy"

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) was one of Spain's most distinguished and internation-

al composers during the first half of the 20th century. His composition style includes

Impressionism, neo-Classicism and Nationalism. It was composed to commemorate 

the death of C. Debussy who died in 1918 and had helped Falla establish himself in

France. Homenaje pour "Le tombeau de C. Debussy" was  the only piece composed

for solo guitar by Falla and was dedicated to his friend Miguel Llobet (one of 

Francisco Tárrega's students). He would later arrange it for piano and then orchestra

(1938-39). It was written in 1920 (Granada, Spain) and published two years later in

the magazine "Revue Musicale". This video was recorded at SFSU's Knuth Hall on 

Sat. December 7, 2019 during my Master's Recital.