Manuel de Falla y la "Sinfonietta" de Ernesto Halffter: la historia de un magisterio plenamente asumido

Abstract

This article aims to pinpoint Manuel de Falla’s influence on Ernesto Halffter’s Sinfonietta, which despite being considered the composer’s most important work today, was composed at the age of 22 under Falla’s direct tutelage. A reconstruction of the numerous encounters between teacher and pupil, partially or entirely devoted to revising the Sinfonietta, will allow the extent to which Falla was involved in the creative process of the work to be determined. This is followed by a comparative analysis, providing some illustrative examples of Halffter’s reuse of material and borrowing of Falla’s “compositional strategies” as the clearest evidence of this influence, which paradoxically, would result in the creation of the young composer’s unique style.