Manuel de Falla as a Catalanophile: The Sardana and the Sound of the Cobla in Atlántida
Abstract
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) got to know the sardana, the cobla and the timbre of its instruments during his stays in Barcelona. The musician, who had a special predilection for Catalonia, showed great interest in everything that surrounded the formation and the musical genre of popular origin. This article collects the chronicles of the Cobla Barcelona concerts and rehearsals that Manuel de Falla attended, as well as his opinion, a conception narrated in terms that, even today, contribute to define the notion of the sardana and the cobla. Finally, it narrates to what extent this seduction prompted the musician to include the sound of the cobla in Atlántida, a work based on the epic poem L’Atlàntida (1877) by Jacint Verdaguer, and which Falla left unfinished.
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