The legendary singer Frasquito Yerbabuena or Yerbagüena was born in Granada on an unspecified day in 1883 and was found dead, apparently from a heart attack, in the middle of […]
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Pittaluga González del Campillo, Gustavo
Composer, orchestra conductor, essayist and renovator of classical music at the head of the so-called Group of Eight, Group of Madrid or Group of the Republic; he was linked to […]
Niña de los Peines (Pastora Pavón Cruz)
Pastora Pavón Cruz, nicknamed Niña de los Peines (Girl of the Combs), is one of the main voices of gypsy and Andalusian flamenco singing of all times. She was born […]
Caracol, Manolo (Manuel Ortega Juárez)
Manolo Caracol (nicknamed Snail), artistic name of Manuel Ortega Juárez, was born in Seville in 1909 into an old dynasty to which belonged dozens of renowned singers and bullfighters. He […]
Landowska, Wanda
Polish keyboardist and pianist. She was a friend and collaborator of Manuel de Falla. She was in Spain on several occasions giving concerts and in Granada in the 1920s. Falla […]
Diego ‘El Tenazas’ (‘The Tongs’) (Diego Bermúdez Cala)
Gypsy singer, great master of flamenco singing and great connoisseur of ancient and primitive songs. He was one of the winners of the Flamenco Song Contest held in Granada in […]
Torre, Manuel (Manuel Soto Lozano)
Gypsy singer belonging to a saga, that of Los Torre (The Towers), headed by his father, so called because of his height. Manuel Torre, also known as Niño de Jerez […]
Segura Mesa, Antonio
Pianist, composer and free teacher of solfège and harmony at the Municipal School of Music. His musical vocation was manifested when he was only 14 years old with compositions for […]
Salazar Castro, Adolfo
Composer, musicologist, critic, historian, journalist and promoter of the composers and intellectuals who were part of the Silver Age of Spanish music. Although self-taught, he maintains a very close relationship […]
Molina Zúñiga, José
José Molina Zúñiga was a musician from Granada, friend of Ángel Barrios, Isaac Albéniz, Manuel de Falla and Federico García Lorca, who was part of the cast that participated, with […]
López Júlvez, Pilar
Spanish dancer and choreographer, sister of Encarnación López Júlvez, La Argentinita. She spent her childhood in Madrid. She learned piano and solfège and met important flamenco figures at a very […]
López Júlvez, Encarnación (La Argentinita)
Dancer, choreographer, Spanish and flamenco dancer and singer. Friend and collaborator of Federico García Lorca, she recorded with him five gramophone records in 1931, Collection of Popular Spanish Songs, accompanied […]
Falla Matheu, Manuel de
One of the most important Spanish composers of the first half of the 20th century and one of the great innovators of European music at the beginning of the century. […]
Chacón García, Antonio
Spanish flamenco singer. Of unknown parents, he was given as a newborn to the shoemaker Antonio Chacón Rodríguez and his wife, María García Sánchez, who recognized him as their son. […]
Barrios Tamayo, Antonio (El Polinario)
Guitarist, singer, art collector, amateur painter and owner of the tavern El Polinario which, for several decades, was the meeting point of prestigious musicologists, composers and young creators who had […]
Barrios Fernández, Ángel
Spanish composer and guitarist, friend of Federico García Lorca and companion of tertulias in El Rinconcillo and El Polinario tavern. His father, Antonio Barrios Tamayo, nicknamed El Polinario, was also […]
Baldrés, Alfredo
Alfredo Baldrés, born in Xátiva, Valencia, was one of the musicians who was present on Three Kings Day in 1923 at the Lorca’s house on the Acera del Casino and […]