Manuel de Falla's El amor brujo

Praise for Carol A. Hess's other books on Manuel de Falla "Carol A. Hess is the author of two of the most important books ever published on Falla, Manuel de Falla and Modernism in Spain, 1898-1936 (2001) and Sacred Passions: The Life and Music of Manuel de Falla (2005). I consider her to be the leading expert on Falla, but in addition to the breadth and depth of her knowledge, she is also a talented writer with a literary flair." -- Walter Aaron Clark, University of California, Riverside "A remarkable book: insightful, penetrative, and beautifully written too...thoroughly accessible...questions received wisdom and posits new explanations." -- Chris Collins, Musical Times "A sophisticated biography...a valuable contribution to the growing body of scholarship on twentieth-century Spanish music." -- Michael Christoforidis, University of Melbourne "Hess has suggested intriguing new ways of listening to Falla's music, opened up questions that will not soon be answered about his place in his culture...uses reception history to break down critical roadblocks." -- James Parakilas, Journal of the American Musicological Society "May it set a precent for twenty-first century music studies." -- Richard Taruskin, University of California, Berkeley