Granados, Enrique 07/27/1867 - 03/24/1916

Enrique Granados (1867-1916) studied in Barcelona and Paris. After 1889 he lived in Barcelona, where he founded in 1900 the Sociedad de Conciertos Classicos and after 1901 directed the Crickboom Academia de Música. He attained international renown as a virtuoso pianist and accompanied Pablo Casals, Juan Manén, Camille Saint-Saens and Jacques Thibaud.



In 1892 he married Ampaor Gal; they had six children. In 1916 he traveled with his wife to New York to hear the world premiere of his ballet opera "Goyescas," inspired by the work of the painter Francisco De Goya. On the way home they perished when their steamship, the "Sussex," was torpedoed in the Panama Canal by a German U-Boot.



Granados wrote six operas and orchestral, vocal and chamber music, all with unmistakeable Spanish rhythm and flair.