Isaac Albeniz
1860 Camprodon
Spain - 1909
Cambo-les Bains
France
Gravesite: Barcelona Spain
Isaac Albéniz is one of the most recognized figures of Spanish music and the greatest representative of Spanish music written for piano with his magnificent work Iberia.
Isaac Albeniz best work
Albéniz's most notable composition is Iberia, a piano suite composed between 1905 and 1909 by the Spanish composer.
It consists of four books of three pieces each; a complete performance lasts approximately 90 minutes.
It is considered one of the most challenging works for the piano.
Works of Isaac Albeniz
- Five Rhymes by Bécquer Op. 7 [1886 ca.] Choral music
- Six Ballads on texts by the Marchioness of Bolaños Op. 7 [1887] Choral music
- Pavana-caprice (published as Pavane espagnole) Op. 12 [1882] Instrumental music
- Concert Study in E minor (published in 1886 as Desire) Op. 21/40 [1885] Instrumental music
- Barcarole (Catalan Barcarolle) Op. 23 [1882] Instrumental music
- Six small waltzes Op. 25 [1884] Instrumental music
- Piano Sonata, No. 1 Op. 28 [1884] Instrumental music
- Concert Studio Op. 29 [1885] Instrumental music
- Spanish Suite No. 1 Op. 47 [1883-94] Instrumental music
- First Antique Suite Op. 54 [1885 ca.] Instrumental music
- Esudi impromptu Op. 56 [1882] Instrumental music
- Second Antique Suite (Suite ancienne) Op. 64 [1886] Instrumental music
- Seven studies in the major natural shades Op. 65 [1886] Instrumental music
- Six salon mazurkas Op. 66 [1885 ca.] Instrumental music
The first two, published separately in 1890. - Cuban Rhapsody in G major Op. 66 [1886] Instrumental music
- Sonata No. 3, in A-flat major Op. 68 [1886] Instrumental music
- Spanish Rhapsody for piano and orchestra Op. 70 [1886] Instrumental music
- Spanish Rhapsody (reduction for a piano) Op. 70 [1887] Instrumental music
- Spanish Rhapsody for piano and orchestra Op. 70 [1887] Musica concertante (opera for several voices)
- Travel Memories Op. 73 [1886-87] Instrumental music
- Piano Sonata No. 4, in A major Op. 73 [1887] Instrumental music
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor (Fantastic Concerto) Op. 78 [1885-87] Musica concertante (opera for several voices)
- Memories: mazurka Op. 80 [1887] Instrumental music
- Ballroom Mazurka in E-flat major Op. 81 [1887] Instrumental music
- Piano Sonata No. 5, in G-flat major Op. 82 [1887] Instrumental music
- Twelve characteristic pieces Op. 92 [1888] Instrumental music
- Amalia: Salon Mazurka Op. 95 [1888] Instrumental music
- Ricordatti: mazurka de salón Op. 96 [1888] Instrumental music
- Spanish Suite No. 2 Op. 97 [1889 ca.] Instrumental music
- Lullaby Op. 102 [1890] Camera Music
- Piano Sonata No. 7 Op. 111 [1888] Instrumental music
- Two Spanish dances Op. 164 [1889 ca.] Instrumental music
- Spain: six album sheets Op. 165 [1890] Instrumental music
- The autumn-waltz Op. 170 [1890] Instrumental music
- Spanish Serenade Op. 181 [1889] Instrumental music
- Rêves (Dreams) Op. 201 [1890-91] Instrumental music
- Mallorca (barcarola) Op. 202 [1890] Instrumental music
- Songs of Spain Op. 232 [1891-94] Instrumental music
- Military march [1869] Instrumental music
- Easy Pavana for Small Hands [1881] Instrumental music
- The older... [1881-82] Zarzuela
Lost. - Catalans of Gràcia [1882] Zarzuela
Lost. - Neapolitan Serenade [1882] Instrumental music
Lost. - Concert Suite [1883] Camera Music
Lost. - Dominate in fury (Psalm VI of the Office of the Dead) [1885] Choral music
- Arab Serenade [1885 ca.] Instrumental music
- Anguish: romance without words [1886] Instrumental music
- Minuet in G minor [1886] Instrumental music
- Six Spanish dances [1886] Instrumental music
- Third Antique Suite [1886] Instrumental music
- Third minuet [1886] Instrumental music
- Champagne Waltz: Ballroom Waltz [1888] Instrumental music
- The village festival [1888] Instrumental music
- Catalan symphonic scenes [1888-1889] Symphonies
- Barberine's Song [1889 ca.] Choral music
- Cadiz-Cadiz [1889 ca.] Instrumental music
- Lullaby [1890] Camera Music
Lost. - Zambra granadina, in D minor [1890 ca.] Instrumental music
- Zorcico [1891] Instrumental music
- Love Poems: Legends bíblicas [1892] Incidental music for voices
- Piano Concerto No. 2 [1892] Musica concertante (opera for several voices)
- The seasons (Thumbnail Album) [1892] Instrumental music
- The magic opal [1892-93] Opera, lyrical comedy
Complete score lost, fragments and the voice and piano score preserved. - Poor Jonathan [1893] Operetta in two acts
Score lost, fragments preserved. - Henry Clifford [1893-95] Opera in three acts
- San Antonio, Florida [1894] Zarzuela in one act and two scenes
- Pepita Jiménez [1895] Opera, lyric comedy in three acts
- Are Thou gone forever, Elaine? [1896] Choral music
- Laugh at loving ... [1896] Choral music
- To Nellie: six songs [1896] Choral music
Six songs with Francis B. Money-Coutts' English texts. - Will you be mine? / Separated! [1896] Choral music
- Spain: Memories [1896-97] Instrumental music
- It is the same with love [1897] Choral music
- La Vega [1897] Instrumental music
- The gifts of the gods [1897] Choral music
- Two pieces in Prose [1897] Choral music
- Merlin [1897-1902] Opera in three acts
- Catalonia: Popular Suite for Three-Part Orchestra [1899] Symphonies
- The Royal Female [1902] Zarzuela in three acts
Unfinished. - Launcelot [1902-04] Opera in three acts
Unfinished - The caterpillar [1903] Choral music
- Three improvisations in F sharp minor [1903] Instrumental music
- Guajira: Cuban Folk Song [1905] Symphonies
- Iberia [1905-08] Instrumental music
12 piano pieces in four cahiers - Navarre [1907] Instrumental music
- Four songs [1908] Choral music
- Yvonne visiting! [1908] Instrumental music
- Tiles [1909] Instrumental music
Finished by Enric Granados. - Feature Suite [1986] Symphonies
- The autumn-waltz [1990] Symphonies
- The Alhambra [1996-1997] Symphonies
- Small suite [1998] Symphonies
- Almogavar rhapsody [1999] Symphonies
93 works of Isaac Albeniz
Genres of compositions by Isaac Albeniz
The Isaac Albeniz works include: Choral music, Instrumental music, Musica concertante (opera for several voices), Camera Music, Zarzuela, Symphonies, Incidental music for voices, Opera, lyrical comedy, Operetta in two acts, Opera in three acts, Zarzuela in one act and two scenes, Opera, lyric comedy in three acts, Zarzuela in three acts, mainly.