Spanish Dances
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The Spanish Dances are a collection of eight pieces for violin and piano composed by Pablo de Sarasate between 1877 and 1882 and published in four books, each book combining two dances contrasting in
Cover of the first edition of Book I
Pablo de Sarasate
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Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués was a Spanish virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor of the Romantic period. His best known works include Zigeunerweisen, the Spanish Dances, and the
Spanish Dances
…Dances (Spanish: Danzas españolas, first published title: German: Spanische Tänze) are a collection of eight pieces for violin and piano composed by Pablo de Sarasate between 1877 and 1882 and published in four books, each book combining two dances contrasting in rhythm and character. They are among Sarasate's best…
Pablo de Sarasate, c. 1890 (Newberry Library, Chicago)
Pablo de Sarasate in 1905
Photo of Sarasate from an Austrian newspaper in 1906
The familiar figure of Sarasate caricatured as a "Man of the Day" for Vanity Fair, 1889