Pedrell had a profound influence - as he had on many other of his students - on the young Falla.
His family's precarious financial position at the time necessitated that Falla begin teaching piano lessons. Around 1900 he premiered the piano piece Serenata andaluza y Vals-Capricho at the Ateneo de Madrid ("Athenæum of Madrid" - a private cultural institution). It was at this time that he began prefixing his surname with "de", and hereafter was known by this name. Falla enjoyed the chamber music that was hosted by Salvador Viniegra, and dedicated his Melodia for cello and piano(1897) to him. At the Conservatorio he studied piano with José Tragó (a colleague of Isaac Albéniz), and composition with the widely esteemed Felipe Pedrell.
In the year Falla turned 20 years of age he relocated to the capital city of Spain, Madrid, where he attended the Real Conservatorio de Música y Declamación. However two years later, after witnessing a concert of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg's works, he felt inspired and later reminisced that at that time he felt that "my definitive vocation is music". At the age of 15 years Manuel de Falla became interested in literature and journalism and founded two magazines: El Burlón and El Cascabel. At the age of nine Falla began piano lessons with Eloísa Galluzo, but the lessons ended abruptly when she entered a convent - the Sisters of Charity - to become a nun.Ī few years later in 1889 he continued piano lessons with Alejandro Odero, and studied harmony and counterpoint with Enrique Broca. Grandfather, one of his early music teachers.
He was born in Cadiz on 23 November 1876 to his parents José María Falla y Franco and María Jesús Matheu y Zabal.
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The full birth name of this Spanish Maestro was Manuel María de los Dolores Falla y Matheu.