Test Your Knowledge on Manuel de Falla

Manuel de Falla was a Spanish composer, born in Cádiz and died in Alta Gracia, Argentina at the age of 69. He was raised by a wet nurse and servant of the house. Falla was a serious, independent and imaginative person, with weak health and several manias. He composed La vida breve, El amor brujo, and Noches en los jardines de España, among others. He was a Catholic and a perfectionist, considered the greatest representative of Spanish nationalism. His most important work was the scenic cantata Atlántida, which he spent the last 20 years of his life composing and retouching, but never finished.