Albeniz, << ahl BAY nees or ahl VAY neeth, >> Isaac (1860-1909), a Spanish composer and pianist, was one of the creators of a national style for Spanish music. His most famous composition, Iberia (1908), consists of four books of solo piano music. His orchestral works include Spanish Rhapsody (1887) and Catalonia (1899). From 1893 to 1900, he lived in Paris, where his music influenced the French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Isaac Manuel Frescesco Albeniz was born on May 29, 1860, in Camprodon in Catalonia and gave his first piano recital at the age of 4. He was a respected concert pianist throughout his life. He died on May 18, 1909.
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