Escenas poéticas S.1: Eva y Walter

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Musical Terms (7)

• danza española Spanish
  A stylised Spanish dance piece; in Granados, each of the 12 Danzas españolas evokes a different regional dance tradition.
  Bring rhythmic vitality and tonal colour to capture the regional character of each dance.
• floreo Spanish
  An ornamental figure in Spanish keyboard music; a rapid decorative flourish, often imitating guitar ornamentation.
  Execute lightly and quickly; the effect should suggest improvised guitar decoration rather than written-out passage work.
• goyesco Spanish
  Relating to the style evoked by the paintings of Francisco de Goya; in Granados, a rich, ornate keyboard texture imbued with Spanish character.
  Bring a theatrical, improvisatory quality; imagine the sound of a Spanish guitar within the piano writing.
• maja Spanish
  A female figure from 18th-century Spanish popular culture, associated with Goya's paintings of vibrant street life.
  Relevant background for understanding the narrative world of Goyescas.
• majo Spanish
  A male counterpart of the maja; a gallant, stylishly dressed young man in Goya's Madrid.
  Relevant background for understanding the narrative world of Goyescas.
• punteo Spanish
  Guitar plucking technique; single-note melodic lines. Granados uses this concept in piano writing to suggest a guitarist's sound.
  Play single-note melodic passages with a light, detached touch to suggest guitar punteo.
• rasgueo Spanish
  Guitar strumming technique; rapid arpeggiated chords. Granados transfers this idiomatic guitar gesture into his piano textures.
  Roll broken chords from the bottom with rhythmic energy, imitating the sweep of a guitarist's hand.