| Work Title
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El retablo de maese Pedro
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| Alternative. Title
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| Name Translations
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El retablo de Maese Pedro; El Retablo de Maese Pedro; Meister Pedros Puppenspiel; ペドロ親方の人形芝居; Луткарско позориште мајстора Педра; Mäster Pedros marionetter; Maese Pedroren erretaula; 彼得羅先生的木偶戲; Mester Pedros marionetter
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| Name Aliases
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Retablo de Maese Pedro; El retablo del Maese Pedro; El retablo de maese pedro; Master Peter's Puppet Show; Les tréteaux de Maître Pierre
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| Authorities
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Wikipedia
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| Composer
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Falla, Manuel de
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IMF 13
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 act (9 sections):
- El Pregón
- Sinfonia de Maese Pedro
- Cuadro I. La Corte de Carlo Magno
- Cuadro II. Melisendra
- Cuadro III. El suplicio del Moro
- Cuadro IV. Los Pirineos
- Cuadro V. La fuga
- Cuadro VI. La persecución
- Final
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1919–23
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| First Performance.
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1923/03/23 in Seville, Teatro San Fernando
- Orquesta Bética da cámara, Manuel de Falla (conductor)
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| First Publication.
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1924 -London: J. & W. Chester, Ltd.
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| Librettist
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Composer
- after Don Quixote (part 2, ch.25–26) by Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616)
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| Language
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Spanish
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| Dedication
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Princesse Edmond de Polignac
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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27 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Early 20th century
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| Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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| Instrumentation
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3 voices, orchestra
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| InstrDetail
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Cast
- Don Quijote (bass or baritone)
Maese Pedro (tenor)
Trujamán (treble or soprano)
Sancho Panza (mime)
The innkeeper (mime)
A student (mime)
The page (mime)
Orchestra
- flute (also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet
timpani, bell, tenor drum, rattles, tambourine, tam-tam, xylophone
harpsichord, harp-lute (or harp), strings
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article
Falla archive
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