La Vida Breve (Spanish Dance #1) by Manuel De Falla (M-A)

De Falla’s famous dance from his opera, La Vida Breve.   A lush arrangement, incorporating a full array of guitaristic colors–rasgueado, pizz, tambura, harmonics, ponticello, etc.  Guitar I and Requinto (Guitar Ia and Ib in standard arrangement) lay in the upper positions and should be played by more accomplished players.   Available in four versions: Expanded, Expanded no requinto, Standard, and Standard with Bass (in bass clef).

Performance by the Guitar Ensemble of the Royal Irish Academy of Music (GuitaRIAM), directed by Marion Hyland

Michael Dobkin playing all parts

Gitarrensextett des Gitarrenorchesters Pforzheim e. V. beim 3.Internationalen Gitarrenfestival im Reuchlinhaus am 18.November 2023

La vida Breve E (preview)
La vida Breve Expanded no requinto (preview)
La vida Breve Standard (preview)
La vida Breve Standard with Bass (preview)