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Joaquín Turina
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A native of Seville, Joaquin Turina won local success before travelling to Madrid, where he met Manuel de Falla and was further influenced by the prevailing currents of musical nationalism. Study in Paris at the Schola cantorum, was followed, in 1914, by a return to Madrid, where he made his subsequent career, in spite of the difficulties he and many others of his background encountered during the days of the republic. 
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won success in 1913 with his symphonic poem Le procesión del Rocio, a work that remains
in popular repertory, with the later Danzas fantásticas and the Rapsodia sinfónica for
piano and orchestra. Turina's chamber music includes La Oración del torero (The
Toreador's Prayer), for string quartet or string orchestra, and a number of works that
declare their national allegiance and inspiration in their titles, Recuerdos de la antigua
España (Memories of Ancient Spain) for lute quartet, and a string quartet de la guitarra.
A similar element is present in piano compositions by Turina,
a significant body of work, from the early Suite, Sevilla, representing a recurrent
element in his inspiration to the 1943 Por las calles de Sevilla (Through the Streets of
Seville). Songs by Turina include the interesting Poema en forma de
canciones (Poem in the Form of Songs), a cycle of five songs with words by Campoamor. Turina wrote music for guitar that is an important part of the repertoire of this essentially Spanish instrument. These works include Sevillana, Fandanguillo, Ráfaga, Sonata and Homenaje a Tárrega.
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