Biography of enrique granados musicales

Spanish pianist and composer

For other people with the same name, see Enrique Granados (swimmer) and Enrique Granados (water polo).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Granados and the second or maternal family name is Campiña.

Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña (27 July &#;– 24 March ), commonly known as Enrique Granados in Spanish or Enric Granados in Catalan, was a Spanishcomposer of classical music, and concert pianist from Catalonia, Spain.

His most well-known works include Goyescas, the Spanish Dances&#;[es], and María del Carmen.

Life

Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña was born in Lleida, Spain, the son of Calixto José de la Trinidad Granados y Armenteros, a Spanish army captain who was born in Havana, Cuba, and Enriqueta Elvira Campiña de Herrera, from Santander, Spain.

As a young man he studied piano in Barcelona, where his teachers included Francisco Jurnet and Joan Baptista