LORCA IN TUNE WITH FALLA

Federico Garcia Lorca (1889-1936) is widely regarded as the greatest Spanish poet of the twentieth century/ Manuel de Falla (1876-19 46) is Spain's most performed composer of the same period. The two were very different -- Lorca was gay, liberal, and a member of th e avant garde, while Falla was a devout Catholic -- yet they had a profound mutual influence. The two developed an intimate friendsh ip, which ended when Lorca was shot by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.