“The return of Manuel de Falla in 1914, after a seven year stay in Paris, and through the Spanish premier of his new opera La vida breve (The short life), considered a great success in both Paris and Nice, saw him attempt to combine the flourish of a purely musical work with the caustic criticism of a journalist. For its quality, Manuel de Falla represented the renewal of our music, the epitome of a trend under which Spanish music entered a new period and was put on a plane of elevation, a worthy criterion of being likened to the most intense and alive contemporary art from across the world.” (Adolfo Salazar, El Sol, 1919).
Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Maqueta del decorado definitivo para el ballet El sombrero de tres picos (Le Tricorne), de Manuel de Falla, 1918-1919. Archivo Manuel de Falla, Granada.