Ángel Barrios, the Granada Composer Raised in an Alhambra Tavern
Ángel Barrios grew up in El Polinario, his father's tavern on Calle Real de la Alhambra, and became Falla's landlord, friend and compadre. What survives.
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- Ángel Barrios Fernández, Angel Barrios
Ángel Barrios was born in Granada on 4 January 1882 and died in Madrid in 1964. A composer and guitarist, he founded the Trío Iberia in 1900 and directed the Victoria Eugenia Conservatory in Granada from 1928 to 1939. His family lived in the Calle Real de la Alhambra, in a house known as the El Polinario tavern. Manuel de Falla was his compadre, companion and tenant, and godfather to his daughter Ángela.
His trace is on the Alhambra hill. The Alhambra district holds Calle Real, the family's address, and his daughter donated his legacy to the Patronato de la Alhambra, which shows it in a small museum on the Alhambra grounds. The Granada Fine Arts Museum hosted the Alhambra's exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of his death. Falla's carmen in the Antequeruela Alta is today the Casa-Museo Manuel de Falla.
For related reading, see Manuel de Falla in Granada and Federico García Lorca in Granada.
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Places to see
In their time
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Modern Granada
1808–today
French troops held Granada from 1810 until 17 September 1812 and mined the Alhambra's towers on leaving; eight fell. On Christmas night 1884 a Mw 6.7 earthquake wrecked villages around Alhama de Granada, though not the city itself. On 20 July 1936 a garrison revolt took the centre, and the Albaicín held out under artillery fire until the 23rd.
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Washington Irving
1783–1859 Historical figure
Washington Irving, the American writer who lodged in the Alhambra in 1829, and where to find his trace in Granada: a 1914 plaque and a 2009 bronze monument.
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Ángel Ganivet
1865–1898 Historical figure
Ángel Ganivet, Granada-born writer and consul, died in Riga in 1898. Where he rests in San José cemetery, the 1921 Alhambra Wood monument, and his story.
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Manuel de Falla
1876–1946 Historical figure
Manuel de Falla settled in Granada around 1920 and organised the 1922 Concurso de Cante Jondo at the Alhambra. His life and where to find his trace today.
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Federico García Lorca
1898–1936 Historical figure
Federico García Lorca, born near Granada in 1898, summered at the Huerta de San Vicente until 1936. His family moved to Granada in 1909; the house is a museum.
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Enrique Morente
1942–2010 Historical figure
Enrique Morente, the Albaicín-born flamenco singer who set Lorca to cante and recorded Omega with Lagartija Nick. His life and where Granada keeps his trace.
Undated
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Carmen de los Mártires
Monument
Seven-hectare Romantic estate on the Alhambra hill with free entry, roaming peacocks, five garden styles, and a Poets Route with verses by García Lorca.
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