The Enigma of Atl‡ntida
AndrŽs Ruiz Tarazona
English and Espa–ol
With The Enigma of Atl‡ntida, Spanish musicologist AndrŽs Ruiz Tarazona, has written a book that envelops the reader in the captivating mystery of Atlantis.
LÕAtl‡ntida , Jacint VerdaguerÕs poem, relates the mythological story of the submersion of Atlantis, which created the separation of Latin America from Spain by producing the Alantic Ocean. Subsequently, with the Spanish discovery of America, the two were again unified.
Spanish composer Maneul De Falla was born in Cadiz in 1876. While living in Granada, he started work on a Cantata. Based on VerdaguerÕs text of the poem LÕAtl‡ntida, he set about creating a large scale orchestral piece, Atl‡ntida. He considered it his most important work, continuing with it when he moved to Argentina. He had not finished the work when he died in 1946. Ernesto Halffter completed the orchestration after the composerÕs death.