Ernesto Halffter - Serenade a Dulcinee

Ernesto Halffter

 16 January 1905 – 5 July 1989) was a Spanish composer and conductor.

Serenade a Dulcinee

Ernesto Halffter, from mixed German/Spanish ancestry, was the star pupil of Manuel de Falla, some of whose works he completed and/or transcribed. Halffter's main influences were Falla, Scarlatti, Stravinsky, and Spanish music from Renaissance to flamenco.

The Serenata a Dulcinea was written in 1945 and published in 1951.
It was adapted from the music Halffter wrote to the 1943 play "Dulcinea" by the Portuguese writer Carlos Salvagem (a pseudonym of Alfonso dos Santos).

Seeing as Halffter was on the "wrong" side in the war (he took sides with Franco during ths Spanish Civil war, but I can't find it in my heart to hold that against him), I find it intriguing[흥미를 자아내는] that this piece is dedicated to Maria Isabel de Franco. I could not find any evidence whether or not this lady was related to Generalissimo[대원수 ② 총사령관 ③ 최고 지휘관 ] .