Abstract

This study investigated the ethnic musical elements of Andalusia, southern Spain, reflected in Turina’s piano dance pieces. Turina integrated the traditional music style and impressionism music technique in Paris with the national music of Andalusia, implementing it in piano music. Turina, a composer who occupies a major position in Spanish nationalist piano music, produced the most piano works of any Spanish composers of his time. The dance suite, a large portion of his piano work list, preserves the identity of flamenco as a complex art with dance, a representative music of the Andalusia, and recreates it within the framework of traditional European music. This study analyzed Andalusian national music elements in Turina’s piano dance pieces by dividing into melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements. Turina’s piano dance have gained musical universality by fusion with the mainstream music trends of Western Europe beyond the limits of Andalusia, Spain.

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