Lorca in Tune with Falla: Literary and Musical Interludes

‘This meticulously researched endeavor transcends its temporal and topographic confines. A fascinating book. Highly recommended.’ F. Colecchia, Choice Magazine vol 52:01:2014

‘This rewarding book will surely lead to further study of Lorca, Falla, and the fruitful relationship between Spanish music and poetry.’

Christopher Maurer, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos vol 38:02:2014

‘Lorca in Tune with Falla is the deepest and most complete study that has been published to-date on the personal and artistic relations between both Andalusian, universal creative authors… Those of us interested in Spanish music and poetry should feel very content and grateful.’

Gerardo Pina-Rosales, Hispania vol 98:02:2015

‘Orringer’s extraordinary book should be greeted as celestial music…. To say something new about Lorca is a risky and titanic enterprise for the stature of the post and the mastery of the bibliography that it supposes. Nelson N. Orringer has accepted the challenge, has taken on the effort and has culminated the undertaking with brilliance.’

Javier San José Lera, RILCE vol 32:01:2016

‘This book would undoubtedly be of interest to musicians, writers and historians alike….Orringer offers a unique approach to the understanding of the creative processes of these two Spanish artists.’

Beatriz Pomés Jiménez, Context vol 39:2014

‘Only a scholar specially equipped with the necessary analytical tools in both literature and music could write such a book as this, fortunately for us, Orringer is such a writer.’

Walter Aaron Clark, Hispanic Review vol 84:02:2016

‘Orringer’s clearly organized and well written study is a fascinating and in-depth look at Lorca’s and Falla’s work alongside one another… This book is highly recommended for students and scholars of Lorca and Falla alike, as well as those interested in European cultural production of the twentieth-century.’

David F. Richter, University of Toronto Quarterly vol 85:03:2016

‘Orringer’s study is essential reading for anyone interested in Falla, Lorca, and the period that brought forth these two icons of twentieth-century Spanish culture.’

Samuel Llano, Modern Language Review vol 112:01:2017

“With meticulous archival research on Falla and Lorca’s collaborations, Lorca in Tune with Falla makes a case for how Falla’s theories about the cante jondo and his stylization of Andalusia influenced some of Lorca’s major poetic and dramatic works. Professor Orringer’s book will be of interest to Lorca scholars and other specialists in modern Spanish culture, especially as prior scholarship has not delved in any depth into the influence Falla had on Lorca and how this is perceptible in Lorca’s poetry and farces.”

Roberta Quance, Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Queen’s University Belfast

“A highly sophisticated attempt to unravel Lorca’s creative process, Nelson Orringer’s book offers innovative and fresh perspectives on the Falla–Lorca relationship and its impact on Lorca’s creative output.”

Michael Christoforidis, Melbourne Conservatory and the University of Melbourne