Description

In 1920, a magazine in Paris invited several prominent composers to create musical tributes to the renowned French musician Claude Debussy, who passed away in 1918. Among those invited was the distinguished Spanish composer Manuel De Falla (1876-1946), who had been significantly influenced by the French impressionists after meeting Debussy in Paris. His piece, Homenaje (Homage), stands out as his sole composition for solo guitar, although he quickly arranged it for solo piano as well. Despite its brief duration of just three minutes, it is celebrated as one of the masterpieces of early 20th-century music, often described as containing the depth and richness of twenty minutes' worth of music.