The biographical study, the first in English, draws on primary sources
in English, Spanish, French, Catalan, and other languages. This material
is carefully documented in the extensive annotated bibliography along
with contemporaneous and recent analytical studies and other sources.
Granados's oeuvre presents cataloging problems due to his habit of
reworking pieces, long-delayed publication, and arbitrary opus numbers.
In the Works and Performances section, however, every effort has been
made to offer publication dates, manuscript locations, and information
on premieres. Representative arrangements of his works by other
composers are also given. An appendix classifies the works by scoring. A
selective discography is also provided, and all parts of the volume are
fully cross-referenced and indexed. Granados is placed in the context
of the international artistic scene at the turn of the century, and a
chronology notes related events.
