His life and words have inspired dozens of pieces by composers such as Francis Poulenc, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Silvestre Revueltas, George Crumb, Osvaldo Golijov, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Gabriela Lena Frank to name a handful. Ultimately his talents for literature won out and his creative pursuits received their widest acclaim in his books of plays and poetry. Many of his poetry collections are themselves inspired by music, such as Canciones, Poema del canto jondo, and Romancero Gitano. García Lorca is primarily known as a once in a lifetime poet, playwright, and director, however he began his university studies with a primary focus on music composition and has even penned a number of pieces, including words and music for his Canciones españolas antiguas. Though Federico García Lorca was murdered in 1936 by Spanish Nationalist forces at the beginning of the civil war, his words and ideas have found a place in the collective imagination.
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