Born: 27 July 1867, Lleida, Spain
Died: 24 March 1916, at sea near the British canal

Granados y Campina, Enrique

A Spanish composer deeply influenced by Spanish visual art, and a famous pianist, most of whose works were written for the piano. Enrique Granados studied the piano and composition in Barcelona and then in Paris. He wrote a number of zarzuelas. His most important work, "Goyescas", was written under the influence of Spaniard painter Goya. He drowned after a German submarine, during World War I, fired a torpedo at the ship that brought him from America to Spain.

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