What is Enrique Granados?
[[Image:Granados.jpg|thumb|250px|Enrique Granados]] '''Enrique Granados''' (born Lérida, [[Spain]], 27 July 1867;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macmcclure.com/compositors/granados/bioeng.html|title=Composers: Enrique Granados|publisher=macmcclure.com|first=Mac|last=McClure|accessdate=2011-11-27|archive-date=2011-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903143058/http://www.macmcclure.com/compositors/granados/bioeng.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> died in the [[English Channel]], 24 March 1916) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[composer]] and [[pianist]]. He lived most of his life in [[Barcelona]]. His favourite [[painter]] was [[Goya]] and his best work, the piano pieces called ''Goyescas'', are inspired by Goya’s paintings. ==Life== ===Early career=== Granados started having piano lessons in Barcelona and then went to [[Paris]] where he studied privately with [[Charles de Bériot]]. He returned to Barcelona in 1889 and the following year gave his first piano [[recital]]. He wrote a [[zarzuela]] (light opera) called ''Maria del Carmen''. The king liked it very much and gave him an award. During the following years he composed a lot and performed with famous musicians such as [[Jacques Thibaud]], [[Pau Casals]] and [[Camille Saint-Saëns]]. His piano [[suite (music)|suite]] ''Goyescas'' was first performed in Barcelona in 1911 and then in [[Paris]] in 1914 where it soon became extremely popular. ===''Goyescas'' and the fateful voyage=== He was persuaded to make ''[[Goyescas]]'' into an [[opera]]. The opera was going to be performed at the [[Paris Opéra]] but, because of [[World War I]] it was performed in [[New York (state)|New York]] instead. Granados was invited to go to New York to watch the first performance of his opera. He was very frightened of the sea, but eventually was persuaded to go. The opera was a great success when it was performed on 26 January 1916. Granados felt that he was at the beginning of a successful career. [[Woodrow Wilson|President Wilson]] invited him to play the piano at the [[White