La vida breve (Falla, Manuel de)
| Title | La Vida Breve |
| Creators | Manuel de Falla, composer Carlos Fernández Shaw, librettist |
| Opus | G.35 |
| Instrumentation | voices and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1904 |
| First published | 1913 |
| Dedication | A la mémoire de Carlos Fernandez Shaw |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Operas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Period | Early 20th century |
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| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
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| View | Danzas Españolas (Nos.1 & 2) | piano | — |
| View | Danza Española No.1 | flute, clarinet and bassoon | Roe William Goodman |
| View | Danza Española No.1 | oboe, clarinet and bassoon | Roe William Goodman |
| View | Danza Española No.1 | 2 clarinets and bass clarinet | Roe William Goodman |
| View | Danza Española No.1 | 2 clarinets and bassoon | Roe William Goodman |
| View | Danza Española No.1 | piano 6 hands | Paolo Savio |
| View | Danza Española No.1 | violin and piano | Fritz Kreisler |
| View | Danza Española No.1 | piano | — |
| View | Mi querer es como el hierro (Act I, Scene 1) | flute, clarinet and bassoon | Roe William Goodman |
| View | Mi querer es como el hierro (Act I, Scene 1) | oboe, clarinet and bassoon | Roe William Goodman |
| View | Mi querer es como el hierro (Act I, Scene 1) | 2 clarinets and bass clarinet | Roe William Goodman |
| View | Mi querer es como el hierro (Act I, Scene 1) | 2 clarinets and bassoon | Roe William Goodman |
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