Ernesto Halffter(1905-1989)

Composer
Director
Writer

Ernesto Halffter was born on 16 January 1905 in Madrid, Spain. He was a composer and director, known for Costas del sur (1956), Bambú (1945) and Estrella mora (1955). He died on 5 July 1989 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain.

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Awards
- 2 wins total

Known for

Costas del sur

Short

Composer

1956

Bambú

5.9

Composer

1945

Estrella mora

Short

Director

1955

Don Quijote de la Mancha

6.8

Composer

1947

Credits

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Composer

Rafael Alberti en Roma... y en España
Short
- Composer
- 1977
Los gallos de la madrugada
6.5
- Composer
- 1971
La mujer de otro
4.9
- Composer
- 1967
Costas del sur
Short
- Composer
- 1956
También hay cielo sobre el mar
6.5
- Composer
- 1956
Viaje romántico a Granada
Short
- Composer
- 1955
Historias de la radio
7.2
- Composer
- 1955
¡¡Todo es posible en Granada!!
6.4
- Composer
- 1954
La señora de Fátima
5.8
- Composer
- 1951
Don Quijote de la Mancha
6.8
- Composer
- 1947
Bambú
5.9
- Composer
- 1945

Director

Writer

Personal details

Official sites
- Discogs
- France's national library catalogue
Born
- January 16, 1905
- Madrid, Spain
Died
- July 5, 1989
- Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Other works
A noted and much-recorded composer of 20th-century Spanish classical music, he completed Manuel de Falla's unfinished cantata, "Atlantida", which had its world premiere in 1962.