Federico Mompou (1893–1987) was a Catalan composer whose music is often described as "recommençament"—a return to a state of primitive simplicity. His set of three piano pieces, Paisajes ( Landscapes ), composed between 1942 and 1960, serves as a quintessential example of his "música callada" (silent music) philosophy. Rather than depicting external scenery, these "landscapes" are explorations of the paisaje interior , or the internal state of mind. Structure and Compositional History
: A later addition that captures the rustic, rhythmic sounds of traditional Galician carts. Musical Analysis: "Music That Has Fallen Silent" mompou paisajes pdf
(now part of Universal Music Publishing Group) Federico Mompou (1893–1987) was a Catalan composer whose