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A book reveals tributes to great composers hidden in city's street names.MADRID – A book called Calles de Madrid dedicadas a compositores, (Streets of Madrid dedicated to composers), by Manuel Alonso del Hoyo, offers an unusual route that sheds light on the tributes to great musicians that are reflected in many of the capital's street names.
The book, published in August 2008, reveals the personal histories of more than 40 great masters, many of whom created some of the most memorable melodies associated with Spain, including Isaac Albéniz and Manuel de Falla.
The best place to start is Arrieta street, just behind the Teatro Real opera house. Emilio Arrieta was a Navarran composer who helped establish zarzuela, a Spanish form of opera, as a legitimate new genre in the mid-19th century. It is no coincidence that his street is located here: Arrieta's most famous composition, Marina, opened in 1871 at Teatro Real in opera form after beginning life as a zarzuela.
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