Federico García Lorca (1898–1936) is Spain’s best-known and most beloved poet and playwright. Christopher Maurer is professor of Spanish at Boston University. He is editor and translator of Sebastian’s Arrows: Letters and Mementos of Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca, New Letters to a Young Poet, and The Complete Perfectionist, all published by Swan Isle Press.

• List of Illustrations  Introduction: “Before all else I am a musician”   The Architecture of Deep Song  On Spanish Lullabies  How a City Sings From November to November  In Praise of La Argentina  Lorca on music: A chronology  Notes  Music: A Sampling  Abbreviations  Bibliography: Works Cited

Federico García Lorca (1898–1936) is Spain’s best-known and most beloved poet and playwright. Christopher Maurer is professor of Spanish at Boston University. He is editor and translator of Sebastian’s Arrows: Letters and Mementos of Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca, New Letters to a Young Poet, and The Complete Perfectionist, all published by Swan Isle Press.

• List of Illustrations  Introduction: “Before all else I am a musician”   The Architecture of Deep Song  On Spanish Lullabies  How a City Sings From November to November  In Praise of La Argentina  Lorca on music: A chronology  Notes  Music: A Sampling  Abbreviations  Bibliography: Works Cited

Federico García Lorca (1898–1936) is Spain’s best-known and most beloved poet and playwright. Christopher Maurer is professor of Spanish at Boston University. He is editor and translator of Sebastian’s Arrows: Letters and Mementos of Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca, New Letters to a Young Poet, and The Complete Perfectionist, all published by Swan Isle Press.

• List of Illustrations  Introduction: “Before all else I am a musician”   The Architecture of Deep Song  On Spanish Lullabies  How a City Sings From November to November  In Praise of La Argentina  Lorca on music: A chronology  Notes  Music: A Sampling  Abbreviations  Bibliography: Works Cited