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Abstract
This dissertation presents a narrative analysis of four movements of Manuel de Falla’s Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, employing Byron Almén’s narratological method as the primary analytical framework. Understanding the narrative of a musical work is helpful for performers, as it allows them to express the music with a deeper understanding. Currently, there are no published narrative analyses of Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, and I hope that my analyses will provide performers and cello teachers with new ideas that they can integrate into their interpretation, performance, and teaching.