Enrique Granados took first prize with his composition of the same title, but the Society of Authors published Falla's works Tus ojillos negros and Nocturno. The following year he composed and performed Allegro de concierto for the Madrid Royal Conservatory competition. The same year he met the composer Joaquín Turina and saw his Vals-Capricho y Serenata andaluza published by the Society of Authors. On 12 April 1902 he premiered Los amores de la Inés in the Teatro Cómico de Madrid. Among his early pieces are a number of zarzuelas like La Juana y la Petra and La casa de tócame Roque.
It was from Pedrell, during the Madrid period, that Falla became interested in the music of his native Andalusia, particularly Andalusian flamenco (specifically cante jondo), the influence of which can be strongly felt in many of his works. Due to the precarious financial position of his family, he began to teach piano classes. He premiered his Serenata andaluza y Vals-Capricho para piano in the Ateneo de Madrid. In 1900 he composed his Canción para piano and various other vocal and piano pieces. When only the surname is used, however, the de is omitted. That same year he started to use de with his first surname, making Manuel de Falla the name he became known as from that time on. He premiered his first works: Romanza para violonchelo y piano, Nocturno para piano, Melodía para violonchelo y piano, Serenata andaluza para violín y piano, and Cuarteto en Sol y Mireya. In 1899, by unanimous vote, he was awarded the first prize at the piano competition at his school of music.
In 1897 he composed Melodía for cello and piano and dedicated it to Salvador Viniegra, who hosted evenings of chamber music that Falla attended.
He studied piano with José Tragó, a colleague of Isaac Albéniz, and composition with Felipe Pedrell. Housing building where Falla lived in Madrid from 1901 to 1907īy 1900 he was living with his family in the capital, where he attended the Real Conservatorio de Música y Declamación.
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