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Carlos Fernández Shaw (Cadiz

Cádiz

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, 23 September 1865 – Madrid

Madrid

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, 7 June 1911) was a Spanish

Spain

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 poet and playwright. He wrote the libretti for the operas Margarita la tornera

Margarita la tornera

Margarita la tornera is an opera in three acts composed by Ruperto Chapí to a libretto by Carlos Fernández Shaw, based on a dramatic poem by José Zorrilla...

by Ruperto Chapí

Ruperto Chapí

Ruperto Chapí y Lorente was a Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores.Chapí was born at Villena, the son of a Valencian barber. He trained in his home town and Madrid...

 and La vida breve

La vida breve

La vida breve is an opera in two acts and four scenes by Manuel de Falla to an original Spanish libretto by Carlos Fernández-Shaw...

by Manuel de Falla

Manuel de Falla

Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish Andalusian composer of classical music. With Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Joaquín Turina he is one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century....

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Fernández Shaw was the son of a Spanish father and an English mother. One of his descendants, also named Carlos Fernández Shaw, was the Spanish Consul General in the United States in the late 20th century and co-authored the book The Hispanic Presence in North America.