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El día y la muerte is a piece for two pianos by Fernando Remacha, a Navarran composer deeply influenced by Stravinsky and Debussy, which remained hidden for decades. The first record of its existence dates back to 1978, when the composer personally handed it to pianist Pedro Espinosa, who premiered it alongside Fermín Bernetxea in 1990. Espinosa recounted that Remacha had a very special affection for this work, which, however, was never published. The reason may lie in the painful event that see