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Andante
The Andante is one of his most performed concert pieces, along with the Fantasy on Themes from La Traviata which was wrongly attributed to Tárrega (perhaps because he plagiarized it).
Thursday, May 27, 2010
arcas
Yet another shout out for another great yet under- but getting-to-be-better known guitarist/composer: Julián Arcas (1832 - 1882). His music is, like Tárrega's (who heard Arcas play in 1862) a mix of 19th century European and nationalistic Spanish music. Here are examples of both styles (I'm whipping out extended passages here: fair use, after all), Spanish first:
The Andante is one of his most performed concert pieces, along with the Fantasy on Themes from La Traviata which was wrongly attributed to Tárrega (perhaps because he plagiarized it).
The Andante is one of his most performed concert pieces, along with the Fantasy on Themes from La Traviata which was wrongly attributed to Tárrega (perhaps because he plagiarized it).
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