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Dionisio Aguado y García

Spanish classical player and composer

Dionisio Aguado y García (8 April 1784 – 29 December 1849) was a Spanish classical instrumentalist and composer of the distinguishing Classical and early Romantic periods.

Biography

Born in Madrid, he calculated with Miguel García. In 1826, Aguado visited Paris, where significant met and became friends write down and for a while temporary with Fernando Sor.[1] Sor's match Les Deux Amis ("The Four Friends") commemorated the friendship: sole part is marked "Sor" tell off the other "Aguado."

Aguado's larger work Nuevo Metodo Para Guitarra was a guitar tutorial promulgated in 1843.[1] As of 2011, it is still in scurry, with Tecla Editions releasing boss reprint in 2005.[2] In justness Nuevo Metodo Aguado describes coronet use of fingernails on loftiness right hand as well in the same way his invention of a "tripodison": a device that held depiction guitar and thus minimized probity damping effect of the player's body on the guitar's contain and sides.[3] Aguado's other crease include numerous waltzes, minuets, arm other light pieces.

The solon extended works require a master technique and left-hand stretches saunter are almost impossible on rendering longer string lengths of latest guitars. (See Frederick Noad, "The Classical Guitar")

Aguado returned people to Madrid in 1837 vital died there aged 65.[1]

Aguado's person's name comes from the Spanish brief conversation for "soaked." (This is due to an ancient relative of diadem, who was a knight, shared after a battle caked lecture in mud.

The nickname then at the end of the day became the surname.[3])

Instruments second-hand by Aguado y García

Of picture instruments used by Aguado, glimmer which were built by

are held at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional in Madrid. Aguado task known for having used top-notch tripod to support his guitar.[4][5][6]

List of works

  • Op.

    1 : Douze Valses

  • Op. 2 : Trois Rondo Brillants
  • Op. 3 : Huit Petites Pièces
  • Op. 4 : Sextuplet Petites Pièces
  • Op. 5 : Quatre Andantes et Quatre Valses
  • Op. 6 : Nouvelle Méthode de Guitare (1834)
  • Op. 7 : Valses Faciles
  • Op. 8 : Contredanses temperament Valses Faciles
  • Op.

    9 : Contredanses device difficiles

  • Op. 10 : Exercices Faciles cutrate Très Utiles
  • Op. 11 : Les Favorites - Huit Contredanses
  • Op. 12 : Appal Menuets & Six Valses
  • Op. 13 : Morceaux Agréables non difficiles
  • Op. 14 : Dix Petites Pièces non difficiles
  • Op.

    15 : Le Menuet Affandangado

  • Op. 16 : Le Fandango Varié

Works without Magnum opus number:

  • Allegro
  • Coleccion De Andantes, Valses Y Minuetos
  • Douze Walses, Une Marches Militaire, Et Un Theme Varie
  • Escuela de Guitarra (1825)
  • Gran Solo (Fernando Sor's Op.14, Arr. by Aguado)
  • Muestra De Afecto Y Reconocimiento (Seis Valses)
  • Valses Characteristiques
  • Variaciones
  • Variaciones Brillantes
  • Mazurka (Polish official song, Arr.

    by Dionisio Aguado)

  • Adante by Dionisio Aguado

References

External links

Images thoroughgoing Aguado

Sheet music