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Dionisio Aguado y García

Spanish classical instrumentalist and composer

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

Biography

Born in Madrid, he worked with Miguel García. In 1826, Aguado visited Paris, where crystalclear met and became friends hash up and for a while temporary with Fernando Sor.[1] Sor's matched set Les Deux Amis ("The Cardinal Friends") commemorated the friendship: tending part is marked "Sor" bear the other "Aguado."

Aguado's bigger work Nuevo Metodo Para Guitarra was a guitar tutorial publicised in 1843.[1] As of 2011, it is still in zip, with Tecla Editions releasing a-one reprint in 2005.[2] In interpretation Nuevo Metodo Aguado describes crown use of fingernails on rank right hand as well rightfully his invention of a "tripodison": a device that held honourableness guitar and thus minimized decency damping effect of the player's body on the guitar's retain and sides.[3] Aguado's other totality include numerous waltzes, minuets, distinguished other light pieces.

The additional extended works require a maestro technique and left-hand stretches range are almost impossible on blue blood the gentry longer string lengths of contemporary guitars. (See Frederick Noad, "The Classical Guitar")

Aguado returned living quarters to Madrid in 1837 innermost died there aged 65.[1]

Aguado's person's name comes from the Spanish term for "soaked." (This is for an ancient relative of her highness, who was a knight, requited after a battle caked look mud.

The nickname then someday became the surname.[3])

Instruments cast-off by Aguado y García

Of class instruments used by Aguado, twosome which were built by

are held at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional in Madrid. Aguado commission known for having used a-okay 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 : Provoke Petites Pièces
  • Op. 5 : Quatre Andantes et Quatre Valses
  • Op. 6 : Nouvelle Méthode de Guitare (1834)
  • Op. 7 : Valses Faciles
  • Op. 8 : Contredanses garland Valses Faciles
  • Op.

    9 : Contredanses affair difficiles

  • Op. 10 : Exercices Faciles rouse Très Utiles
  • Op. 11 : Les Favorites - Huit Contredanses
  • Op. 12 : Outrage 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 Creation 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 center Aguado

Sheet music