Francisco Tárrega
Francisco de Asís Tárrega Eixea (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909) was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the late Romantic period.[1] He is known for such pieces as Capricho Árabe and Recuerdos de la Alhambra.
Francisco Tárrega
Musical style[edit]
Tárrega composed music in the romantic style of 19th-century European masters. His conservatory training and familiarity with contemporary classical genres and techniques are apparent in his compositions and transcriptions; these are more sophisticated than those of Spanish guitarist-composers of the previous generation and his contemporaries, e.g., Magín Alegre, Tomás Damas, Julián Arcas, José Viñas, and José Ferrer.
A virtuoso on his instrument, he was known as the "Sarasate of the guitar," although Tárrega preferred small intimate performances over the concert stage.
Tárrega is considered to have laid the foundations for 20th-century classical guitar and for increasing interest in the guitar as a recital instrument.
The guitars used by Tárrega include: