A Spanish Portrait: Llobet, Tárrega, Granados, Albeniz

Featuring

Luigi Attademo
Julián Arcas
Antonio Cano
Francisco Tárrega
Enrique Granados
Antonio Jimenez Manjon

Isaac Albéniz
Miguel Llobet
Anonymous

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Compositional Technique

Antonio Cano's 'El delirio' (1860) is one of the earliest guitar works to feature the tremolo technique, bridging classical and flamenco repertoires.

Instruments

Antonio Jiménez Manjón, a blind musician, played an eleven-string guitar custom-made for him by Antonio de Torres.

Instruments

Antonio de Torres created 'La Leona' ('The lioness') in 1856, one of his most famous instruments, for the Andalusian guitarist Julián Arcas.

Instruments

Francisco Tárrega, a famous Spanish virtuoso, played a groundbreaking Torres guitar (FE 17) for twenty years, which significantly boosted his musicianship and compositional evolution.

Compositional Technique

Francisco Tárrega, inspired by Romantic piano composers like Chopin, Schumann, and Mendelssohn, adapted their works for solo guitar, leading to a new style of writing and improvements in guitar characteristics.

Instruments

The guitar maker Antonio de Torres (1817-1892) is considered the 'Stradivari of the modern guitar' and is known for his innovative construction methods.