Estudio brillante francisco tarrega biography
Francisco tarrega capricho arabe.
Francisco Tárrega
Spanish composer and classical guitarist (1852–1909)
Francisco Tárrega | |
|---|---|
| Born | Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (1852-11-21)21 November 1852 Villarreal, Spain |
| Died | 15 December 1909(1909-12-15) (aged 57) Barcelona, Spain |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1874–1909 |
Francisco de Asís Tárrega y 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.
Estudio brillante francisco tarrega biography
Biography
Tárrega was born on 21 November 1852, in Villarreal, Province of Castellón, Spain. It is said that Francisco's father played flamenco and several other music styles on his guitar; when his father was away working as a watchman at the Convent of San Pascual, Francisco would take his father's guitar and attempt to make the beautiful sounds he had heard.
Francisco's nickname as a child was "Quiquet".
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