Francisco Tárrega

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Sheet music for Tárrega

[details ←] Granada (Serenata), guitar,
[details ←] Tarrega Preludios 1 A 19 Guitar, guitar,
[details ←] Grandes Transcripciones - Gran Vals Guitar, guitar,
[details ←] Recuerdos De La Alhambra, guitar,
[details ←] Capricho Arabe, guitar,
[details ←] Adagio De La Sonata Patetica, guitar,
[details ←] Fantasia on Themes from La Traviata, guitar,
[details ←] Guitar School - Book 1, guitar,
[details ←] Recuerdos De La Alhambra, guitar,
[details ←] La Paloma, guitar,
[details ←] The Francisco Tarrega Collection - Book/CD, guitar,
[details ←] Recuerdos De La Alhambra
[details ←] Tarrega In Tablature, guitar,
[details ←] Recuerdos de la Alhambra, orchestra,
[details ←] Recuerdos de la Alhambra, orchestra,
[details ←] Album of Selected Works, guitar,
[details ←] Gran Jota Aragonesa, guitar,
[details ←] Francisco Tarrega - The Complete Early Spanish Editions, guitar,
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Mel Bay presents Francisco Tarrega: His Life and Music

starring: Francisco Tarrega & Graham Wade & Stanley Yates
directed by: Francisco Tarrega & Graham Wade & Stanley Yates

DVD : Mel Bay presents Francisco Tarrega: His Life and Music

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Mel Bay Publications, Inc
EAN: 0796279108102
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Label: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
MPN: 21754DVD
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 14, 2008
Running Time: 59 minutes
Studio: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.




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Product Description:
Conveniently broken down into easily accessible chapters, this DVD presents detailed accounts of Tárrega s musical career and style, his historical significance as a guitarist and composer, detailed demonstrations and discussions of his guitar techniques and complete performances of 10 of his best-known works. Numerous illustrations and photographs are included throughout the presentation. The first filmed presentation dealing with this influential Spanish guitarist and composer Detailed discussion of Tárrega s musical career and style by noted scholar Graham Wade Detailed discussions and demonstrations of Tárrega s guitar techniques (including tremolo, glissando, ornamentation, right-hand strokes and artificial harmonics) by Stanley Yates Complete performances by Stanley Yates of 10 of Tárrega s best-known works: Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Capricho Arabe, Alborada, Marietta, Maria, Rosita, Lagrima, Adelita, Sueño and Mazurka in G Filmed and directed by Brendan McCormack



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Born: 21 November 1852 — Vila-real — Spain
Died: 15 December 1909 — Barcelona — Spain
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Life

Tárrega was in many ways the father of the modern guitar. During his lifetime the collection of small, quiet instruments of varying shapes had standardised on a large and sturdy form that we know today. Tárrega was something of jose of all trades. He was a teacher, enthusiastically organising club meetings and concerts; he was a performer, popularising the new guitar; he arranged many pieces for the instruments; and he wrote a range of music for technical study and performance, the most famous of which is Recuerdos de la Alhambra, a musical portrait of the cool courtyards of Granada’s Moorish palace.

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