| TITLES IN TECLA:
 New Guitar
Method. This is his famous method for guitar, published by
Tecla in the only available English translation.
 Variations on
the Fandango, op. 16. A fine piece for solo guitar, full of
fire.
Read the complete
preface to this Tecla edition, which gives many details
about Aguado, the fandango dance, Casanova and the fandango,
Padre Basilio, and the circumstances of the publication of this
work in Paris, etc.
Tecla main page. |
Aguado, from his New Guitar Method published by
Tecla. |
Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849)
Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849) was one of the
classic composers for the guitar in the nineteenth century. Born
in Spain, he later lived for many years in Paris. He is best
known today for his method for the guitar.
A duet for two guitars entitled Les Deux
Amis which Sor composed especially to be played by himself
and by Aguado (the two guitar parts are marked "Sor"
and "Aguado" in the original edition), is published in
Sor's New Complete Works for
Guitar Solo and Guitar Duet (and also in facsimile in Sor's Complete Works for guitar).
A piece by De Fossa entitled Recuerdo, published in a modern
edition by Tecla, is dedicated to Aguado.
For many references to Aguado, for details of
his life, and especially for an account by Saldoni of an
unexpected meeting with Aguado in Paris, see my book Fernando Sor, Composer and Guitarist. |