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FRANCISCO TARREGA

21st November 1852 --- 15th December 1909

Tarrega was born 1852,  in Villarreal,  Spain.   Tarrega interest in music seems  to have started early as his father played the guitar in various
musical styles,  and Tarrega wanted to be able play and produced music, but his dreams were nearly crushed when he got a bad eye infection
which his parents  thought would leave him blind,  but he did get his sight back.   Then in around 1862,  a Julián Arcas who was on tour in the
area as a concert guitarist,  over-heard Tarrega play,   and persuaded Tarrega's father to let him take  Tarrega to Barcelona to study with him,
his father agreed, provided that his son could take piano lessons as well.

Tarrega enrolled at the Madrid Conservatory in 1874, and it was there that he studied composition under Arrieta. It was Arrieta who convinced
Tarrega to focus his career in studying the guitar for playing and composing, instead of the piano.  In about 1876,  Tarrega began teaching and
giving regular guitar concerts, and it was around this time that he received high acclaim for his playing abilites and traveled throughout Spain
to perform, Tarrega had started composing his first works for guitar at around this time.

In 1880, Tarrega fell in love with a Maria Rizo, who he married in 1881, the couple moved in 1885 to settled down in Barcelona. It was here he
became good friends with composers like Enrique Granados, Isaac Albéniz, Joaquín Turina, and others. Tarrega now composed one of his most
famous pieces A Granada, in 1899.

From the mid 1880's  Tarrega was always composing  and traveling upto around 1903,  mostly confining his concerts to Spain.   It was Tarrega
visited to Algiers that he heard a repetitive rhythm, that gave him in the inspiration to composed Danza Mora. In 1904 he went on tour to Italy
doing concerts in Rome,  Milan and other Italian city's.  Sadly in 1906, he's thought to have had a stroke that paralysis his right side,  although
he was able to perform again he had never really recovered and died in Barcelona in 1909.

Last Updated on October 2025
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My thanks to David Lovell for the music below.

NEW (4806)"Estudio inspirado, Study No.11". Sequenced by David Lovell.

NEW (4805)"Estudio en arpegios, Study No.4". Sequenced by David Lovell.

NEW (4804)"El Columpio". Sequenced by David Lovell.

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(4115)"Vals en Re". Sequenced by Tyki.

(4113)"Marieta". Sequenced by Tyki.

(4112)"Maria". Sequenced by Tyki.

New (4114)"Lagrima". Sequenced by Makoyan.

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(3669)"Capriccio Arabe". Sequenced by Tchiang Carlos do Rosario.

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(3668)"Tremolo Estudio". Sequenced by J.de las Heras.

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(2379)"Recuerdos de la Alhambra". Sequenced by Emily Gray.

(4116)"Preludio, No.5". Sequencer unknown.

(3667)"Recuerdas de Alhambra". Sequencer unknown.

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