Dionisio Aguado y García (8 April 178429 December 1849) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer of the late Classical and early Romantic periods.
Biography Born in Madrid, he studied with Miguel García. In 1826, Aguado visited Paris, where he met and became friends with and for a while lived with Fernando Sor. Sor's duo Les Deux Amis ("The Two Friends") commemorated the friendship: one part is marked "Sor" and the other "Aguado."
Aguado's major work Nuevo Metodo Para Guitarra was a guitar tutorial published in 1843. As of 2011, it is still in print, with Tecla Editions releasing a reprint in 2005. In the Nuevo Metodo Aguado describes his use of fingernails on the right hand as well as his invention of a "tripodison": a device that held the guitar and thus minimized the damping effect of the player's body on the guitar's back and sides. Aguado's other works include numerous waltzes, minuets, and other light pieces. The more extended works require a virtuoso technique and left-hand stretches that are almost impossible on the longer string lengths of modern guitars. (See Frederick Noad, "The Classical Guitar")
Aguado returned home to Madrid in 1837 and died there aged 65.
Aguado's surname comes from the Spanish word for "soaked." (This is because an ancient relative of his, who was a knight, returned after a battle caked in mud. The nickname then eventually became the surname.)
Instruments used by Aguado y García Of the instruments used by Aguado, two which were built by Pierre René Lacôte, (Paris 1838) and Etienne Laprevotte, (Paris 1838) are held at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional in Madrid. Aguado is known for having used a tripod to support his guitar.Lacote and Aguado: about a Tripodison by Sinier de RidderEl Fixateur (La Trípode) De Dionisio Aguado, "Una Cita Con La Historia" by Pablo de la CruzEl Trípode De Aguado 175 Años Después
List of works
Op. 1 : Douze Valses Op. 2 : Trois Rondo Brillants Op. 3 : Huit Petites Pièces Op. 4 : Six Petites Pièces Op. 5 : Quatre Andantes et Quatre Valses Op. 6 : Nouvelle Méthode de Guitare (1834) Op. 7 : Valses Faciles Op. 8 : Contredanses et Valses Faciles Op. 9 : Contredanses non difficiles Op. 10 : Exercices Faciles et Très Utiles Op. 11 : Les Favorites - Huit Contredanses Op. 12 : Six Menuets & Six Valses Op. 13 : Morceaux Agréables non difficiles Op. 14 : Dix Petites Pièces non difficiles Op. 15 : Le Menuet Affandangado Op. 16 : Le Fandango Varié
Works without Opus number: Allegro Coleccion De Andantes, Valses Y Minuetos Douze Walses, Une Marche Militaire, Et Un Theme Varie Escuela de Guitarra (1825) Gran Solo (Fernando Sor's Op.14, Arr. by Aguado) Muestra De Afecto Y Reconocimiento (Seis Valses) Valses Characteristiques Variaciones Variaciones Brillantes Mazurka (Polish national song, Arr. by Dionisio Aguado) Adante by Dionisio Aguado Introducción y rondó
Album Duo Imbesi Zangarà, Tocando en Dos works by Julian Arcas, Francisco Tarrega, Dionisio Aguado, performed by Carmelo Imbesi e Carmen Zangarà, Classical Music 3.0, 2022
References
External links
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Sheet music Rischel & Birket-Smith's Collection of guitar music 1 Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark Boije Collection The Music Library of Sweden creativeguitar.org (sheetmusic largely compiled from the above primary sources)
Dionisio Aguado – Complete Works (Integrale) for Classical Guitar Classical Guitar Library