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Sons de Carrilhões – João Pernambuco

João Pernambuco

João Pernambuco is the nickname of João Guimarães Teixeira, an important Brazilian composer and guitarist lived at the beginning of the twentieth century. Along with the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos, the work of João Pernambuco is remembered as the most…

Barrios Mangoré “Danza Paraguaya n. 1”

Agusti­n_Barrios

Agustín Pío Barrios Mangoré was a great guitar player from Paraguay. His talent was not realized during his lifetime, but some of his compositions for solo guitar are among the most beautiful and played by this instrument. Among his most…

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Capriccio Diabolico

Today we have a song for classical guitar very virtuous. The song Capriccio Diabolico, is dedicated to the famous violinist Niccolò Paganini, and was commissioned by the great Segovia to Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer who wrote many great compositions for guitar.…