Francisco Tárrega
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Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the late Romantic period. He is known for such pieces as Capricho Árabe, Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Gran Vals.
Tárrega in c. 1890
Tárrega pictured c. 1900
Sheet music of Tárrega compositions
Tárrega's guitar, made by "Ribot y Alcañiz"
Antonio de Torres Jurado
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Antonio de Torres Jurado was a Spanish guitarist and luthier, and "the most important Spanish guitar maker of the 19th century."
Francisco Tárrega
…1874, under the sponsorship of a wealthy merchant named Antonio Canesa. He had brought along with him a recently purchased guitar, made in Seville by Antonio de Torres. Its superior sonic qualities inspired him both in his playing and in his view of the instrument's compositional potential. At the conservatory, Tárrega…
1884 portrait of de Torres Jurado
Francisco Tárrega playing a Torres-guitar
Guitar by Torres (1862) at Museu de la Música de Barcelona (MDMB 625).
La Leona (1856) and Wulfin Lieske