Nationality Spanish Name Joaquin Rodrigo | Role Composer | |
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Education Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Parents Vicente Rodrigo Peirats, Juana Vidre Ribelles Compositions Concierto de Aranjuez, Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un gentilhombre, Fantasia para un gentilhombre, Concierto Andaluz, Concierto Andaluz, Concierto pastoral, Concierto pastoral, Concierto serenata, Concierto serenata, Invocation and Dance, Invocation and Dance, Concierto de Aranjuez: I Allegro con spirito, Concierto de Aranjuez: I Allegro con spirito, Concierto heroico, Concierto heroico, Un tiempo fue Italica famosa, Un tiempo fue Italica famosa, Sonata a la Espanola, Sonata a la Espanola, Per la flor del lliri blau, Per la flor del lliri blau, Spain, Spain, Aranjuez - mon amour, Aranjuez - mon amour, Sones en la Giralda, Sones en la Giralda, Sarabande lointaine, Sarabande lointaine, Concierto de Aranjuez: III Allegro gentile, Concierto de Aranjuez: III Allegro gentile, Retablo de Navidad, Retablo de Navidad, Cantico de la esposa, Cantico de la esposa, Serenata espanola, Serenata espanola, A la busca del mas alla, A la busca del mas alla, Concierto de Aranjuez: II Adagio, Concierto de Aranjuez: II Adagio, Homenaje a la Tempranica, Homenaje a la Tempranica, Concierto como un divertimento, Concierto como un divertimento, Fino cristal, Fino cristal, Cancion del cucu, Cancion del cucu, En los trigales, En los trigales, Romance del Comendador de Ocana, Romance del Comendador de Ocana, Cantico de San Francisco de Asis, Cantico de San Francisco de Asis, Juglares, Juglares, Sonata a la espanola: II Adagio, Sonata a la espanola: II Adagio, Dos miniaturas andaluzas: II Danza Allegretto - quasi allegro, Dos miniaturas andaluzas: II Danza Allegretto - quasi allegro, Himnos de los neofitos de Qumran: II Y caminare sobre las llanuras sin limites, Himnos de los neofitos de Qumran: II Y caminare sobre las llanuras sin limites, Danza de la amapola, Danza de la amapola, Concierto andaluz: I Tempo de bolero, Concierto andaluz: I Tempo de bolero, Por los campos de Espana - nº 4: En tierras de Jerez, Por los campos de Espana - nº 4: En tierras de Jerez, Air de ballet sur le nom d’une jeune fille, Air de ballet sur le nom d’une jeune fille, Pequena fantasia, Pequena fantasia, Cuatro estampas andaluzas - nº 2: Crepusculo sobre el Guadalquivir, Cuatro estampas andaluzas - nº 2: Crepusculo sobre el Guadalquivir, Invocacion y danza: I Invocacion, Invocacion y danza: I Invocacion, Suite para piano: II Siciliana, Suite para piano: II Siciliana, Tres piezas espanolas - nº 1: Fandango, Tres piezas espanolas - nº 1: Fandango, Soleriana: III Tourbillon, Soleriana: III Tourbillon, A l’ombre de Torre Bermeja, A l’ombre de Torre Bermeja, Palillos y panderetas: I Prado del Manzanares, Palillos y panderetas: I Prado del Manzanares, Concierto madrigal: VI Pastoral (Allegro), Concierto madrigal: VI Pastoral (Allegro), Cinco piezas infantiles - nº 4: Plegaria, Cinco piezas infantiles - nº 4: Plegaria, Concierto para piano: II Scherzo (Allegro molto ritmico), Concierto para piano: II Scherzo (Allegro molto ritmico), Tres evocaciones - nº 3: Manana en Triana, Tres evocaciones - nº 3: Manana en Triana, Sonatas de Castilla: I Toccata a modo de pregon, Sonatas de Castilla: I Toccata a modo de pregon, Musica para un jardin: VI Berceuse de verano, Musica para un jardin: VI Berceuse de verano, Retablo de Navidad: Villancicos - nº 1: Pastorcito santo, Retablo de Navidad: Villancicos - nº 1: Pastorcito santo Similar People Manuel de Falla, Pepe Romero, Isaac Albeniz, Narciso Yepes, Enrique Granados | ||
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Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez ([xoaˈkin roˈðɾiɣo]; 22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999), commonly known as Joaquín Rodrigo, was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist.
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- Nader abbassi conducting joaqu n rodrigo concierto de aranjuez 2nd mov solo harp mona wassef
- JOAQUIN RODRIGO JOHN WILLIAMS Concierto de Aranjuez Adagio
- Life
- Orchestral
- Concertante
- Instrumental
- Vocalchoral
- Guitar and voice
- References
Rodrigo's music is among the most popular music of the 20th century. In particular, his Concierto de Aranjuez is considered one of the pinnacles of Spanish music and of the guitar concerto repertoire.
JOAQUIN RODRIGO & JOHN WILLIAMS Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)
Life
Rodrigo was born in Sagunto, Valencia, and almost completely lost his sight at the age of three after contracting diphtheria. He began to study solfège, piano and violin at the age of eight; harmony and composition from the age of 16. Although distinguished by having raised the Spanish guitar to dignity as a universal concert instrument and best known for his guitar music, he never mastered the instrument himself. He wrote his compositions in Braille, which was transcribed for publication.
Rodrigo studied music under Francisco Antich in Valencia and under Paul Dukas at the École Normale de Musique in Paris. After briefly returning to Spain, he went to Paris again to study musicology, first under Maurice Emmanuel and then under André Pirro. His first published compositions date from 1940. In 1943 he received Spain's National Prize for Orchestra for Cinco piezas infantiles ("Five Children's Pieces"), based on his earlier composition of the same piece for two pianos, premiered by Ricardo Viñes. From 1947 Rodrigo was a professor of music history, holding the Manuel de Falla Chair of Music in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Complutense University of Madrid. Notable students include Yüksel Koptagel, Turkish composer and pianist.
His most famous work, Concierto de Aranjuez, was composed in 1939 in Paris for the guitarist Regino Sainz de la Maza. In later life he and his wife declared that it was written as a response to the miscarriage of their first child. It is a concerto for guitar and orchestra. The central adagio movement is one of the most recognizable in 20th-century classical music, featuring the interplay of guitar with cor anglais. This movement was later adapted by the jazz arranger Gil Evans for Miles Davis' 1960 album "Sketches of Spain". The Concerto was adapted by the composer himself for Harp and Orchestra at the request of Nicanor Zabaleta and dedicated to Zabaleta.
The success of this concerto led to commissions from a number of prominent soloists, including Nicanor Zabaleta, for whom Rodrigo dedicated his Concierto serenata for Harp and Orchestra, Julian Lloyd Webber, for whom Rodrigo composed his Concierto como un divertimento for cello and orchestra, and James Galway, for whom Rodrigo composed his Concierto pastoral for flute and orchestra. In 1954 Rodrigo composed Fantasía para un gentilhombre at the request of Andrés Segovia. His Concierto Andaluz, for four guitars and orchestra, was commissioned by Celedonio Romero for himself and his three sons.
None of Rodrigo's works, however, achieved the popular and critical success of the Concierto de Aranjuez and the Fantasia para un gentilhombre. These two works are very often paired in recordings.
He was awarded Spain's highest award for composition, the Premio Nacional de Música, in 1983. On 30 December 1991 Rodrigo was raised into the Spanish nobility by King Juan Carlos I with the hereditary title of Marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez (English: Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez). He received the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award—Spain's highest civilian honor—in 1996. He was named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 1998.
He married Victoria Kamhi, a Turkish-born pianist whom he had met in Paris, on 19 January 1933, in Valencia. Their daughter, Cecilia, was born on 27 January 1941. Rodrigo died in 1999 in Madrid at the age of 97, and his daughter succeeded him as Marquesa de los Jardines de Aranjuez. Joaquín Rodrigo and his wife Victoria are buried at the cemetery at Aranjuez.