16 1 ies dionisio aguado biography

Dionisio Aguado (8 April 1784 – 29 December 1849) was a Spanishclassical guitarist and composer.

Biography

Born in Madrid, he studied with Miguel Garcia.

In 1825, Aguado visited Paris, where he met and became friends with and for a while lived with Fernando Sor.

16 1 ies dionisio aguado biography summary

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 Escuela de Guitarra was a guitar tutor published in 1825. It is still reprinted today (Tecla editions). In the Escuela Aguado describes his use of fingernails on the right hand as well as his invention of a "tripodion": 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 Trois Rondos Brillants (Opus 2), Le Menuet Affandangado (Opus 15), Le Fandango Varie (Opus 16), as well as numerous waltzes