Dionisio Aguado (8 April 1784 – 29 December 1849) was a
Spanish classical guitarist and
composer.
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.
[1] 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.
[1] As of 2011, it is still in print, with Tecla Editions releasing a reprint in 2005.
[2] 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.
[3] 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, 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.
[1]
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
Aguirre, Julian (1868-1924 Argentina)
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