Rodrigo and the Art of the Classical Guitar

One of the most popular and distinguished song for ensemble and classical guitar is Concierto de Aranjuez . It is a well-known composition of an inspired blind man composer since childhood and is considered as the first work of Joaquin Rodrigo who made him an outstanding musician of the 20th century and brings him to immediate distinction without even playing the guitar instrument . His inspiration is the gardens at the Palacio Read de Aranjuez that showing the singing of birds and gushing of fountain and fragrance of magnolias . Many people enjoyed the beauty

of the Aranjuez , but the reality happens upon writing this great piece of music to the composer is seriously painful , he is experiencing difficult and unwanted situations . One of those is that his lovely wife , Victoria Kamhi , a Turkish pianist which he also recognizes as his remarkable assistant and him is facing an enormous poverty a depression because of miscarriage of their first baby while Rodrigo is suffering from severe infection after increasing abscess in his eye and plus the factor of the tension of the pending war

The success of his composition makes their live easy . The Concierto de Aranjuez makes him known to a music industry and helps him to earned money for his family and uplift the self-esteem of the sightless composer . After its first showing in Madrid , all the big opportunity comes and the offer to a different position and job for Rodrigo goes abundantly . Through the positive things happen he is able to...