HISTORY OF PRE-FLAMENCO GUITAR
Julian Arcas, whose full name was Julio Arcas Lacal Gabino ( Mary , Almería, 1832 - Antequera ( Málaga), 1882) was a guitarist classical composer English , probably the most important the country during the last third of the nineteenth century.
learned to play with his father and continued his studies at Malaga in school Dionisio Aguado.
During the decade of 1860 gave concerts throughout Europe , those of 1862 in palaces of the Dukes of Wellington and Cambridge . The young Francisco Tarrega listened this year in Castellón and played for him after the concert, at the request of the father of Tárrega. Arcas then invited him to study with him in Barcelona .
A Julián Arcas has been considered with disparate criteria from national music with roots in Andalusian folk music to the father of the flamenco guitar.
wrote a symphony and about 50 pieces including original transcriptions and guitar, most of which was published by Vidal and Roger in Barcelona.
The work of Julian Arcas Fantasy, based on themes from La Traviata of Giuseppe Verdi is sometimes mistakenly attributed to Tárrega since the latter's transcription this work was the only source available.
While it can not be considered strictly a guitarist , greatly enriched the guitar itself jonda con técnicas propias de la guitarra clásica como el arpegio , los trémolos o los ligados . Sigue vigente aún hoy una de sus piezas flamencas más importantes, conocida como Soleá de Arcas.
(text taken from Wikipedia)
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