Barrios: Caazapá / Don Perez Freire / Maxixe (Edson Lopes, guitar)
- 6 years ago
Agustín Pío Barrios Mangoré was born in southern Paraguay on 5th May, 1885, and died on 7th August, 1944, in San Salvador, El Salvador. Many consider Barrios to be the greatest guitarist composer of all time. In view of this fact, it is curious that his music lay undiscovered and unappreciated for over three decades after his death. In the mid-1970s comprehensive editions of his music appeared, making it possible for guitarists of Antigoni Goni's generation to include in their study the music of Barrios, augmenting and complementing more traditional repertoire by Sor, Giuliani, Carcassi, Tarrega and Villa Lobos. The revival began in 1977 when John Williams released an entire recording of music by Barrios which focused a long overdue recognition on this forgotten Latin American guitarist. Today Barrios' music is frequently performed by major concert artists and is appreciated by audiences world wide.
Young Barrios never studied in a formal music conservatory, and completed only two years of high school. He made his living from performing, and had no other professional skills in any other pursuit except playing the guitar and composing music. Performing according to a life-style which required him to travel constantly, Barrios never really settled down in one particular country. He lived extended periods of time in Brazil (1915-1919), Uruguay (1912-1915, 1919-1927) and El Salvador (1939-1944). In none of these places did he establish a conservatory nor did he pursue the systematic publication of his music. He escaped from Latin America only once, in 1934, when he visited Europe, staying just fifteen months, but his lifelong goal of reaching the United States never came to fruition.
Barrios unfortunately never received the recognition and material success that his talent merited. Maxixe is an urban dance from Brazil. Barrios himself recorded this work in 1929 but he did not perform it in concert to any great degree. A virtuoso display of both technical prowess and compositional skill, Maxixe is one of Barrios' greatest works in the genre of music inspired by folk tradition.
The tango Don Pérez Freire was named after Osmán Pérez Freire, a Chilean composer of popular music. Folklore, such as the hauntingly beautiful Caazapá, forms a large and important part of the Barrios repertoire; even when the basis of a piece is a traditional melody, the poetry and the emotion he packs into a few short lines explains why his music is admired so much by listeners who have tuned into the guitar's expressive capabilities. The music of Agustín Barrios does not translate to other instruments, and so long as there are talented guitarists around to play it there seems no reason why the attempt should be made.
Track List:
1. Caazapá - Aire Popular Paraguayo (0:00)
2. Don Perez Freire - Tango (4:03)
3. Maxixe (7:43)
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Young Barrios never studied in a formal music conservatory, and completed only two years of high school. He made his living from performing, and had no other professional skills in any other pursuit except playing the guitar and composing music. Performing according to a life-style which required him to travel constantly, Barrios never really settled down in one particular country. He lived extended periods of time in Brazil (1915-1919), Uruguay (1912-1915, 1919-1927) and El Salvador (1939-1944). In none of these places did he establish a conservatory nor did he pursue the systematic publication of his music. He escaped from Latin America only once, in 1934, when he visited Europe, staying just fifteen months, but his lifelong goal of reaching the United States never came to fruition.
Barrios unfortunately never received the recognition and material success that his talent merited. Maxixe is an urban dance from Brazil. Barrios himself recorded this work in 1929 but he did not perform it in concert to any great degree. A virtuoso display of both technical prowess and compositional skill, Maxixe is one of Barrios' greatest works in the genre of music inspired by folk tradition.
The tango Don Pérez Freire was named after Osmán Pérez Freire, a Chilean composer of popular music. Folklore, such as the hauntingly beautiful Caazapá, forms a large and important part of the Barrios repertoire; even when the basis of a piece is a traditional melody, the poetry and the emotion he packs into a few short lines explains why his music is admired so much by listeners who have tuned into the guitar's expressive capabilities. The music of Agustín Barrios does not translate to other instruments, and so long as there are talented guitarists around to play it there seems no reason why the attempt should be made.
Track List:
1. Caazapá - Aire Popular Paraguayo (0:00)
2. Don Perez Freire - Tango (4:03)
3. Maxixe (7:43)
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