Copyright (c) DailyGuitar.com en-us http://www.dailyguitar.com/rss/composers.xml Tue, 06 May 2008 10:15:20 GMT http://www.dailyguitar.com/ http://www.dailyguitar.com http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/56-mario_castelnuovo_tedesco.html Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was born on April the 3rd 1895 in Florence Italy He descended from a prominent banking family that had lived in the city since the expulsion of the Jews http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/56-mario_castelnuovo_tedesco.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/55-alonso_mudarra.html Alonso Mudarra was born in 1510 and was one of the most important Spanish vihuelists of the Renaissance period He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/55-alonso_mudarra.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/54-regino_sainz_de_la_maza.html Regino Sainz de la Maza was born in 1896 in Burgos Spain and was a classical guitarist and composer He received his musical education at the age of ten when he got his first guit http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/54-regino_sainz_de_la_maza.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/53-nikita_koshin.html Nikita Koshkin was born in 1956 in Moscow Russia He received his first guitar from his grandfather along with a recording of Andres Segovia Young Nikita was so impressed by thi http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/53-nikita_koshin.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/52-giulio_regondi.html Giulio Regondi was born in Geneva in 1822 Not much is known about his youth but he was raised by an Italian father some say step-father or foster father who was himself a talent http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/52-giulio_regondi.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/51-antonio_lauro.html Antonio Lauro was born in 1917 in Ciudad Bolvar Venezuela His father was a barber who enjoyed singing and playing the guitar but who died when Antonio was only five years old http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/51-antonio_lauro.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/50-carlo_domeniconi.html Carlo Domeniconi was born in 1947 in Cesena Italy and is one of the most remarkable contemporary guitar composers He started studying the guitar at the age of 13 with Carmen Lenz http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/50-carlo_domeniconi.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/49-luigi_legnani.html Luigi Rinaldo Legnani was born in 1790 in Ferrara Italy and was one of the greatest Italian guitarists of the romantic period Although he was born in Ferrara his family moved to http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/49-luigi_legnani.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/48-federico_moreno_torroba.html Federico Moreno Torroba was born in in 1891 in Madrid Spain and was one of the prominent Spanish composers for classical guitar in the 20th century He started his musical educati http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/48-federico_moreno_torroba.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/47-joaquin_turina.html Joaqun Turina Prez was born in 1882 in Seville Spain Being surrounded by an artistic environment influenced him as a future musician When he was four he received an accordion http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/47-joaquin_turina.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/46-alexandre_tansman.html Alexandre Tansman was born in 1897 in 321d378 Poland During that time the country did not exist as a nation being part of Tsarist Russia He was born in a wealthy family http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/46-alexandre_tansman.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/45-andrew_york.html Andrew York was born in 1958 in the United States and is one of the remarkable most visible and innovative classical guitarist-composers of our time He grew up in Woodbridge Vir http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/45-andrew_york.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/44-francisco_tarrega.html Francisco Tarrega-Eixea was born in Vila-real on November 21st 1852 in a house beside the Saint Paschal Baylon sanctuary Both his father Francisco Tarrega-Tirado and his mother http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/44-francisco_tarrega.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/43-johann_kaspar_mertz.html Johann Kaspar Mertz was born in 1806 Pressburg the Hungarian Pozsony now the Slovakian capital Bratislava He learned the guitar and flute Little is known of his early life but http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/43-johann_kaspar_mertz.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/41-juan_manen.html Joan Juan Mann was born in 1883 in Barcelona Spain and was a leading figure in the music of Catalonia He started playing the piano with his father at the age of three rapidly http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/41-juan_manen.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/40-miguel_llobet.html Miguel Llobet Soles was born in Barcelona Spain in 1878 He began studying the guitar at the age of eleven with Magn Alegre who in that same year took him to hear the blind Spani http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/40-miguel_llobet.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/39-antonio_jose.html Antonio Jose was born on 12th December 1902 in Burgos Spain He was praised by Maurice Ravel as one who would become the greatest Spanish musician of our century but his arrest http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/39-antonio_jose.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/38-heitor_villa_lobos.html Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in 1887 in Rio de Janeiro Brazil He is one of the prolific composers of his time He started his studies at the age of six with his father who worked http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/38-heitor_villa_lobos.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/37-mauro_giuliani.html Mauro Giuliani was born on the 27th of July 1781 in Bisceglie Italy He was an Italian guitarist and composer known by many as a leading virtuoso of the nineteenth century He beg http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/37-mauro_giuliani.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/36-ferdinando_carulli.html Ferdinando Carulli was born on February 9 1770 in Naples Italy His father Michele was a distinguished literator secretary to the delegate of the Neapolitan Jurisdiction Like http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/36-ferdinando_carulli.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/35-emilio_pujol.html Emilio Pujol was born on 7th of April 1886 in Granadella a little village just outside Lerida Spain He began studying the guitar with Francisco Trrega at the Conservatory of B http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/35-emilio_pujol.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/34-sergio_assad.html Srgio Assad was born in 1952 in Brazil and is one of the worlds important contemporary composer for the classical guitar He often performs in duo with his brother Odair Assad an http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/34-sergio_assad.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/33-leo_brouwer.html Leo Brouwer was born on 1st March 1939 in La Habana Cuba He received his first musical studies from his father Juan Brouwer who was an amateur guitarist and his aunt Caridad Mez http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/33-leo_brouwer.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/32-john_duate.html John Duarte was born on October the 2nd 1919 in Sheffield He was one hundred percent English despite the name His father was Scottish and his mother English He received his mus http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/32-john_duate.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/31-vicente_asencio.html Vicente Asencio Spanish composer was born in Valencia Spain in 1908 He received his very first musical studies at an early age Studying piano violin and harmony he entered th http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/31-vicente_asencio.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/30-dionisio_aguado.html Dionisio Aguado was born 1784 in Madrid Spain His surname comes from the Spanish word for soaked This is because an ancient relative of his who was a knight returned after http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/30-dionisio_aguado.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/29-joaquin_rodrigo.html Joaqun Rodrigo was born in Sagunto Valencia on the 22th of November 1901 on St Cecilias day the patron saint of music At the age of three his life was drastically changed wh http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/29-joaquin_rodrigo.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/28-agustin_barrios_mangore.html Agustin Barrios Mangore was born in San Juan Bautista de las Misiones Paraguay on the 5th of May 1885 He was a virtuosic guitarist and an innovative composer After Barrios dea http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/28-agustin_barrios_mangore.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/27-fernando_sor.html Fernando Sor was born on February 14 1778 in Barcelona Spain He was a composer and a guitarist In Spain he was known as the Beethoven of the Guitar Born to a fairly well-off http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/27-fernando_sor.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/26-maurizio_colonna.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/26-maurizio_colonna.html http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/25-jorge_cardoso.html Jorge Cardoso was born in 1949 in Posadas Argentina He studied at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Madrid completing his studies in 1973 along with his medicine studi http://www.dailyguitar.com/composers/25-jorge_cardoso.html