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Recorded on 10/02/2007, uploaded on 01/08/2009

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Fandanguillo                        Joaquin Turina

A native of Seville, Joaquin Turina won local success before travelling to Madrid, where he met Manuel de Falla and was further influenced by the prevailing currents of musical nationalism.    The guitar formed part of that pattern, and he wrote several pieces for it, including Fandanguillo, written in 1925.  Full of instrumental techniques such as pizzicato, harmonics and the particular guitar technique of tambor (a drum effect obtained by striking the strings near the bridge), it manages to compress into less than four minutes the essence of Spanish dance with the dramatic contrasts associated with Andalusian flamenco.      Michael Cansfield

Courtesy of International Music Foundation.