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Joaquín Rodrigo
Fantasía para un gentilhombre
| Subtitle | After an idea from Gaspar Sanz, arrangement for flute and small orchestra by James Galway (1978) |
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| Year(s) composed | 1954 |
| Publisher | Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo |
| Instrumentation | 0.1.1.1-0.1.0.0-str |
| Duration | 22' |
| Movements | I. Villano y Ricercare II. Españoleta y Fanfare de la Caballería de Nápoles III. Danza de las hachas IV. Canario |
| Premiere | March 5, 1958; San Francisco, CA, War Memorial Opera House (USA) · Andrés Segovia, guitar · Conductor: Enrique Jordá · San Francisco Symphony |
| Composer note | A rousing piece from the 'motherland of the guitar'! And a world-famous tune that captures the Mediterranean way of life unlike hardly any other. For his 'Fantasía para un Gentilhombre', Joaquín Rodrigo used material from a set of pieces by the Spanish composer Gaspar Sanz published in the 17th century. Rodrigo dressed these Baroque dances in a new garment of enchanting sounds. The 'gentleman' mentioned in the title refers to both Gaspar Sanz and the great guitarist Andrés Segovia to whom this work has been dedicated. |