{{Short description|Spanish classical guitarist and composer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} [[Image:Dionysio Aguado.jpg|thumb|Lithograph of Dionisio Aguado y García by J.A. López]] '''Dionisio Aguado y García''' (8 April 1784{{spaced ndash}}29 December 1849) was a Spanish [[classical guitar]]ist and composer of the late [[Classical period (music)|Classical]] and early [[Romantic music|Romantic]] periods.
==Biography== Born in [[Madrid]], he studied with [[Miguel García (musician)|Miguel García]]. In 1826, Aguado visited [[Paris]], where he met and became friends with and for a while lived with [[Fernando Sor]].<ref name=teclaintro>{{cite web|last=Jeffery|first=Brian|title=Dionisio Aguado: New Guitar Method: The complete introduction|url=http://www.tecla.com/extras/0001/0011/0011intro.htm|work=Dionisio Aguado: New Guitar Method|publisher=Tecla Editions|accessdate=13 August 2011}}</ref> Sor's duo ''Les Deux Amis'' ("The Two Friends") commemorated the friendship: one part is marked "Sor" and the other "Aguado."
Aguado's major work ''Nuevo Metodo Para Guitarra'' was a guitar tutorial published in 1843.<ref name="teclaintro" /> As of 2011, it is still in print, with Tecla Editions releasing a reprint in 2005.<ref name=teclacatalog>{{cite web|title=Dionisio Aguado: New Guitar Method|url=http://www.tecla.com/catalog/0011.htm|work=Catalog|publisher=Tecla Editions|accessdate=13 August 2011}}</ref> In the ''Nuevo Metodo'' Aguado describes his use of fingernails on the right hand as well as his invention of a "tripodison": a device that held the guitar and thus minimized the damping effect of the player's body on the guitar's back and sides.<ref name=maestros>{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Alastair|title=The Biography of Dionisio Aguado 1784-1849|url=http://www.maestros-of-the-guitar.com/dionisioaguado.html|work=Maestros-of-the-guitar.com|accessdate=13 August 2011}}</ref> Aguado's other works include numerous waltzes, minuets, and other light pieces. The more extended works require a virtuoso technique and left-hand stretches that are almost impossible on the longer string lengths of modern guitars. (See [[Frederick Noad]], "The Classical Guitar")
Aguado returned home to Madrid in 1837 and died there aged 65.<ref name="teclaintro" />
Aguado's surname comes from the Spanish word for "soaked." (This is because an ancient relative of his, who was a knight, returned after a battle caked in mud. The nickname then eventually became the surname.<ref name="maestros" />)
==Instruments used by Aguado y García== Of the instruments used by Aguado, two which were built by *[[René François Lacôte|Pierre René Lacôte]], (Paris 1838) and *Etienne Laprevotte, (Paris 1838) are held at the [[National Archaeological Museum of Spain|Museo Arqueológico Nacional]] in Madrid. Aguado is known for having used a tripod to support his guitar.<ref>[http://sinierderidder.free.fr/pdf/sinier%20de%20ridder%20-%20lacote%20and%20aguado.pdf Lacote and Aguado: about a Tripodison] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720232201/http://sinierderidder.free.fr/pdf/sinier%20de%20ridder%20-%20lacote%20and%20aguado.pdf |date=20 July 2011 }} by [http://sinierderidder.free.fr/ Sinier de Ridder]</ref><ref>[http://www.aureoherrero.org/dionisioaguado.html El Fixateur (La Trípode) De Dionisio Aguado, "Una Cita Con La Historia"] by Pablo de la Cruz</ref><ref>[http://www.antoniodetorres.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52:el-tripode-de-dionision-aguado El Trípode De Aguado 175 Años Después]</ref> {{Incomplete list|date=February 2011}}
==List of works== {{Listen | filename = Six Petites Pieces, No. 1 by Dionisio Aguado.ogg | title = Six Petites Pieces, No. 1 by Dionisio Aguado | description = Six Petites Pieces, No. 1 by Dionisio Aguado | filename2 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 2 by Dionisio Aguado.ogg | title2 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 2 by Dionisio Aguado | description2 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 2 by Dionisio Aguado | filename3 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 3 by Dionisio Aguado.ogg | title3 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 3 by Dionisio Aguado | description3 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 3 by Dionisio Aguado | filename4 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 4 by Dionisio Aguado.ogg | title4 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 4 by Dionisio Aguado | description4 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 4 by Dionisio Aguado | filename5 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 5 by Dionisio Aguado.ogg | title5 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 5 by Dionisio Aguado | description5 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 5 by Dionisio Aguado | filename6 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 6 by Dionisio Aguado.ogg | title6 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 6 by Dionisio Aguado | description6 = Six Petites Pieces, No. 6 by Dionisio Aguado }}
*Op. 1 : Douze Valses *Op. 2 : Trois Rondo Brillants *Op. 3 : Huit Petites Pièces *Op. 4 : Six Petites Pièces *Op. 5 : Quatre Andantes et Quatre Valses *Op. 6 : Nouvelle Méthode de Guitare (1834) *Op. 7 : Valses Faciles *Op. 8 : Contredanses et Valses Faciles *Op. 9 : Contredanses non difficiles *Op. 10 : Exercices Faciles et Très Utiles *Op. 11 : Les Favorites - Huit Contredanses *Op. 12 : Six Menuets & Six Valses *Op. 13 : Morceaux Agréables non difficiles *Op. 14 : Dix Petites Pièces non difficiles *Op. 15 : Le Menuet Affandangado *Op. 16 : Le Fandango Varié
Works without Opus number: * Allegro * Coleccion De Andantes, Valses Y Minuetos * Douze Walses, Une Marche Militaire, Et Un Theme Varie * Escuela de Guitarra (1825) * Gran Solo (Fernando Sor's Op.14, Arr. by Aguado) * Muestra De Afecto Y Reconocimiento (Seis Valses) * Valses Characteristiques * Variaciones * Variaciones Brillantes * Mazurka (Polish national song, Arr. by Dionisio Aguado) * Adante by Dionisio Aguado * Introducción y rondó
== Album == * Duo Imbesi Zangarà, ''Tocando en Dos works by Julian Arcas, Francisco Tarrega, Dionisio Aguado'', performed by Carmelo Imbesi e Carmen Zangarà, Classical Music 3.0, 2022
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links==
===Images of Aguado=== *[http://bibliotecadigitalhispanica.bne.es/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=401585 Image] [http://bibliotecadigitalhispanica.bne.es/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=401585&current_base=GEN01 ref] *[http://bibliotecadigitalhispanica.bne.es/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=401582 Image] [http://bibliotecadigitalhispanica.bne.es/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=401582&current_base=GEN01 ref]
===Sheet music=== *[http://rex.kb.dk/primo_library/libweb/action/preferences.do?fn=change_lang&vid=KGL&prefLang=en_US&prefBackUrl=http:%2F%2Frex.kb.dk%2Fprimo_library%2Flibweb%2Faction%2Fsearch.do?dscnt=0%26fctN=facet_tlevel%26vl(1UI0)=contains%26vl(61142532UI2)=sub%26scp.scps=scope%3A%28KGL%29%26fctV=online_resource%26vl(1UI2)=contains%26tab=default_tab%26dstmp=1291360994045%26srt=rank%26mode=Advanced%26vl(45742256UI3)=all_items%26vl(48924786UI4)=all_items%26tb=t%26indx=1%26backFromPreferences=true%26vl(freeText0)=%26fn=search%26vid=KGL%26vl(freeText2)=%26vl(45742261UI5)=all_items%26title1=1%26vl(1UI1)=contains%26frbg=%26ct=facet%26dum=true%26Submit=Search%26vl(48924784UI1)=creator%26vl(freeText1)=Aguado%26vl(48924785UI0)=title%26vid=KGL Rischel & Birket-Smith's Collection of guitar music] [https://rex.kb.dk/F?func=find-c&ccl_term=(WRD=Aguado%20AND%20WWW=http%20NOT%20WWW=sheetmusicnow%20NOT%20WWW=freehandmusic%20NOT%20WWW=hebeonline)&local_base=mus01&con_lng=ENG 1] Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080310003625/http://www.muslib.se/ebibliotek/boije/Boije_a.htm Boije Collection] The Music Library of Sweden *[http://creativeguitar.org/sheet-music/aguado-dionisio creativeguitar.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127111433/http://creativeguitar.org/sheet-music/aguado-dionisio |date=27 January 2010 }} (sheetmusic largely compiled from the above primary sources) *{{IMSLP|id=Aguado, Dionisio}} *[http://www.cglib.org/complete-works/dionisio-aguado-complete-works-integrale-for-classical-guitar/ Dionisio Aguado – Complete Works (Integrale) for Classical Guitar] Classical Guitar Library
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