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Manjon, Antonio Gimeniz (1866-1919 Spain)

Sunday, 18 September, 2005

Biography

"A contemporary of the Spanish guitarist composers Tárrega, Ferrer, Cateura and David del Castillo, Antonio Manjón was born in Villacarvillo, Jaén. The details of his life are not documented in the standard musical biographies save for an entry in Domingo Prat's Diccinario (Prat's father had heard Manjón play in Barcelona in 1889).
Manjón's early life is redolent of that of his compatriot Isaac Albéniz - precocious foreign travel, Penury and early success.
Manjón managed trips to Paris and London at the age of fourteen, and about the same number of pesetas in his pocket and despite the fact that he was blind. Like Ferrer and Castillo, Manjón settled in Paris where for some years he taught the guitar. He was a keen Wagnerian and, like Zani de Ferranti before him, a highly literate man.
Tours to Spain, Portugal, England and Russia were followed by performances in Chile, Argentina and Central America.
In 1893, he settled in Buenos Aires, and only returned to Europe in 1912. He gave a highly successful concert in Madrid the following year. With the outbreak of war, Manjón returned to Buenos Aires where he died on January 3, 1919.

Manjón's works consist mainly of compositions for solo guitar and songs with guitar accompaniment.
While their harmonies and musical turns of phrase will be familiar to anyone with
even passing knowledge of the music of Tárrega, the influence of the New World does sometimes lend his pieces a distinctive charm."

(Excerpts from the introduction of "Antonio J. Manjón: Leyenda / Aire Vasco, edited by Simon Wynberg, Chanterelle Verlag Heidelberg, Germany 1989, ISBN 3-89044-089-4)

His music is strongly in a Hispanic tradition. He himself played the eleven-string guitar, but his published pieces are generally for the six-string guitar.

Works for Guitar

Op. 1. La Mariposa, Mazurka
Op. 2. Una Flor, Mazurka
Op. 3. Mazurka Lírica
Op. 4. Matilde, Gavotte
Op. 5. Tú y Yo, Duetto
Op. 6. Lola, Habanera
Op. 7. Balada
Op. 8. Vorrei Morire, Melodía de Tosti
Op. 9. Adagio de la sonaya XIV (Claro de Luna) de Beethoven
Op. 10. Sobre tu Corazón, Romanza (voice and guitar)
Op. 11. Serenata
Op. 12. La Primavera, Romanza sin Palabras de Mendelssohn
Op. 13. Preludio No. 15 de Chopin
Op. 14. Marcia Fúnebre sobre la muerte de un héroe (Beethoven)
Op. 15. Recuerdos de mi Patria (Mazurka Romántica)
Op. 16. Brisas (Violin & Guitar)
Op. 17. Célebre Capricho Andaluz
Op. 18. Cuento de Amor, Romanza
Op. 19. Aire Vasco (Zorzico)
Op. 28. ¿Por Que? Vals
Op. 29. Capricho Criollo (Tango)
Primavera Andaluza WoW
La Aurora, Romanza WoW
Canto Andaluz WoW
Capricho Criollo WoW
Del Plata a los Andes WoW
Estudios WoW
Fantasia Gitana WoW
Leyenda WoW
Minueto WoW
Noveletta WoW
Quiero y no quiero WoW
Romanza no.3 WoW
Rosita WoW
Serenata WoW

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