Musical quotation from the Concierto de Aranjuez, the work that established Rodrigo's reputation as one of the most significant Spanish composers of the 20th century. In the hand of the blind composer's wife and scribe, pianist Victoria Kamhi de Rodrigo (1905-1997). Signed by the composer
5 measures in treble clef from the opening theme, titled at upper margin and with "Allegro con spirito" at head. Notated in black ink on a leaf of music manuscript paper, 217 x 314 mm.
Inscribed "Para Michael Schulman con toda simpatia," dated November 1982, and signed in Rodrigo's cryptic hand below.
Creased at vertical fold.
Blind from the age of three, "soon after the première in 1940 of his first concerto, the Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar, [Rodrigo] began to be recognized as one of the leading composers in Spain. ... His musical language, drawn from both Classical and nationalist sources, underpinned a melodic gift of remarkable eloquence. He made many of the finest settings of classical Spanish poetry, his guitar pieces are in the central repertory, and his concertos are the most significant such works composed in Spain." Raymond Calcraft in Grove Music Online
Rodrigo's wife and helpmate wrote a noted work on the composer entitled "De la mano de Joaquin Rodrigo: Historia de nuestra vida" [Hand in Hand: My Life at the Maestro's Side] published in 1995.
Autographs of Rodrigo are quite rare.
Item #39666
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