Raphaella Smits | Performs Antonio Jimenez Manjon CD

CD, Raphaella Smits, Antonio Jimenez Manjon

Born in Villacarillo, Spain, and blind from the age of 13 months, Antonio Jimenez Manjon (1866-1919) decided early on to become a musician. At 14 he left Spain to study in Paris - alone, impoverished, and speaking no French. Within nine years he established himself as a virtuoso on the 11-string guitar, touring throughout Europe and South America. He also taught himself French, German, Italian and English, and astonished everyone with his deep knowledge of literature and music. In 1893 he settled in Buenos Aires, where he established a successful school of guitar. As a teacher and performer he inspired other guitar virtuosos, including Augustin Barrios and Miguel Llobet.

PROGRAM

Antonio Jimenez MANJON (1866-1919)

1. Romanza No.3
2. Aire Vasco

Noveletta :
3. A orillas del arroyo
4. Idilio
5. Cuento de Amor (Romanza para Guitarra)
6. Célèbre Capricho Andaluz
7. Leyenda
8. Quiero y no quiero (habanera)

FEATURES

recorded: at the 'Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Kerk', Haarlem, NL, November 1998
instrument : 8-string Vicente Arias (Spain) (1899)
total duration: 58'56"