Salvador Castro de Gistau, Fandango

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Comment by Thomas Schmitt on June 1, 2014 at 8:36

Hallo Stefen:

Correct, the introduction (with slight changes) is by Aguado, who shows in his "Método" some Preludes that could serve as an introduction. The one used for the Fandango can be find in chap.280, n.13. Rob MacKillop wrote an interesting article about this subject.

Best,

Thomas

Comment by Jelma van Amersfoort on May 31, 2014 at 10:54

Hi Stephen, you may also have noticed the similarity to Boccherini's Fandango. The connection is probably the musician Padre Basilio (Miguel Garcia), who was Aguado's teacher and maybe also connected to Salvador Castro, and who was famous for 'his' Fandango. See: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Garc%C3%ADa_(compositeur)

Comment by Stephen Kenyon on May 30, 2014 at 14:31

What an interesting piece!  And fine interpretation and tone.  Your improvised introduction had me wondering for a moment...

I wondered if you had any view as to the first melodic outline being effectively exactly the same as that used by Aguado - 30 years later!  

Comment by Thomas Schmitt on May 2, 2014 at 11:24

Thanks, the score can be found at the following link: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32798622m/date
The fandango is on p.239 of the pdf document.

Comment by Lars Hedelius-Strikkertsen on May 1, 2014 at 14:35

I've bought this CD. Some fine pieces of music, some until now unknown to me and also very well played.