Antonio Jiménez Manjón
Antonio Jiménez Manjón (* 1866 in Villacarillo , Andalusia, Spain ; † January 3, 1919 in Buenos Aires ) was a Spanish composer and guitar virtuoso.
Life
Antonio Jiménez Manjón went blind from an illness at the age of 13 months. He left his homeland at the age of 14 and devoted himself to guitar studies in Paris. He earned his living with a virtuoso guitar program. In addition to his own compositions, it included works by Fernando Sor (e.g. the Sonata op. 25 ) and Dionisio Aguado as well as transcriptions by Beethoven and Schubert . He has given concerts as a guitarist in several European countries such as Germany, Austria, England and Russia. In 1893 Jiménez went on a concert tour to South America, where he finally settled in Buenos Aires. Here he founded a conservatory where he taught himself. He died in Buenos Aires in 1919.
Works
Compositions (selection)
- Tres estudios expresivos
- Capricho andaluz
- Leyenda
Books
- La escuela de la guitarra
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mario Alcaraz Iborra, Roberto Díaz Soto: La guitarra: Historia, organología y repertorio . Editorial Club Universitario, 2010, ISBN 84-8454-903-8 , p. 105 ( google.es ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jiménez Manjón, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish guitarist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villacarillo , Andalusia, Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1919 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires , Argentina |