The young man was efficient at playing both the guitar and the piano by his teenage years, despite his many escapades. Even though his father managed to track and bring him back again, Tárrega ran away for a third time, once again to Valencia. Tárrega’s father was furious and went to Barcelona to get him back home, but in 1865, the budding musician ran away for a second time, joining gypsies at Valencia. These days were mainly marked with performances in pubs to earn money, rather than attend his classes to learn more about music. At Barcelona, the young guitarist initially resided at a relative’s place before leaving it and joining up with other musicians, forming a group. The year 1862 saw Tárrega perform in front of guitarist Julian Arcas, who was hugely enamored by the spirited youngster, advising his father to travel to Barcelona for higher musical education.
Following this, the family shifted to Castellón-de-la-Plana so that the young boy could learn music under Manuel González and Eugeni Ruiz, in the event that he ever became blind. Tárrega’s was called Quiquet as a child, and the future prodigy ran away from home once, only to accidentally fall into an irrigation channel, badly injuring his eyes. Tárrega’s father is known to have played the flamenco and other styles and whose occupation was that of a watchman at a convent. Tárrega was extremely eager to mix Romanticism with Spanish folk music features, during which he was also involved in the transcription of many of his friend Isaac Albéniz 's work. His work comprises of a total of seventy-eight original compositions and a hundred and twenty transcriptions. Francisco Tárrega: The Father Of Classical Guitar Tárrega’s final musical contribution was Oremus (1909).
He died in 1909 after being affected by paralysis in the right part of his body since 1906. As one of the most formidable musical champions of all time, his works include the Recuerdos de la Alhambra (1896). His work as a guitarist earned him tremendous acclaim not only in his homeland but also around the world.
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Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea was born in Spain in the year 1852 when the Romantic era of musical history was in full bloom.
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