Francisco tarrega capricho arabe sheet music

Capricho Arabe is the most popular work of the iconic Spanish guitarist Francisco Tárrega who initiated the revival of interest in the classical guitar that had fallen out of fashion during the Romantic period.

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He traveled extensively throughout the country, exploring the folk traditions of different regions in order to create new aesthetics for the guitar music that remains relevant to this day.

Tárrega wrote his Capricho Arabe in while staying in Valencia where Muslim, Castilian, and Christian cultures historically mixed.

The following year, the piece was printed in Barcelona becoming his first published composition.

After the fast introduction designed to evoke associations with the Maqam melodic system, Capricho Arabe compositionally revolves around a single theme that softly develops in the key of D minor and then varies by turning to D major.

This rather unusual modulation helps to create a distinctive contrast within the same work without making serious alterations to