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Francisco Tárrega

1852 - 1909

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Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909) was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the late Romantic period. He is known for such pieces as Capricho Árabe and Recuerdos de la Alhambra. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Tárrega is the 114th most popular composer (up from 115th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 125th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Composer.

Francisco Tárrega is most famous for his guitar compositions.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francisco Tárrega ranks 114 out of 1,451. Before him are Alma Mahler, Domenico Cimarosa, Mikhail Glinka, Zoltán Kodály, Mily Balakirev, and Muzio Clementi. After him are Paul Hindemith, György Ligeti, Carlo Gesualdo, Manuel de Falla, Bohuslav Martinů, and Emmerich Kálmán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Francisco Tárrega ranks 12. Before him are Emil Fischer, William Ramsay, Henri Moissan, Charles Taze Russell, Gojong of Korea, and Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf. After him are Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Joseph Joffre, Augusta, Lady Gregory, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Ferdinand von Lindemann. Among people deceased in 1909, Francisco Tárrega ranks 7. Before him are Leopold II of Belgium, Cesare Lombroso, Geronimo, Isaac Albéniz, Itō Hirobumi, and Hermann Minkowski. After him are Hermann Ebbinghaus, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Peder Severin Krøyer, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Tárrega ranks 102 out of 3,355. Before him are Peter III of Aragon (1239), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040), Magnus Maximus (335), Alfonso V of Aragon (1396), and Blanche of Castile (1188). After him are Santiago Calatrava (1951), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Manuel de Falla (1876), Luis Aragonés (1938), Dolores Ibárruri (1895), and Ramón Mercader (1913).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Francisco Tárrega ranks 3. Before him are Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), and Joaquín Rodrigo (1901). After him are Manuel de Falla (1876), Enrique Granados (1867), Jordi Savall (1941), Antonio Soler (1729), Joaquín Turina (1882), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Gaspar Sanz (1640), Federico Mompou (1893), and Antonio de Cabezón (1510).

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