tributary

Dionisio Aguado

A Madrid-born guitarist and close friend of Fernando Sor, Aguado wrote a widely used guitar method and a catalog of rondos and studies that, alongside Sor's, formed the technical foundation 19th-century Spanish guitarists built on. He's remembered as much for codifying right-hand technique — fingerings and posture still taught today — as for his own compositions.

the sound in question
1820
Introduction and Rondo, Op. 2 No. 2Dionisio Aguado

we haven’t charted Dionisio Aguado yet

this stretch of the river isn’t mapped. we trace the watershed one artist at a time — and we’re always heading further upstream.

downstream