Cyro Delvizio and Scott Yoo discuss the Spanish repertoire that influenced Agustín Barrios – and how it expanded his worldview in terms of his own compositions. The Folk Music that Inspired Agustín ...

John Williams might not be the first or foremost interpreter of the Paraguayan guitar maestro Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944), but he is certainly the best known. In the 1970s, Williams introduced ...

Solo Guitar / Late Romantic / Folkloric. In his time, Agustín Barrios Mangoré was a much neglected guitarist and composer. This Paraguayan contemporary of modernistic Spanish six-string shining light ...

Agustín Barrios was born and raised in rural Paraguay, far from the world’s artistic capitals. Inspired by his native folk music, Spanish guitar composers and classical masters like Bach and Chopin, ...