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- Antonio Cano (
1811 - 1897 )
- Guitarist, teacher and composer. This pupil of
Dionisio Aguado
originally practised medicine before devoting himself
to the guitar and teaching at the Madrid
Conservatoire. He was also official archivist to Queen
Isabella the Second. We are indebted to Cano for his
guitar method published in 1852 and reprinted in 1868
with an additional treatise on harmony adapted to the
guitar. Antonio Cano composed about a hundred pieces
and exercises for the guitar. It
is probable that he gave lessons to Francisco Tarrega
and contributed to the development of the
technique of the tremolo. His main contribution to the
world of music is his guitar tutorial: "Método
de Guitarra" (1852)."
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