Confesíon (Romanza)

Composer: BARRIOS, Agustín
  • Barrios composed this piece around 1923.1 It’s also known as Confesíon de Amor (Confession of Love).2
  • Barrios made a recording of this piece on June 21, 1928.3 We still have this recording and you can listen to it on YouTube. 
  • Listen for: the melody is in the bass register of the guitar, rather than in the treble.4

Sources

  1. “Confesión (Barrios Mangoré, Agustín),” IMSLP, accessed February 18, 2022, https://imslp.org/wiki/Confesi%C3%B3n_(Barrios_Mangor%C3%A9%2C_Agust%C3%ADn).
  2. Rico Stover, liner notes to Barrios Mangoré: Guitar Music, Vol. 2, Enno Voorhorst, Naxos 8.555718, CD, 2003.
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.

Cut IDs

48634