- Barrios composed this piece around 1921, and he frequently performed it in recitals in the 1920s.1
- When he composed this work, Barrios was living in Uruguay, his “adopted homeland.”2
- This waltz was published in 1952 as the first of Barrios’s Op. 8 collection of four waltzes.3
- The title of this piece is sometimes given as “Vals de primavera,” or simply “Primavera.”
Sources
- Graham Wade, liner notes to Barrios Mangoré: Guitar Music Vol. 5, Celil Refik Kaya, Naxos 8.573898, CD, 2019.
- Richard D. Stover, “Barrios Mangoré, Agustín,” Grove Music Online (January 20, 2001), accessed August 20, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000002125.
- “Waltzes, Op. 8 (Barrios Mangoré, Agustín),” IMSLP, accessed August 20, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/Waltzes%2C_Op.8_(Barrios_Mangor%C3%A9%2C_Agust%C3%ADn).
Cut IDs
48626