[1187] ARRIAGA Y BALZOLA, Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio
VIOLINIST
BORN: Rigoitia, January 27, 1806
DIED: Paris, January 17, 1826
It's been awhile and I'm glad to be continuing this project. This peice of loveliness is by a man who seems to have been "long forgotten," but then, at some point was "resurrected," and hailed with the impressive title "The Spanish Mozart."
Indeed, he has similarities, not only in what I've experienced this morning audibly in terms of great melodic flamboyance, but, he also, like Mozart, was a child prodigy, and had the same birthday (?!) but was born 50 years later.
His career seems to have been quite grand, playing string quartets with adults as a 10 year old, his first opera at 14, being taken to the Paris Conservatory by his parents and studying with Françoise-Joseph Fétis and Pierre Baillot for the violin and composition respectively. He was praised by Cherubini, who called his works masterpieces... (his name sounds familiar but I'm no David Mason Greene. I'm just here for the YouTube picks,)
Tragically, this very talented young man's career was cut short by what is generally agreed to have been tuberculosis although it's a bit unclarified in the scholarly realms of history. He died at only 19 years old.
So I chose this really nice guitar piece, played by the amazing Daniel Guerola, "Variaciones sobre el tema "La Húngara" op. 23." It's super nice, and although very intricate, had a super calming effect on my nerves this morning. Hope someone digs it.
Peace :)
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