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[[Image:Joaquin Rodrigo.jpg|thumb|Joaquín Rodrigo]]

[[Image:Joaquin Rodrigo.jpg|thumb|Joaquín Rodrigo]]

'''Joaquín Rodrigo''' (Sagunto, 1901 – Madrid, 1999) was an [[Spanish]] composer and pianist. Rodrigo was blinded by complications from diphtheria when he was three years old. In 1927, he moved to [[Paris]]; there he met Honegger, Milhaud, [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]] and de Falla. ''He continued his studies of musicology in [[France]] at the Paris Conservatoire and at the Sorbonne and also worked in Germany, Austria and Switzerland before returning to Spain in 1939 to settle permanently in Madrid.'' [http://www.joaquin-rodrigo.com/bioce.html]

'''Joaquín Rodrigo''' (Sagunto, 1901 – Madrid, 1999) was an [[Spanish]] composer and pianist. Rodrigo was blinded by complications from diphtheria when he was three years old. In 1927, he moved to [[Paris]]; there he met Honegger, Milhaud, [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]] and de Falla. ''He continued his studies of musicology in [[France]] at the Paris Conservatoire and at the Sorbonne and also worked in Germany, Austria and Switzerland before returning to Spain in 1939 to settle permanently in Madrid.'' <ref>http://www.joaquin-rodrigo.com/bioce.html</ref>

In 1933, Rodrigo married [[Turkish]] pianist Victoria Kamhi.  

In 1933, Rodrigo married [[Turkish]] pianist Victoria Kamhi.  

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Joaquin Rodrigo was responsible for establishing the [[guitar]] as a classical concert instrument. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0735006/bio]

Joaquin Rodrigo was responsible for establishing the [[guitar]] as a classical concert instrument. <ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0735006/bio</ref

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*[[Music]]

*[[Music]]

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[[Category:Composers|Rodrigo, Joaquín]]

[[Category:Composers|Rodrigo, Joaquín]]