Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)
Joaquín
Rodrigo was one of the most honored of twentieth century Spanish
composers. Several of his compositions, in particular the Concierto de
Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra, have attained worldwide fame. Blind
from the age of three due to diphtheria, Rodrigo undertook early
musical studies under Francisco Antich in Valencia (1920-1923) and Paul
Dukas at the École Normale de Musique in Paris (1927-1932). While in
Paris, Rodrigo befriended many of the great composers of the time, and
received particular encouragement from his fellow Spaniard Manuel de
Falla. In 1933 he married the Turkish pianist Victoria Kamhi; they
remained inseparable companions until her death in 1997. After
returning to Spain in 1934, Rodrigo quickly won, with some help from
Falla, the Conde de Cartagena scholarship that allowed him to return to
Paris to study musicology—with Maurice Emmanuel at the Paris
Conservatoire and with André Pirro at the Sorbonne. Some of the most
difficult years in Rodrigo's life were in the late 1930s during the
Spanish Civil War: his scholarship was cancelled, and he and his wife
lived in France and Germany, virtually penniless. They made a meager
living giving Spanish and music lessons at the Institute for the Blind
in Freiburg. But by 1939, they were able to return to Spain. Rodrigo
started composing in 1923, and won a National Prize in 1925 for his
Cinco Piezas Infantiles for orchestra. (Due to his blindness, Rodrigo
always composed in Braille, and later painstakingly dictated the music
to a copyist.) But his real breakthrough as a composer was with the
Concierto de Aranjuez (1940, for guitar and orchestra), which was
acclaimed from its first performance in Barcelona. Rodrigo was quickly
recognized as one of Spain's great composers, and the awards and
commissions started to roll in. In 1947, the Manuel de Falla Chair was
created for him at the University of Madrid, where he taught music
history for many years. He was much in demand as a pianist and
lecturer, traveling to Europe, Central America, the U.S., Israel, and
Japan. Many of the world's great instrumentalists commissioned
concertos of him, and he eventually wrote works for, among others,
guitarist Andrés Segovia, flutist James Galway, harpist Nicanor
Zabaleta, and cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. In 1953, he was awarded the
Cross of Alfonso X the Wise by the Spanish government, and as part of
the celebration of his ninetieth birthday in 1991, Rodrigo was raised
to the nobility by King Juan Carlos I with the title "Marqués de los
jardines de Aranjuez." He was ultimately given Spain's highest
international honor, the Prince of Asturias Prize for the Arts, in
1996. The government of France also recognized Rodrigo's importance,
making him a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1960 and promoting him
to Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1998. By the end of his life,
he had also received six honorary doctorates from universities
worldwide. Rodrigo died in 1999; he and his wife are both buried at the
cemetery at Aranjuez.- Chris Morrison, All Music Guide
COMPOSITIONS Rodrigo Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Juglares (Minstrels), orchestra (or piano 4-hands) (1923)
Cançoneta, violin and string orchestra (1923)
Dos esbozos, violin and piano (1923)
Deux berceuses, piano (1923-28) [used in film score "Música para un jardín", 1957; arr. also for orchestra]
Suite for Piano (1923)
Cinco piezas infantiles (Five pieces for children), 2 pianos (1924) [arr. 1928 for orchestra]
Canción y danza (Song and Dance), piano (1925)
Cantiga, voice and piano (1925) [text: Gil Vicente]
Bagatela, piano (1926)
Pastoral, piano (1926) [arr. for gtr Pepe Romero; orchestral version by the composer included in "Tres viejos aires de danza"]
Zarabanda lejana (Distant Sarabande), guitar (or piano) (1926) [also arr. for string orchestra]
Preludio para un poema a la Alhambra (Prelude to a poem to Alhambra), orchestra (1928)
Romance de la Infantina de Francia, voice and piano (1928) [text: Anonymous]
Serranilla, voice and piano (or chamber orchestra) (1928) [text: Marqués de Santillana]
Tres viejos aires de danza (Three Old Dance Airs), chamber orchestra (1926-29)
Preludio al gallo mañanero, piano (1926-29)
Dos miniaturas andaluzas (Two Andalusian Miniatures), string orchestra (1929)
Siciliana, cello and piano (1929)
Air de ballet sur le nom d'une jeune fille (Ballet tune on the name of a girl), piano (1929)
Zarabanda lejana y villancico, string orchestra (1927-30) ["Zarabanda lejana" arr. from orig. work for guitar]
Serenata española, piano (1931)
Jo tinc un burro, chorus (1933)
Toccata, guitar (1933)
Per la flor del lliri blau (For the flower of the lily blue), orchestra (or wind orchestra) (1934)
Barcarola, voice and piano (1934) [text: Victoria Kamhi]
Cançó del Teuladí, voice and piano (or orch) (1934) [text: Teodoro Llorente; orch ver. in "Quatre cançons en llengua catalana"]
Cántico de la esposa, soprano and piano (1934) [also arr. for soprano and chamber orchestra]
Esta niña se lleva la flor, voice and piano (1934) [text: Francisco de Figueroa]
Estribillo, voice and piano (1934) [text: Salvador Jacinto Polo de Medina]
Soneto, voice and piano (1934) [text: Juan Bautista de Mesa]
Sonada de adiós (Farewell Sonata), piano (1935)
Canticel, voice and piano (or orch) (1935) [text: Josep Carner; orch ver. in "Quatre cançons en llengua catalana"]
Quatre cançons en llengua catalana (4 songs), soprano and chamber orchestra (1935)
Coplas del pastor enamorado, voice and piano (or guitar) (1935) [text: Lope de Vega]
Fino cristal, voice and piano (1935) [text: Carlos Rodríguez Pinto]
Tríptic de Mossèn Cinto (3 songs), soprano and orchestra (1935) [text: Jacinto Verdaguer]
Miedo (Fear), chamber orchestra (1936) [for a radio novel]
Canción del cucú, voice and piano (1937) [text: Victoria Kamhi]
Cinco piezas del siglo XVI (Five Pieces of the 16th Century), piano (1936-38)
En los trigales, guitar (1938)
Cuatro piezas para piano (Four Pieces for Piano) (1938)
- Fandango del Ventorrillo, guitar [arr. 1993 from original work for piano in "Cuatro piezas para piano", 1938]
Canción del grumete, voice and piano (1938) [text: Anonymous]
Homenaje a la Tempranica, orchestra (or wind orch) (1939) [tribute to famous Zarzuela "La Tempranica" by Gerónimo Giménez]
Concierto de Aranjuez, guitar and orchestra (1939) [also arr. for harp and orchestra]
- Aranjuez mon amour, voice & pf (or guitar) [1967 arr. of 2nd mvt of "Concierto de Aranjuez", 1939][text: Guy Bontempelli]
- Aranjuez, ma pensée, piano; or voice and piano; or voice and guitar [1968 arr. of 2nd mvt of "Concierto de Aranjuez", 1939]
- Aranjuez, ma pensée, piano; or guitar [1968 arr. of 2nd mvt of "Concierto de Aranjuez", 1939]
- En Aranjuez, con tu amor, voice & pf (or gtr)[1968 arr. of 2nd mvt of "Con. de Aranjuez", 1939][text: Alfredo García Segura]
Chimères, voice and piano (1939) [text: Victoria Kamhi] [Pop song]
La Chanson de ma vie, voice and piano (1939) [text: Juan Camp]
Concierto heroico, piano and orchestra (1940) [Joaquín Achúcarro's revised edition: "Concierto para piano y orquesta", 1995]
Tres danzas de España (Three Dances from Spain), piano (1941) [inspired by book of poems 'Danzas viejas' by Victor Espinós]
Gran marcha de los subsecretarios, piano 4-hands (1941)
Tiento antiguo, guitar (1942)
Concierto de estío (Summer Concerto), violin and orchestra (1943)
Rumaniana, violin and piano (1943)
Capriccio, violin (1944)
El beso a la bella durmiente, incidental music (1944)
À l'ombre de Torre Bermeja (In the Shadow of Torre Bermeja), piano (1945)
El duende azul (The Blue Elf), operetta (1946)
- La canción de mi vida, voice and piano (1946) [text: E. Castell y R. Villaseca] [from operetta "El Duende Azul", 1946]
- El mar me llama, voice and piano (1946) [text: E. Castell y R. Villaseca] [Pop song from operetta "El Duende Azul", 1946]
Cuatro madrigales amatorios (4 songs), soprano and piano (or chamber orch) (1947) [inspired by 16th century Spanish music]
Romance del comendador de Ocaña, soprano and orch (or piano) (1947) [text: Lope de Vega; adapted by Emtrambasaguas]
El álbum de Cecilia (Cecilia's Album) (6 pieces), piano (1948) [also arr. for guitar]
Ausencias de Dulcinea, bass (or baritone), 4 sopranos and orchestra (1948) [text: poem by Miguel de Cervantes]
Concerto in modo galante, cello and orchestra (1949)
Dos canciones sefardíes del siglo XV (Two Fifteenth-century Sephardic Songs), chorus (1950)
Triste estaba el rey David (Sad Was King David), chorus (1950)
Primavera, soprano and piano (or soprano, flute and piano) (1950) [text: Guillermo Fernández Shaw; alt. ver by Miguel Zanetti]
Romancillo, voice and piano (1950) [text: "Por Mayo era por Mayo"/Anonymous]
¡Un home, San Antonio!, voice and piano (1950) [text: Rosalía de Castro]
La vida es sueño, incidental music (1950)
Sonatas de Castilla (con Toccata a modo de pregón/with Toccata by way of proclamation) (5 pieces), piano (1950-51)
Doce canciones españolas (12 Spanish Songs), voice and piano (1951) [popular texts, adapted by Victoria Kamhi]
- Tres canciones españolas (3 songs), voice and guitar (1951) [nos. 10, 9 & 2 from "Doce canciones españolas", 1951]
El desdén con el desdén, incidental music (1951)
Sor Intrépida, film score (1952)
Cuatro estampas andaluzas (Four Andalusian Pictures), piano (1946-52)
Concierto serenata, harp and chamber orchestra (1952) [Pepe Romero's vers. for guitar & orch: "Sones en la Giralda", 1963]
Retablo de Navidad / Villancicos y Canciones de Navidad (Christmas Carols & Songs) (8 mvts), sopr, bass, chorus & orch (1952)
- Duermete, Nino (Sleep, Child), soprano, baritone and orchestra (or piano) (1952) [from "Retablo de Navidad"]
- La Espera (Hope), voice and orchestra (or piano) (1952) [from "Retablo de Navidad"]
- Villancicos [y canciones de Navidad] (3 songs), voice and orchestra (or guitar) (1952) [from "Retablo de Navidad", 1952]
Soleriana, chamber orchestra (1953)
Música para un códice salmantino (Music for a Salamancan Codex), bass, chorus and chamber orchestra (1953)
La guerra di dio (La guerra de Dios/AKA: I Was a Parish Priest), film score (1953)
Fantasía para un gentilhombre, guitar and orchestra (1954) [also arr. for flute and orchestra by James Galway]
Ave María, chorus (or soprano and harmonium) (1954)
Bajando de la meseta, guitar (1954)
Tres piezas españolas, guitar (1954)
La destrucción de Sagunto, incidental music (1954)
Pavana Real, ballet in 3 acts, orchestra (1955) [also arr. for orchestra]
- Romance de Durandarte, voice and guitar (1955) [text: Anon.; adapted by Victoria Kamhi] [see ballet "Pavana Real", 1955]
Homenaje a Sagunto, a march, band (1955)
Cyrano de Bergerac, incidental music (1955)
Sónnica, la cortesana, incidental music (1955)
Juana y los caldereros (Juana and Boilermakers), ballet (1956)
Aldeas de España, harmonica and piano (1956)
Entre olivares, guitar (1956)
L'eretico (El hereje), film score (1956) [released 1958?]
Tiestes, incidental music (1956)
Edipo Rey, incidental music (1957)
Música para un jardín (Music for a Garden), documentary short film score (1957) [arr. from pf wk "Deux berceuses", 1923-28]
- Música para un jardín (Music for a Garden), orch (1957) [arr. from piano work "Deux berceuses", 1923-28] [from film score]
Folías canarias (Song from the Canary Islands), voice and guitar (1958) [text: Anonymous]
Impromptu, harp (1959)
Junto al Generalife, guitar (1959)
Tonadilla, 2 guitars (1959)
Dos poemas de Juan Ramón Jiménez (2 songs), voice and flute (or piano) (1959) [text: Juan Ramón Jiménez]
El hijo fingido (The Feigned Son), zarzuela (1955-60)
- Seis Arias (Six Arias): El hijo fingido (The Feigned Son), zarzuela (1955-60; arr. 1963 for voice and piano) [text: Lope de Vega]
La Azucena de Quito (The Lily of Quito), oratorio (1960, unfinished; only 2 scenes from Act I completed)
- Despedida de Azucena (aria), soprano, oboe, english horn and celesta (1960) [text: José Mª Valverde]
Aria antigua, flute and piano (1960) [arr. for flute and string orchestra by Bernard Wystraëte]
Motu perpetuo, bandoneon (1960)
Sonata giocosa, guitar (1960)
En tierras de Jerez, guitar (1960)
Invocación y danza, guitar (1961)
La bella durmiente (Sleeping Beauty), ballet (1962)
Estudiantina, street musicians band (bandurrias [Spanish instrument of the lute type], lutes and guitars) (1962)
La Grotte, voice and piano (1962) [text: Louis Emié]
Tres pequeñas piezas, guitar (1963)
Cánticos nupciales (6 songs), 3 sopranos and organ (1963) [text: The Bk of Tobias; Psalm 31 & 128; Gospel according to St. John]
Rosaliana (4 songs), soprano and chamber orchestra (1965) [text: Rosalía de Castro; In Gallician]
Cuatro canciones sefardíes (4 songs), voice and piano (1965)
Sobre el cupey, voice and piano (1965) [text: Luis Hernández Aquino]
Dos danzas españolas (Two Spanish Dances), orchestra (1966)
Adagio para instrumentos de viento (Adagio for Wind Instruments), wind orchestra (1966)
Concierto madrigal, 2 guitars and chamber orchestra (1966)
Sonata pimpante, violin and piano (1966)
Concierto andaluz, 4 guitars and orchestra (1967)
Cantos de amor y de guerra (Songs of Love and War) (5 songs), soprano and orchestra (1968) [text: Anonymous]
Viaje por Aranjuez, documentary short film score (1968)
Sonata a la española, guitar (1969)
Elogio de la guitarra, guitar (1971)
Con Antonio Machado (10 songs), voice and piano (1971) [text: Antonio Machado]
Pájaros de primavera, guitar (1972)
Danza de la amapola (Poppy Dance), piano (1972)
El tren de las penas mías, voice and piano (1972) [text: Alfredo García Segura; Pop song]
Dos canciones para cantar a los niños (2 songs), voice and piano (1973) [text: Anonymous; adapted by Victoria Kamhi]
Himnos de los neófitos de Qumrán (Hymns of the Neophytes of Qumrán) (5 mvts), 3 sopr., male chorus & chmbr orch (1965-74)
Pasodoble para Paco Alcalde, band (1975)
Atardecer, piano 4-hands (1975)
A la busca del más allá (In Search of the Beyond), orchestra (1976)
Sonata a la breve, cello and piano (1977)
Dos preludios (Two Preludes), guitar (1977) [Adagio - Allegro]
Sonatina para dos muñecas (Sonatina for Two Dolls), piano 4-hands (1977)
Concierto pastoral, flute and orchestra (1977-1978)
Tríptico, guitar (1978)
Como una fantasía, cello (1979)
Preludio y ritornello, harpsichord (1979)
Leo - Irakere, documentary short film score (1979)
Líricas castellanas (3 songs), soprano, recorder (or flute), cornet (or oboe) and vihuela (or guitar) (1980) [text: Anon]
Concierto como un divertimento, cello and orchestra (1981)
Un tiempo fue Itálica famosa, guitar (1981)
Tres evocaciones (Three Evocations), piano (1981)
Palillos y panderetas (Sticks and tambourines), orchestra (1982)
Concierto para una fiesta, guitar and chamber orchestra (1982)
Cántico de San Francisco de Asís (Canticle of Saint Francis of Assisi), chorus and orchestra (1982)
Set cançons valencianes, violin and piano; or flute (or violin) and guitar (1982)
Serenata al alba del día, flute (or violin) and guitar (1982)
Dos piezas caballerescas (Two Knightly Pieces), orchestra of cellos (1986) [also arr. by Peter Jermer for 4 guitars]
Dos pequeñas fantasías, guitar (1987)
Preludio de añoranza (Prelude of Longing), piano (1987)
Canciones de dos épocas (2 songs), voice and piano (1987) [text: Fina Calderón]
WORKS BY GENRE Rodrigo Links ~ top of page ~
Opera
El duende azul (The Blue Elf), operetta (1946)
El hijo fingido (The Feigned Son), zarzuela (1955-60)
Ballet
Pavana Real, ballet in 3 acts, orchestra (1955)
- Act I: Jornada. El Deseo
- Ricercare a modo de diana
- Danza de damas y caballeros
- Zarabanda de amor
- Escena y danza de los bufones
- Act II: Jornada. La cacería
- Preludio:Cantiga de pastor
- Introducción y danza de cazadores
- Escena de cetrería
- Romance de Durandarte
- Act III: Jornada. Fiesta de Mayo
- Interludio
- Entrada del cortejo
- Danza del Heraldo y Cupido
- Danza del buen desear
- Pavana de la Reina
- Danza final
Juana y los caldereros (Juana and Boilermakers), ballet (1956)
La bella durmiente (Sleeping Beauty), ballet (1962)
Orchestra
Juglares (Minstrels), orchestra (or piano 4-hands) (1923)
Cinco piezas infantiles (Five pieces for children), 2 pianos (1924) [arr. 1928 for orchestra]
- Son chicos que pasan
- Después de un cuento
- Mazurka
- Plegaria
- Gritería final
Preludio para un poema a la Alhambra (Prelude to a poem to Alhambra), orchestra (1928)
Tres viejos aires de danza (Three Old Dance Airs), chamber orchestra (1926-29)
- Pastoral [arr. from original work for piano, 1926]
- Minué
- Giga
Dos miniaturas andaluzas (Two Andalusian Miniatures), string orchestra (1929) [Preludio - Danza]
Zarabanda lejana y villancico, string orchestra (1927-30) ["Zarabanda lejana" arr. from orig. work for guitar]
Per la flor del lliri blau (For the flower of the lily blue), orchestra (or wind orchestra) (1934)
Miedo (Fear), chamber orchestra (1936) [for a radio novel]
Homenaje a la Tempranica, orchestra (or wind orch) (1939) [tribute to famous Zarzuela "La Tempranica" by Gerónimo Giménez]
- Preludio
- Danza
Soleriana, chamber orchestra (1953)
- Entrada
- Fandango
- Tourbillon
- Pastoral
- Passepied
- Fandango a lo alto
- Contradanza
- Boleras
Pavana Real, orchestra (1955) [music from the ballet in 3 acts]
Música para un jardín (Music for a Garden), orchestra (1957) [arr. from piano work "Deux berceuses", 1923-28] [from film score]
Dos danzas españolas (Two Spanish Dances), orchestra (1966)
A la busca del más allá (In Search of the Beyond), orchestra (1976)
Palillos y panderetas (Sticks and tambourines), orchestra (1982)
Dos piezas caballerescas (Two Knightly Pieces), orchestra of cellos (1986) [also arr. by Peter Jermer for 4 guitars]
- Madrigal
- Danza de cortesía
Band
Per la flor del lliri blau (For the flower of the lily blue), orchestra (or wind orchestra) (1934)
Homenaje a la Tempranica, orchestra (or wind orch) (1939) [tribute to famous Zarzuela "La Tempranica" by Gerónimo Giménez]
- Preludio
- Danza
Homenaje a Sagunto, a march, band (1955)
Adagio para instrumentos de viento (Adagio for Wind Instruments), wind orchestra (1966)
Pasodoble para Paco Alcalde, band (1975)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Cançoneta, violin and string orchestra (1923)
Concierto de Aranjuez, guitar and orchestra (1939) [also arr. for harp and orchestra]
Concierto heroico, piano and orchestra (1940) [Joaquín Achúcarro's revised edition: "Concierto para piano y orquesta", 1995]
Concierto de estío (Summer Concerto), violin and orchestra (1943)
Concerto in modo galante, cello and orchestra (1949)
Concierto serenata, harp and chamber orchestra (1952) [Pepe Romero's vers. for guitar & orch: "Sones en la Giralda", 1963]
Fantasía para un gentilhombre, guitar and orchestra (1954) [also arr. for flute and orchestra by James Galway]
Aria antigua, flute and piano (1960) [arr. for flute and string orchestra by Bernard Wystraëte]
Concierto madrigal, 2 guitars and chamber orchestra (1966)
Concierto andaluz, 4 guitars and orchestra (1967)
Concierto pastoral, flute and orchestra (1977-1978)
Concierto como un divertimento, cello and orchestra (1981)
Concierto para una fiesta, guitar and chamber orchestra (1982)
Chorus w/Orchestra
Retablo de Navidad / Villancicos y Canciones de Navidad (Christmas Carols & Songs) (8 mvts), sopr, bass, chorus & orch (1952)
- Cantan por Belén pastores (Shepherds Sing for Bethlehem), soprano, chorus and orchestra (1952)
- Duermete, Nino (Sleep, Child) [also for soprano, baritone and piano]
- Aire y Donaire (Airs and graces) [also for voice and piano]
- Pastorcito Santo (Holy shepherd boy) [also for voice and piano]
- Coplillas de Belen (Carols of Bethlehem) [also for voice and piano]
- A la Chiribirivuela, chorus
- La Espera (Hope) [also for voice and piano]
- A La Clavelina, children's choir and small orchestra (1952)
Música para un códice salmantino (Music for a Salamancan Codex), bass, chorus and chamber orchestra (1953)
La Azucena de Quito (The Lily of Quito), oratorio (1960, unfinished; only 2 scenes from Act I completed)
- Despedida de Azucena (aria), soprano, oboe, english horn and celesta (1960) [text: José Mª Valverde]
Himnos de los neófitos de Qumrán (Hymns of the Neophytes of Qumrán) (5 mvts), 3 sopr., male chorus & chmbr orch (1965-74)
- Rezare dia y noche en todos los instantes
- Y caminare sobre las llanuras sin limites
- Te doy las gracias, O Senor
- Musica para un codice salmantino
- Cantico de San Francisco de Asis
Cántico de San Francisco de Asís (Canticle of Saint Francis of Assisi), chorus and orchestra (1982)
Choral
Jo tinc un burro, chorus (1933)
Dos canciones sefardíes del siglo XV (Two Fifteenth-century Sephardic Songs), chorus (1950)
- Malato está el hijo del rey
- El rey que muncho madruga.
Triste estaba el rey David (Sad Was King David), chorus (1950)
A la chiribirivuela, chorus (1952) [from "Retablo de Navidad / Villancicos y Canciones de Navidad"]
Ave María, chorus (or soprano and harmonium) (1954)
Chamber
Estudiantina, street musicians band (bandurrias [Spanish instrument of the lute type], lutes and guitars) (1962)
Instrument and Piano
Dos esbozos, violin and piano (1923)
Siciliana, cello and piano (1929)
Rumaniana, violin and piano (1943)
Aldeas de España, harmonica and piano (1956)
Aria antigua, flute and piano (or guitar) (1960) [arr. for flute and string orchestra by Bernard Wystraëte]
Sonata pimpante, violin and piano (1966)
Sonata a la breve, cello and piano (1977)
Set cançons valencianes, violin and piano; or flute (or violin) and guitar (1982)
Serenata al alba del día, flute (or violin) and guitar (1982)
Solo Instrument [not guitar]
Capriccio, violin (1944)
Impromptu, harp (1959)
Motu perpetuo, bandoneon (1960)
Como una fantasía, cello (1979)
Guitar
Zarabanda lejana (Distant Sarabande), guitar (or piano) (1926) [also arr. for string orchestra]
Pastoral, piano (1926) [arr. 1965 for gtr Pepe Romero; orch version by the composer included in "Tres viejos aires de danza"]
Toccata, guitar (1933)
En los trigales, guitar (1938)
Fandango del Ventorrillo, guitar [arr. 1993 from original work for piano in "Cuatro piezas para piano", 1938]
Aranjuez, ma pensée, guitar [1968 arr. of 2nd mvt of "Concierto de Aranjuez", 1939]
Tiento antiguo, guitar (1942)
El álbum de Cecilia (Cecilia's Album), piano (1948) [arr. for guitar]
Bajando de la meseta, guitar (1954)
Tres piezas españolas, guitar (1954)
- Passacaglia
- Fandango
- Zapateado
Entre olivares, guitar (1956)
Junto al Generalife, guitar (1959)
Tonadilla, 2 guitars (1959)
Sonata giocosa, guitar (1960)
En tierras de Jerez, guitar (1960)
Invocación y danza, guitar (1961)
Tres pequeñas piezas, guitar (1963)
- Ya se van los pastores
- Por caminos de Santiago
- Pequeña sevillana
Sonata a la española, guitar (1969)
Elogio de la guitarra, guitar (1971)
Pájaros de primavera, guitar (1972)
Dos preludios (Two Preludes), guitar (1977) [Adagio - Allegro]
Tríptico, guitar (1978)
- Preludio
- Nocturno
- Scherzin
Un tiempo fue Itálica famosa, guitar (1981)
- Preludio
- Nocturno
- Scherzino
Dos piezas caballerescas (Two Knightly Pieces), orchestra of cellos (1986) [also arr. by Peter Jermer for 4 guitars]
- Madrigal
- Danza de cortesía
Dos pequeñas fantasías, guitar (1987)
- Ecos de Sefarad
- ¡Qué buen caminito!
Piano/Harpsichord
Deux berceuses, piano (1923-28) [arr. for orchestra as "Música para un jardín"]
- Berceuse de otoño (1923)
- Berceuse de primavera (1928)
Suite for Piano (1923)
- Preludio
- Siciliana
- Bourrée
- Minué
- Rigodon
Juglares (Minstrels), orchestra (or piano 4-hands) (1923)
Cinco piezas infantiles (Five pieces for children), 2 pianos (1924) [arr. 1928 for orchestra]
- Son chicos que pasan
- Después de un cuento
- Mazurka
- Plegaria
- Gritería final
Canción y danza (Song and Dance), piano (1925)
Bagatela, piano (1926)
Pastoral, piano (1926) [arr. for gtr Pepe Romero; orchestral version by the composer included in "Tres viejos aires de danza"]
Preludio al gallo mañanero, piano (1926-29)
Zarabanda lejana (Distant Sarabande), guitar (or piano) (1926) [also arr. for string orchestra]
Berceuse de primavera (1928) - see Deux berceuses, piano (1923-28)
Air de ballet sur le nom d'une jeune fille (Ballet tune on the name of a girl), piano (1929)
Serenata española, piano (1931)
Sonada de adiós (Farewell Sonata), piano (1935)
Cinco piezas del siglo XVI (Five Pieces of the 16th Century), piano (1936-38)
- Diferencias sobre el Canto del Caballero (Antonio de Cabezón)
- Pavana (Luis de Milán)
- Pavana (Luis de Milán)
- Pavana (Enriquez de Valderrábano)
- Fantasía que contrahace la harpa de Ludovico (Alonso de Mudarra)
Cuatro piezas para piano (Four Pieces for Piano) (1938)
- Caleseras (Homenaje a Chueca)
- Fandango del ventorrillo
- Plegaria de la Infanta de Castilla
- Danza valenciana
Aranjuez, ma pensée, piano [1968 arr. of 2nd mvt of "Concierto de Aranjuez", 1939]
Tres danzas de España (Three Dances from Spain), piano (1941) [inspired by book of poems 'Danzas viejas' by Victor Espinós]
- Rústica
- Danza de las tres doncellas
- Serrana
Gran marcha de los subsecretarios, piano 4-hands (1941)
À l'ombre de Torre Bermeja (In the Shadow of Torre Bermeja), piano (1945)
El álbum de Cecilia (Cecilia's Album) (6 pieces), piano (1948)
- María de los Reyes (Sevillanas)
- A la jota (Jota de las palomas)
- Canción del hada rubia
- Canción del hada morena
- El negrito Pepo
- Borriquillos a Belén
Cuatro estampas andaluzas (Four Andalusian Pictures), piano (1946-52)
- El vendedor de chanquetes (1950)
- Crepúsculo sobre el Guadalquivir (1946-52)
- Seguidillas del diablo (1951)
- Barquitos de Cádiz (1951)
Sonatas de Castilla (con Toccata a modo de pregón/with Toccata by way of proclamation) (5 pieces), piano (1950-51)
Danza de la amapola (Poppy Dance), piano (1972)
Atardecer, piano 4-hands (1975)
Sonatina para dos muñecas (Sonatina for Two Dolls), piano 4-hands (1977)
- Empieza el dia
- Alegres peripecias
- Recogimiento
- Vuelta del cole
Preludio y ritornello, harpsichord (1979)
Tres evocaciones (Three Evocations), piano (1981)
- Tarde en el parque
- Noche junto al Guadalquivir
- Mañana en Triana
Preludio de añoranza (Prelude of Longing), piano (1987)
Vocal
Cantiga, voice and piano (1925) [text: Gil Vicente]
Romance de la Infantina de Francia, voice and piano (1928) [text: Anonymous]
Serranilla, voice and piano (or chamber orchestra) (1928) [text: Marqués de Santillana]
Barcarola, voice and piano (1934) [text: Victoria Kamhi]
Cançó del Teuladí, voice and piano (or orch) (1934) [text: Teodoro Llorente; orch ver. in "Quatre cançons en llengua catalana"]
Cántico de la esposa, soprano and piano (1934) [also arr. for soprano and chamber orchestra]
Esta niña se lleva la flor, voice and piano (1934) [text: Francisco de Figueroa]
Estribillo, voice and piano (1934) [text: Salvador Jacinto Polo de Medina]
Soneto, voice and piano (1934) [text: Juan Bautista de Mesa]
Canticel, voice and piano (or orch) (1935) [text: Josep Carner; orch ver. in "Quatre cançons en llengua catalana"]
Quatre cançons en llengua catalana (4 songs), soprano and chamber orchestra (1935)
- Canço del Teuladí
- Canticel
- L'inquietut primaveral de la donzella
- Brollador gentil
Coplas del pastor enamorado, voice and piano (or guitar) (1935) [text: Lope de Vega]
Fino cristal, voice and piano (1935) [text: Carlos Rodríguez Pinto]
Tríptic de Mossèn Cinto (3 songs), soprano and orchestra (1935) [text: Jacinto Verdaguer]
- L'harpa sagrada
- Lo violi de Sant Francesc
- Sant Francesc i la cigala
Canción del cucú, voice and piano (1937) [text: Victoria Kamhi]
Canción del grumete, voice and piano (1938) [text: Anonymous]
Chimères, voice and piano (1939) [text: Victoria Kamhi] [Pop song]
La Chanson de ma vie, voice and piano (1939) [text: Juan Camp]
Aranjuez mon amour, voice and piano (or guitar) [1967 arr. of 2nd mvt of "Concierto de Aranjuez", 1939][text: Guy Bontempelli]
Aranjuez, ma pensée, piano; or voice and piano; or voice and guitar [1968 arr. of 2nd mvt of "Concierto de Aranjuez", 1939]
En Aranjuez, con tu amor, voice & pf (or gtr)[1968 arr. of 2nd mvt of "Concierto de Aranjuez", 1939][text: Alfredo García Segura]
La canción de mi vida, voice and piano (1946) [text: Eduardo Castell y Rafael Villaseca] [from operetta "El Duende Azul", 1946]
El mar me llama, voice and piano (1946) [text: E. Castell y R. Villaseca] [Pop song from operetta "El Duende Azul", 1946]
Cuatro madrigales amatorios (4 songs), soprano and piano (or chamber orch) (1947) [inspired by 16th century Spanish music]
- ¿Con qué la lavaré?
- Vos me matasteis
- ¿De dónde venís, amore?
- De los álamos vengo, madre
Romance del comendador de Ocaña, soprano and orch (or piano) (1947) [text: Lope de Vega; adapted by Emtrambasaguas]
Ausencias de Dulcinea, bass (or baritone), 4 sopranos and orchestra (1948) [text: poem by Miguel de Cervantes]
Primavera, soprano and piano (or soprano, flute and piano) (1950) [text: Guillermo Fernández Shaw; alt. ver by Miguel Zanetti]
Romancillo, voice and piano (1950) [text: "Por Mayo era por Mayo"/Anonymous]
¡Un home, San Antonio!, voice and piano (1950) [text: Rosalía de Castro]
Doce canciones españolas (12 Spanish Songs), voice and piano (1951) [popular texts, adapted by Victoria Kamhi]
- Viva la novia y el novio
- De ronda
- Una palomita blanca
- Canción de baile con pandero
- Porque toco el pandero
- Tararán
- En las montañas de Asturias
- Estando yo en mi majada
- Adela
- En Jerez de la Frontera
- San José y María
- Canción de cuna
Tres canciones españolas (3 songs), voice and guitar (1951) [nos. 10, 9 & 2 from "Doce canciones españolas", 1951]
- En Jerez de la Frontera
- Adela
- De ronda
Duermete, Nino (Sleep, Child), soprano, baritone and orchestra (or piano) (1952) [from "Retablo de Navidad"]
La Espera (Hope), voice and orchestra (or piano) (1952) [from "Retablo de Navidad"]
Villancicos [y canciones de Navidad] (3 songs), voice and orchestra (or guitar) (1952) [from "Retablo de Navidad", 1952]
- Pastorcito santo (Holy shepherd boy)
- Aire y donaire (Airs and graces)
- Coplillas de Belén (Carols of Bethlehem)
Ave María, soprano and harmonium (1954) [from original work for chorus]
Romance de Durandarte, voice and guitar (1955) [text: Anon.; adapted by Victoria Kamhi] [see ballet "Pavana Real", 1955]
Folías canarias (Song from the Canary Islands), voice and guitar (1958) [text: Anonymous]
Dos poemas de Juan Ramón Jiménez (2 songs), voice and flute (or piano) (1959) [text: Juan Ramón Jiménez]
- Verde, verderol
- Pájaro del agua
Seis Arias (Six Arias): El hijo fingido (The Feigned Son), zarzuela (1955-60; arr. 1963 for voice and piano) [text: Lope de Vega]
- Coplillas del Alférez
- Cavaletta de Leonardo
- Arietta de Ángela
- Canción de Ángela
- Romanza de Ángela
- Vivo y es mucho deciros
Despedida de Azucena, soprano, oboe, English horn and celesta (1960) [text: Valverde] [from "La Azucena de Quito"]
La Grotte, voice and piano (1962) [text: Louis Emié]
Cánticos nupciales (6 songs), 3 sopranos and organ (1963) [text: The Bk of Tobias; Psalm 31 & 128; Gospel according to St. John]
- Entrada
- Deus Israel
- Ofertorio
- Fughetta
- Comunión
- Evangelio
Rosaliana (4 songs), soprano and chamber orchestra (1965) [text: Rosalía de Castro; In Gallician]
- Cantart' ei, Galicia
- ¿Por qué?
- Adiós ríos, adiós fontes
- ¡Vamos bebendo!
Cuatro canciones sefardíes (4 songs), voice and piano (1965)
- Respóndemos
- Una pastora yo amí
- Nani, nani
- "Morena" me llaman
Sobre el cupey, voice and piano (1965) [text: Luis Hernández Aquino]
Cantos de amor y de guerra (Songs of Love and War) (5 songs), soprano and orchestra (1968) [text: Anonymous]
- Paseábase el rey moro
- ¡A las armas, moriscotes!
- ¡Ay, luna que reluces!
- Sobre Baza estaba el Rey
- Pastorcico, tú que has vuelto
Con Antonio Machado (10 songs), voice and piano (1971) [text: Antonio Machado]
- Preludio
- Mi corazón te aguarda
- Tu voz y tu mano
- Mañana de abril
- Los sueños
- Cantaban los niños
- ¿Recuerdas?
- Fiesta en el prado
- Abril galán
- Canción del Duero
El tren de las penas mías, voice and piano (1972) [text: Alfredo García Segura; Pop song]
Dos canciones para cantar a los niños (2 songs), voice and piano (1973) [text: Anonymous; adapted by Victoria Kamhi]
- Corderito blanco
- Quedito
Líricas castellanas (3 songs), soprano, recorder (or flute), cornet (or oboe) and vihuela (or guitar) (1980) [text: Anon]
- San Juan y Pascua
- Despedida y soledad
- Espera del amado
Canciones de dos épocas (2 songs), voice and piano (1987) [text: Fina Calderón]
- Árbol (1987)
- ¿Por qué te llamaré? (1987)
Incidental/Film
Miedo (Fear), chamber orchestra (1936) [music for a radio novel]
El beso a la bella durmiente, incidental music (1944)
La vida es sueño, incidental music (1950)
El desdén con el desdén, incidental music (1951)
Sor Intrépida, film score (1952)
La guerra di dio (La guerra de Dios/AKA: I Was a Parish Priest), film score (1953)
La destrucción de Sagunto, incidental music (1954)
Cyrano de Bergerac, incidental music (1955)
Sónnica, la cortesana, incidental music (1955)
L'eretico (El hereje), film score (1956) [released 1958?]
Tiestes, incidental music (1956)
Edipo Rey, incidental music (1957)
Música para un jardín (Music for a Garden), documentary short film score (1957) [arr. from pf wk "Deux berceuses", 1923-28]
Viaje por Aranjuez, documentary short film score (1968)
Leo - Irakere, documentary short film score (1979)
RODRIGO LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
The Century of Joaquín Rodrigo - A Documentary (DeaPlaneta International)
Hand in Hand with Joaquin Rodrigo: My Life at the Maestro's Side (Victoria Kamhi De Rodrigo, Latin Amer. Lit. Review Pr)
Joaquin Rodrigo, 97, Master Of Spanish Classical Music - Obituary (Al Goodman, The New York Times)
Joaquín Rodrigo, Famed Spanish Composer Dies (John Martinez, World Socialist Web Site)
A Singer's Guide to the Songs of Joaquín Rodrigo (Suzanne Rhodes Draayer, Scarecrow Pr, books.google.com)
Composer website . . . inquire about Joaquín Rodrigo: here
Rodrigo @ Wikipedia
Rodrigo @ Wikipedia.es (in Spanish)
Rodrigo @ Answers.com
Rodrigo @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Rodrigo @ Classic Cat
Rodrigo @ Classical.com
Rodrigo @ Classical Archives
Rodrigo @ Classical Composers Database
Rodrigo @ Classical Net
Rodrigo @ Classics for Kids
Rodrigo @ ClassicsToday (via Google)
Rodrigo @ Concerto Classics
Rodrigo @ DailyGuitar
Rodrigo @ Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
Rodrigo @ Eyeway.org
Rodrigo @ Facebook
Rodrigo @ Fandango
Rodrigo @ Ferris Guitar
Rodrigo @ Find a Grave
Rodrigo @ Guildmusic
Rodrigo @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Rodrigo @ Infoplease
Rodrigo @ InstantEncore
Rodrigo @ Jeff Blair
Rodrigo @ ladyviola1593
Rodrigo @ Los Angeles Philharmonic
Rodrigo @ Minnesota Public Radio
Rodrigo @ Modern Classical
Rodrigo @ MSN Music
Rodrigo @ Music & Vision
Rodrigo @ Music in Spain is Culture
Rodrigo @ MusicWeb International
Rodrigo @ MySpaceMusic
Rodrigo @ Naxos
Rodrigo @ The New York Times
Rodrigo @ On An Overgrown Path
Rodrigo @ Passagen
Rodrigo @ Piano Society
Rodrigo @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Rodrigo @ Schott Music
Rodrigo @ Sheer Pluck
Rodrigo @ SoundUnwound
Rodrigo @ Spanish Ministry of Culture, Univ of Texas at El Paso and UTEP Department of Music
Rodrigo @ spiritus-temporis
Rodrigo @ Suite101
Publisher
Rodrigo @ Composer's website - check under individual work listings
Rodrigo @ Boosey & Hawkes
Rodrigo @ Bote & Bock
Rodrigo @ Chester Novello
Rodrigo @ Editions Joaquin Rodrigo - check under individual work listings
Rodrigo @ Schott Music
Streaming Audio
Rodrigo @ Classical Archives
Rodrigo @ last.fm
Rodrigo @ MySpaceMusic
Rodrigo @ NPRmusic
Rodrigo @ PRX (Public Radio Exchange)
Rodrigo @ Rhapsody.com
Rodrigo @ SoundCloud
Recordings
Rodrigo @ ArkivMusic
Rodrigo @ CD Universe
Rodrigo @ ClassicsOnline
Rodrigo @ Discogs
Video
Rodrigo @ YouTube
Rodrigo @ Google Video
Rodrigo @ Vimeo
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