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Another's Fandango (1981)
Written for David Starobin in 1981, Another's Fandango is an exploration of the classical guitar's traditional role in Spanish music. The impressionistic work evokes sounds and rhythms of the Spanish fandango without calling for direct imitation. The piece alternates between rhythmic sections and arpeggiated chords of harmonics which begin and end the piece.
John Anthony Lennon (b. 1950) is an Atlanta-based composer of a variety of orchestral, chamber, and vocal works. His output includes a particular emphasis on guitar repertoire, drawing from his early studies as a guitarist.
Lennon was raised in Mill Valley, California, and educated at the University of San Francisco and University of Michigan, where he studied with Leslie Bassett and William Bolcom. He has received commissions from the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Fromm Foundation, Kennedy Center Chamber Players, Library of Congress, and National Endowment for the Arts. His honors include awards from the Friedheim and Guggenheim Foundations, the Charles Ives Award, and Prix de Rome. He has held residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Camargo Foundation, Tanglewood, Villa Montalvo, and Yaddo.
Lennon is on faculty at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. His music is recorded on the Albany, Bridge, Capstone, CRI, and Open Loop labels.
related websites
http://www.johnanthonylennon.com
David Starobin is one of today's leading performers of contemporary music for guitar. He initially studied with Manuel Gayol, then later with Albert Valdes Blain and Aaron Shearer at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. More than 300 solo, chamber, and concerto works have been dedicated to Starobin by such composers as Poul Ruders, George Crumb, Jonathan Harvey, Lukas Foss, Gunther Schuller, Milton Babbitt, and Per Nørgård. Also a performer on early guitars, Starobin's concerts have often featured music by 19th century guitar virtuoso Giulio Regondi. He has received an award from the Fromm Foundation and is the only guitarist to be awarded the Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Career Prize. Currently the chairman of the Guitar Department at the Manhattan School of Music, Starobin is also the co-founder of the Bridge Records label, where many of his performances can be found.
related websites
http://www.bridgerecords.com/ds_artist.htm
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