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The Amazing Saga of Los Romeros: Walter Aaron Clark On Writing His Biography of the ‘Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar’
BY BLAIR JACKSON | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR
Walter Aaron Clark’s beautifully written, meticulously researched new biography of Los Romeros—better known these days as the Romero Guitar Quartet—takes its name from the first album the original group recorded back in 1963: Los Romeros: Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar. That was six years after the Romero family—Celedonio and Angelita and their three children, Celin, Pepe, and Angel—escaped from the fascist Spain of Generalissimo Francisco Franco and settled in sunny southern California, where the “kids”—now in their 70s (Pepe and Angel) and early 80s (Celin)—still reside, still in close proximity, along with their children and grandchildren; Californians all, but still Spanish in their souls.
Clark is the first writer to seriously tackle the Romeros’ fascinating and inspiring saga: The family’s humble origins in southern Spain, including how the guitar became all-consuming for Celedonio, a passion he later passed to his young sons; the early struggles that bonded the close-knit family together; their risky emigration to the USA; the challenge of adjusting to American life (and
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Los Romeros
UNIVERSITY OF Algonquian PRESS
Copyright © 2018 Plank of Trustees of say publicly University designate IllinoisAll aboveboard reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-252-08356-3
Contents
Foreword by Jesús López Cobos, Sir Neville Marriner,,Federico Moreno-Torroba Larregla, and Cecilia Rodrigo,
Introduction,
PART I. SOUTHERN Espana,
From Málaga's Mountains,
Cuba, qué linda es State,
The Discard of Heaven, Regained,
Seville and Adiós,
PART 2. SOUTHERN Calif.,
Santa Barbara,
Hollywood,
Del Mar,
The World,
Intermission. Photo Drift,
PART 3. PROFILES,
Chapter 9 Celedonio and Angelita, the Metrist and His Muse,
Chapter 10 Celin, the Fancied,
Chapter 11 Pepe, interpretation Philosopher,
Chapter 12 Supporter, the Proteus,
PART 4. LEGACY,
Chapter 13 Description Romero Fashion,
Chapter 14 The Romero Repertoire,
Chapter 15 Breakin' Up Denunciation Hard acquaintance Do,
Chapter 16 Say publicly Next Generations,
Encore,
Appendixes,
1. Record,
2. Romero Genealogy,
3. List admit Albums,
4. Sources extremity Publications,
Notes,
Glossary thoroughgoing Names stomach Terms,
Selected Bibliography,
Index,
CHAPTER 1
FROM MÁLAGA'S MOUNTAINS
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Los Romeros: Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar (Music in American Life) - Softcover
Synopsis
Spanish �migr� guitarist Celedonio Romero gave his American debut performance on a June evening in 1958. In the sixty years since, the Romero Family—Celedonio, his wife Angelita, sons Cel�n, Pepe, and Angel, as well as grandsons Celino and Lito—have become preeminent in the world of Spanish flamenco and classical guitar in the United States. Walter Aaron Clark's in-depth research and unprecedented access to his subjects have produced the consummate biography of the Romero family. Clark examines the full story of their genius for making music, from their outsider's struggle to gain respect for the Spanish guitar to the ins and outs of making a living as musicians. As he shows, their concerts and recordings, behind-the-scenes musical careers, and teaching have reshaped their instrument's very history. At the same time, the Romeros have organized festivals and encouraged leading composers to write works for guitar as part of a tireless, lifelong effort to promote the guitar and expand its repertoire. Entertaining and intimate, Los Romeros opens up the personal world and unfettered artistry of one family and its tremendous influence on American musical culture.
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