Celedonio Romero

the quartets recordings.

Celedonio made a large number of recordings, both solo
and with the Romeros, which appeared on the Delos and
Philips labels. He also wrote over 100 compositions for
guitar, including a dozen concertos.
Romero died of lung cancer at the age of 83 in San Diego,
California. He was inducted into the Orden de Isabel la
Catlica by King Juan Carlos I. He was also made a Caballero del Santo Sepulcro (Knight of the Holy Sepulchre) by Pope John Paul II.

2 Compositions
Many of the dates below are publication dates rather than
when the work was rst composed.
Celedonio Romero - An Evening of Guitar Music

Suite andaluza: para guitarra

Celedonio Romero (2 March 1913 8 May 1996) was a

guitarist, composer and poet, perhaps best known as the
founder of The Romeros guitar quartet.

Estudio. La Mariposa

Tango Angelita: for voice and guitar or solo guitar

(1931)
Noche en malaga (1940)

Biography

Romantic Prelude (1945)

Celedonio Romero was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba,[1]

while his parents were on a business trip to the island.
He began playing the guitar at the age of 5, and eventually
studied music theory, harmony, composition, and counterpoint at the Conservatory of Mlaga and at the Madrid
Royal Conservatory, where he was taught by Joaqun Turina. Romero never studied with a guitar teacher. Although he made his concert debut at the age of 22 and
was well known in Spain, the Franco government refused
to permit him to give concerts abroad, keeping him unknown from the rest of the world. His wife, Angelita, was
a singer and stage actress who had studied at Mlagas
Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

Gavota para guitarra (1980)

Tema y variaciones: Homenaje a Fernando Sor:
para guitarra (1981)
Cinco preludios para guitarra (1981)
Concierto de Malaga: por soleares (1981; orchestration by Federico Moreno Torroba)
La Catedral de Colonia: para guitarra (1983)
Diez preludios: VI al XV, para guitarra (1983)
Preludios; y, Cancin para guitarra (1983)

After secretly obtaining an American visa, the family secured permission to visit an ailing relative in Portugal in
1957. However, rather than returning to Spain, the family settled in Southern California, and Celedonio and his
three sons Celin, Pepe, and Angel started a guitar quartet, The Romeros, and also began to take on guitar students. Celedonio Romero was Christopher Parkening's
rst teacher; and then Pepe also taught Parkening. Angelita Romero can be heard playing castanets on some of

Dos mazurkas para guitarra (1983)

Sonata scarlatta: para guitarra: no. 1 para guitarra
(1984)
Celin: tango: para guitarra (1984)
Fiesta andaluza: concierto para guitarra y orquesta
(1985)
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3 SEE ALSO
Sonata Scarlatta: no. 2 para guitarra (1986)
El cortijo de Don Sancho: suite para guitarra y
orquesta (1986)

[1] http://www.peperomero.com/alt_family.html. Retrieved

2009/10/14

Fantasia cortesana : suite antigua para guitarra y

orquesta (1986)

Bernstein, Paul. The Royal Family of the Guitar.

New York Times Magazine, Nov. 29, 1981, 98+.

Los Maestros: tres canciones para tres principales:

guitarra (1986)

Gernandez-Lavie, Fernando, with assistance from

Pepe Romero. Beyond the Stars: Celedonio
Romero 1913-1996, Classical Guitar, Vol. 16
(June 1998): 11-18.

Suite madrilea, no. 1 para guitarra (1986)

Suite madrilea, no. 2 (1986)
Pepe: vals, para guitarra (1986)
Angel: vals no. 1 para guitarra (1986)
Angel vals: no. 2 para guitarra (1986)
Guitarras del museo : para quintarra y orquesta
(1987)
Nocturno de la bahia y la farola (1987)
La Petenera se ha muerto y los pajaros vuelan: for
guitar (1987)
El Embrujo de gibralfaro y puerta oscura: concierto
no. 8 (1988)
Fantasia espaola: poema a la guitarra (guitarra y
orquesta) (1988)
Suite number 9 (La espaola): Concerto for 2 guitars
and orchestra (1992)
Cancin(sobre la petenera) (1993)
Habanera (1993)
Danza andaluza: no 1 (1993)
Danza andaluza: no 1 (1993)

3.1 References

See also

The Romero Guitar Quartet

196090: Celedonio Romero, Celin Romero, Pepe
Romero, Angel Romero
199096: Celedonio Romero, Celin Romero, Pepe
Romero, Celino Romero
since 1996: Celin Romero, Pepe Romero, Celino
Romero, Lito Romero

Ornish, Laurel. Recuerdos de Celedonio Romero

(1913-1996), Soundboard, Vol. 24 (Fall 1997):
21-26.

3.2 External links

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