Tárrega was born on 21 November 1852, in Villarreal, Province of Castellón, Spain. It is said that Francisco's father played flamenco and several other music styles on his guitar; when his father was away working as a watchman at the Convent of San Pascual, Francisco would take his father's guitar and attempt to make the beautiful sounds he had heard.
Our arrangement of the Gran Vlas is for three cellos. In 1992, Nokia used Francisco Tárrega's Gran Vals as the background music in a commercial for the Nokia 1011. The excerpt of Gran Vals used includes the phrase that would later be used for the Nokia tune ringtone. Cellos 2 and 3 are easy. Cello 1 goes up to tenor clef a couple of times.
Listen here: • Tarrega - Gran Vals (f...
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