The Unsung Years: It Took Many Years for Barrios to Get his Due

BY GRAHAM WADE | FROM THE SPRING 2019 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR Following the death of Agustín Barrios Mangoré on August 7, 1944, his compositions and recordings remained virtually unknown to the international guitar fraternity for some 30 years. The floodgates were eventually opened in 1977 by the release of John Williams—Barrios, a remarkable LP featuring 15 compositions. In the liner notes, Williams wrote how he was “indebted to Carlos Payet of San Salvador for providing me with a lot of … Continue reading The Unsung Years: It Took Many Years for Barrios to Get his Due