Agustin Barrios Mangoré lived from 1885 until 1944. Born in Paraguay, he was a virtuoso guitar player and a composer, and his music honored his heritage of the Guaraní indigenous South American people ...
Two short guitar pieces start our first hour. Alexander-Sergei Ramirez plays "Una limosna por el amor de Dios" by Agustin Barrios Mangore; then Pepe Romero plays "El Colibri" by Julio Sagreras.
Scott Yoo and Dr. Fred Sheppard discuss Barrios’ transformation into Nitsuga Mangoré after he more fully embraced his Guaraní heritage. The Folk Music that Inspired Agustín Barrios Scott Yoo visits ...