Biblioteca de la Guitarra y Cuerda Pulsada

Minuet No. 6 by Peruvian composer Pedro Ximénez de Abril Tirado (1780, Arequipa, Perú - 1856, Sucre, Bolivia). The recently found works of this legendary and prolific composer include, among others, 40 Symphonies, 48 Masses, 226 Songs with piano accompaniment, 50 Waltzes for piano, chamber works, as well as various guitar works, and in 2013 were registered with the UNESCO “Memory of the World” list. Pedro Ximénez was certainly one of the foremost South American composers of all times. His collection of 100 Minuets for guitar solo are now published by Alexander-Sergei Ramirez for Chanterelle/Zimmermann (ZECH2707). A selection of 23 Minuets by Ximénez were recorded by Ramirez on: "Guitarra Clásica del Perú" on Cavi Music label, Catalog #: 553316 ORF [Austrian Radio] Recorded at Ramírez Máro Institut, Hauset - Belgium;