FRANCISCO TÁRREGA Pepita

Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea, or ‘Quiquet’ (Frank) as his friends called him, was born November 21st, 1852, and had a somewhat complicated start in life after a traumatic incident as an infant left him partially blind. One version of this backstory published by his pupil, one Emilio Pujol, is he was thrown into a river and left for dead by his nursemaid. He was ultimately saved by neighbours but the trauma left him with lifelong eye damage that he required surgery for, for the rest of his life.

Owing to this medical implication Tarrega’s journey into music