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The
composer says: Some time ago, while I was playing guitar at a cafe in Brooklyn,
New York, there was a regular patron: an unusual woman of uncertain age who
would dine there each week. She came at the same time, sat at the same table and
she usually wore a fanciful hat during the entire course of her meal. That hat
recalled to me the shape of an artichoke. This woman was an ardent fan of tango
music and she would often interrupt my performance of the usual standard classic
guitar music with a request for a tango. Because she was so enthusiastic
and I wanted to please her, I set about to learn a few tangos by a variety of
composers. Some evenings, she became so excited that she would get up and dance,
wild-eyed, creating quite a ruckus. After several months, she stopped coming to
the cafe and shortly thereafter, I stopped playing there. It is with her in mind
that I composed the Tango Caffé Carciofo. [Carciofo is Italian for
artichoke]..
Mark
Delpriora has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil,
and Uruguay. He has been the recipient of grants and awards including the first
Andrés Segovia Award from the Manhattan School of Music, the Beards Fund Award,
a Cooper Institute of the Arts and Humanities Grant, The Artists International
Distinguished Artist Award, a Meet the Composer Grant, and a United Nations
Travel Grant. He was twice chosen to perform in the New York Masterclasses given
by Andrés Segovia in 1982 and 1987.
Mr. Delpriora has recorded for Koch International Classics, Soundspells,
Philips, and CRI. As a composer, his “Sonata Nº 3” (Gilardino) is published
by Edizioni Musicali Bèrben and his “Four Images” are published by Guitar
Arts Publishing. His work appears in anthologies by Mel Bay (the Contemporary
Guitar, ed. Stanley Yates) and Dover (American Folk Songs, ed. David Nadal).
Mark Delpriora is currently on the guitar faculty of the Manhattan School of
Music.
Cover art is by Ivana Barazi, Brno, Czech Republic. Used by permission.
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