Music in the Spotlight Series

Francisco Tàrrega

Hello Francisco... it is nice to meet you. In the many genres and styles of music that have come and gone there are many classical composers that are famous today. Really it is amazing when you look that musical pieces are found everywhere. Cartoons and in particular Warner brother helped etched certain pieces of classical music into the American psyche, for example, .

A Corny Concerto (1943)

However even more eternally present in the cultural psyche, a tune that will be written on the pages of history with a very large indelible ink marker... is this one.

Do you recognize it? Yep it is the Nokia tune heard in buses trains, sidewalks, company meetings the world over. However.... lesser known is the song from which this musical phrase is taken. It is called the "Gran Vals" by Francisco Tàrrega. And is beautiful...