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Agustín Pío Barrios
Person · male · Paraguay · San Juan Bautista · born 1885 · died 1944 · recording since 1977
Paraguayan composer and musician (1885-1944)
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Also known as アグスティン・バリオス＝マンゴレ · A. Barrios · Agustin Barrios · Agustin P. Barrios · Agustín Barrios · Agustín Barrios · +6 more
Timeline
27 events▣ Album 24◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1880s
1940s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: John Williams Plays Music of Agustín Barrios Mangoré
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1980s
1990s
2000s
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Album: Guitar Music, Volume 1: Suite Andina / Un sueño en la floresta
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2010s
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Album: Carlos Martínez interpreta los aires criollos de Agustín Barrios
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Album: Guitar Music 4: Las abejas / Serenata morisca / Aires criollos
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Album: Guitar Music 5: Pericón / Choro da saudade / Danza paraguaya no. 1
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2020s
Biography
English biography1,806 words · 11 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1376287246
Biography
Agustín Pío Barrios (also known as Agustín Barrios Mangoré and Nitsuga—Agustín spelled backwards—Mangoré; May 5, 1885 – August 7, 1944) was a Paraguayan virtuoso classical guitarist and composer, regarded by some as one of the greatest performers and arguably the most prolific composer for the classical guitar.
Birthplace
It has been generally accepted that Barrios was born in San Juan Bautista, Paraguay, although the baptismal document in the book of registries in the cathedral of that city does not give his place of birth and several biographers and authorities present evidence that he was actually born in nearby Villa Florida, Misiones, on the Tebicuary River, 30 km to the north; Barrios' diplomatic papers, found in 2019, give "Missiones" [sic] as the place of birth.
Early life
As a child, Barrios developed a love of music and literature, two arts that were very important to his family. Barrios would eventually speak two languages (Spanish and Guarani), and read three others (English, French, and German).
Barrios began to show an interest in musical instruments, particularly the guitar, before he reached his teens. He went to Asunción in 1900, at the age of fifteen, to attend Colegio Nacional de Asunción, thus becoming one of the youngest university students in Paraguayan history. Apart from his studies in the music department, Barrios was highly appreciated by members of the mathematics, journalism and literature departments. He was a skilled graphic artist and worked for a time in the Agricultura bank and the Paraguayan Naval office.
After leaving the Colegio Nacional, Barrios dedicated his life to music, poetry, and travel. He composed more than 100 original works and arranged another 200 works of other composers. Barrios made several friends during his many trips across South America. He was known for giving his friends and fans signed copies of his poems. As a consequence, there are several versions of his poetical works that have surfaced across the Americas. Many current collectors warn potential buyers to be careful when they come across a work reportedly autographed by Barrios because of known forgeries.
Career
Barrios was famed for his phenomenal performances, both live and on gramophone recordings. Eye-witness testimony from Lope Texera in Caracas Venezuela on April 18, 1932, declared that Barrios was "superior to Segovia whom I saw in London last year". Barrios has been credited as the first classical guitarist to make recordings, in 1909/10, but the earliest known recordings were by guitarists Luis and Simon Ramirez, onto cylinders, for the "Viuda de Aramburo" label, in Madrid, between 1897 and 1901. Barrios sometimes performed in concert in traditional Paraguayan dress (he was partly of Guaraní origin), beginning in 1932 using the pseudonym of Nitsuga Mangoré ('Nitsuga' being Agustín spelled backwards, and 'Mangoré' being the name of a cacique of the South American indigenous group Timbú).
His works were largely late-Romantic in character, despite his having lived well into the twentieth century. Many of them are also adaptations of, or are influenced by, South American and Central American folk music. Many of them are considered virtuosic.
The Johann Sebastian Bach-inspired La Catedral, from 1921, is widely considered to be Barrios' magnum opus, winning the approval of Andrés Segovia, who said "In 1921 in Buenos Aires, I played at the hall La Argentina noted for its good acoustics for guitar, where Barrios had concertized just weeks before me. He was presented to me by his secretary Elbio Trapani. At my invitation, Barrios visited me at the hotel and played for me upon my very own guitar several of his compositions, among which the one that really impressed me was a magnificent concert piece The Cathedral whose first movement is an andante, like an introduction and prelude, and a second very virtuosic piece which is ideal for the repertory of any concert guitarist. Barrios had promised to send me immediately a copy of the work (I had ten days remaining before continuing my journey) but I never received a copy." However, it is possible that Segovia did receive the score and chose not to play it, either out of distaste for Barrios' folk-based music or professional jealousy (because Barrios was more of a composer than he was).
Later life and death
After touring Europe in 1934-35, Barrios performed in Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. Several writers have suggested that Barrios revisited Mexico in 1939, but his immigration file with the Mexican government did not include an entry for him or his wife Gloria that year. He fulfilled his dream to reach the United States after getting an entry visa at the US Embassy in Maracaibo Venezuela on December 23, 1936. Ship passenger lists reveal that Barrios and his wife travelled as diplomats and arrived in Puerto Rico, a US territory, in January 1937.
He reportedly suffered a myocardial infarction in front of the US Embassy in Guatemala City on October 27, 1939, after it was discovered that he was travelling with phony diplomatic papers issued by his lifetime friend and Patron Tomas Salomoni. Having recently been in Germany, at the lead-in to the Second World War, Barrios was never again able to use his diplomatic connections. He was sent an invitation to leave Guatemala because of his political leanings. He accepted a presidential invite of Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, then President of El Salvador, to move to El Salvador, and take up a position in the National Conservatory of Music and Declamation 'Rafael Olmedo'.
He was never to leave El Salvador. Past biographers suggested that, on August 7, 1944, he suffered a second myocardial infarction which caused his death, but this is still undetermined. A forensic physician has suggested that his death was more likely due to poisoning. At the time, Barrios' wife was carrying on an open affair with the Italian coffee plantation owner Pasquale Cosarelli, who was also residing in the Barrios household. Cosarelli was soon to marry Barrios' widow, and had both the motive and the chemicals to carry out the murder. Barrios was buried at Cementerio de Los Ilustres, having been carried there in the hottest week of the year on the shoulders of his students. In the hours after his death, his handwritten scores were stolen by his students along with his scrapbooks.
Twelve "Mangoreanos"
During his performing years, Barrios only informally shared bits of his musical knowledge with his patrons Luis Pasquet, Martin Borda Pagola, Dionisio Basualdo, Bautista and Lalyta Almiron, and Raul Borges.
Barrios vehemently rejected the idea of devoting time to the formal instruction of students, as he saw it detrimental to the flourishing of the artist, often responding to persuasive attempts "cuando nace el maestro, muere el artista" (the artist dies with the birth of the teacher). Given his masterful command of the instrument and compositional prolificity, the stance was then perceived as tragic eccentricity.
Following his extensive travels in Brazil while he was still an active performer, and beginning in 1940, he wrote his guitar method. Fate and necessity had it such that he, after arriving in El Salvador, were to finally provide comprehensive guitar composition and performance instruction to selected students, mostly of Salvadoran nationality. They were known as the Twelve "Mangoreanos":
Luis Mario Samayoa ( -1969)
Benjamín Cisneros ( -1987)
Rubén Urquilla ( -1993)
René Cortés-Andrino ( -1995)
Mario Cardona Lazo ( -1999)
Jesús Quiroa ( -2001)
Jose Cándido Morales ( -2002)
Julio Cortés-Andrino ( -2006)
Cecilio Orellana ( -2007)
Roberto Bracamontes ( -2007)
Víctor Urrutia ( -2010)
Elena Valdivieso (-unknown)
Jose Cándido Morales and Roberto Bracamontes were the only ones to learn from Barrios as live-in students in the Barrios home, which functioned as a boarding house.
After Barrios' death, Morales remained the keeper of Barrios' legacy, techniques, and late works. Morales taught hundreds across socio-economic segments, ages, and natural talents. Notable descendants of Barrios through Morales' formation include Dr Jorge Alberto Sanabria and Oscar Babich.
Folk music
The folk music of Paraguay (including the polca paraguaya and vals) provided the young Barrios with his first introduction to music. In 1898, Barrios was formally introduced to the classical guitar repertoire by Gustavo Sosa Escalada. At that time, Barrios may have already composed works for the guitar, and also performed pieces written by his other composers, such as La Chinita and La Perezosa. Under the influence of his new teacher, Barrios went on to perform and study the works of Tárrega, Viñas, Sor and Aguado. Sosa Escalada was so impressed with his new pupil that he convinced Barrios's parents to let him move to Asunción to continue his education. Having already surpassed the technical and performing abilities of most guitarists, Barrios began seriously to compose around 1905.
Among the folkloric influences, Barrios is known to have played such popular Paraguayan works as "Campamento Cerro León", "Londón Carapé", "Guyrá campana", "Mamá Cumandá". As an example, "Guyrá campana" is very interesting, since some of the material can be heard in parts of Barrios' recording of "Caazapá — Aire Popular Paraguayo". Though "Guyrá campana" is traditional music, many maintain that it is very closely related to guitarist Carlos Talavera (from Caazapá), whom Barrios knew.
There are various versions of "Guyrá campana" (it is also known as "Pájaro campana") e.g. for Paraguayan harp (Félix Pérez Cardozo); in some versions, the birdsong imitations can be very clearly heard.
Composer
Barrios's compositions can be divided into three basic categories: folkloric, imitative and religious. Barrios paid tribute to the music and people of his native land by composing pieces modeled after folk songs from South America and Central America. Implementing the compositional style and techniques of the Baroque and Romantic periods was another side to his craftsmanship. Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios (Alms for the Love of God) is an example of a religiously-inspired work.
In popular culture
On August 21, 2015, the film Mangoré – For the Love of Art was released in Asunción, based loosely on the life of Agustin Barrios, with a script and direction by the Chilean filmmaker Luis R. Vera. The guitarist was played by the Mexican actor Damián Alcázar and the Paraguayan actor Celso Franco, star of 7 Boxes. The music in the soundtrack was played by the Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas. The concert scenes were filmed using a guitar by Mexican guitar maker Federico Sheppard.
Biography
Agustín Pío Barrios. Archivo Paraguayo de la Música Centro Cultural de la República – El Cabildo, Asunción, Paraguay (in Spanish)
Mario Serio, Le incisioni discografiche di Agustin Barrios (in Italian)
Luis Szarán, Barrios Agustín (Mangoré), Diccionario de la Música en el Paraguay (in Spanish)
Pagina Cultural del Paraguay: Breve Recordación a Mangoré. Agustín Pío Barrios (in Spanish)
Agustín Barrios Mangoré: The Folkloric, Imitative, and the Religious Influence Behind His Compositions – a review essay by Johnna Jeong
Other
Guitar of Barrios
Agustin Barrios International Guitar Competition (Nuoro, Italy)
Free scores by Agustín Barrios at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Augustín Barrios recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 23 | 84.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 27 | 89.5th |
| Studio albums | 24 | 97.3th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 27 | 96.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -33 | 7.4th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (27 release groups · 24 studio albums)
Albums · 24
John Williams Plays Music of Agustín Barrios Mangoré
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 57:05
A1La catedral7:14A2.aMadrigal (Gavota)3:40A2.bMinuet2:49A2.cMazurka apassionata4:57A3.aEstudio2:11A3.bPreludio1:49A4Sueño en la floresta7:00B1Valse no. 33:59B2.aCueca3:27B2.bAire de Zamba2:57B2.cAconquija3:43B2.dMaxixa2:46B3Una limosna por el amor de Dios3:17B4Choro de saudade4:46B5Villancico de Navidad2:30La catedral: Romantisch‐virtuose Gitarrentmusik
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 51:52
1La catedral: Preludio saudade / Andante religioso / Allegro solemne7:302Barcarola (Julia Florida)3:583Confesión4:194Choro de saudade5:155Un sueño en la floresta (Tremolo)7:106Preludio g‐moll, op. 5 Nr. 15:487Mazurka apasionada5:328Vals de la primavera4:129Vals Nr. 3 d‐moll4:2310Vals Nr. 4 G‐dur3:45Latin American Guitar Music by Barrios and Ponce
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:17:10
1La catedral nos 1-37:172Medley: Madrigal (Gavota)3:413Medley: Minuet2:504Medley: Mazurka appasionata5:005Medley 2: Estudio2:126Medley 2: Preludio1:517Medley 2: Sueño en la floresta7:048Medley 2: Valse no. 34:039Medley 3: Cueca3:2810Medley 3: Aire de Zamba2:5711Medley 3: Aconquija3:4412Medley 3: Maxixa2:4813Una limosna por el amor de Dios3:2014Villancico de Navidad2:4115Folia de España24:14Classics of the Americas 3, Volume 3: Paraguay
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:04:09
1Aconquija3:172Aire de Zamba2:253Prelude in G minor, op. 5 no. 12:364Waltz in D minor, op. 8 no. 33:445Waltz in G major, op. 8 no. 43:586Mazurka appasionata4:597Las Abejas1:568Romanza en imitacion al violoncello2:559Sueño en la foresta6:3910La Catedral : I. Preludio1:5611La Catedral: II. Andante religioso1:5012La Catedral: III. Allegro2:5813Oracion3:0914Caazapa (Aire popular paraguayo)3:1315Danza paraguaya3:0816Julia Florida (Barcarola)3:0417Chòro da saudade4:5618Estudio de concierto2:2719Preludio en do menor2:1020Una limosna por el amor de Dios2:49The Complete Guitar Recordings (1913-42)
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 59 tracks · 1:13:05
Disc 11Tango no. 22:392Don Pérez Freire2:373Pepita (Vals)6:064Aire de zamba2:555Danza paraguaya3:106Cueca (Danza chilena)3:267Romanza2:318Maxixe2:389Aconquija3:0210Madrigal (Gavota)3:1711Contemplación4:0812Pericón4:0113Confesión3:3114Un sueño en la floresta6:1715Vals no. 33:3416La catedral4:3717Oración3:1018Vals no. 43:2119Armonías de América4:1220Invocación a mi madre3:53Disc 21Divagaciones criollas2Vidalita3Jota4Milonga5A mi madre6Divagación7La bananita8Aires de Andalucía9Aires criollos10Minueto11Córdoba12Sarita (1st rec.)13Luz mala, estilo14Mazurca (Sarita, 2nd rec.)15Junto a tu corazón16Aire de zamba (2nd rec.)17Invocación a la luna (incomplete)18Sueño de la muñequita (Vals)19Diana guaraní (Diana paraguaya)20(Unidentified) & Voice of BarriosDisc 31Oro y plata2Ay ay ay (1st rec.)3Marcha paraguaya4La paloma5Matilde (Mazurka)6Divagación chopiniana7Madrigal8Marcha de San Lorenzo9Tarantella (1st rec.)10Minueto11Capricho árabe12Capricho árabe13Minuet14Loure15Aire popular paraguayo16Träumerei17Tarantella (2nd rec.)18Minueto, op. 11 no. 619Ay, ay (2nd rec.)1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:09:47
1Un sueño en la floresta7:132Gavota madrigal3:183Danza paraguaya n.º 11:564Danza paraguaya n.º 2 "¡Jha, che valle!"1:575Danza paraguaya n.º 3 "London carapé"1:376Julia Florida4:127Vals, op. 8 no. 34:078Vals de primavera4:349Vals tropical2:2310Vals, op. 8 no. 43:5011Las abejas1:4212Fabiniana3:0213Mazurka apasionata3:5114País de abanico2:5915Cueca3:4116La catedral: I. Preludio (Saudade)2:0417La catedral: II. Andante religioso1:4318La catedral: III. Allegro solemne3:0719A mi madre5:1420Caazapa3:5621Una limosna por el amor de Dios3:211995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:07:24
1Vals no. 34:122Preludio en do menor2:143Cueca3:304Maxixa2:425La catedral6:586Julia Florida (barcarola)4:297Vals no. 44:218Una limosna para el amor de Dios3:289Mazurka appassionata5:0810Las abejas2:1911Medallon antiguo3:2112Choro de saudade4:5013Aire de zamba2:4614Aconquija4:1715Preludio en sol menor2:4916Sueño en la floresta6:4317Villancico de navidad3:171998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:09:18
1Maxixe2:412Ca'azapa4:423Jha che valle2:134Un sueño en la floresta7:335País de abanico3:276Villancico de Navidad2:447Waltz, op. 8 no. 44:248Allegro sinfónico2:359Julia Florida4:1810La catedral: Preludio saudade2:1311La catedral: Andante religioso2:0612La catedral: Allegro solemne3:0913Aconquija4:3514Waltz, op. 8 no. 34:3715Prelude in C minor1:5716Madrigal3:5317Choro da saudade5:3118London carape1:5119Danza paraguaya2:2120Las abejas2:281999 · studio album
Guitar Music, Volume 1: Suite Andina / Un sueño en la floresta
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:00:35
1Maxixe3:232Un sueño en la floresta7:133Vals, op. 8 no. 44:154Humoresque3:185Sarita (mazurka)3:366Madrigal - Gavota3:407Vidalita con variaciones3:428Junto a tu corazón - Vals4:009Mabelita2:0210Tú y yo (gavota romántica)4:2011Villancico de Navidad2:3512Pepita5:5713Suite andina: Aconquija3:4614Suite andina: Aire de zamba3:0015Suite andina: Córdoba2:2716Suite andina: Cueca3:212002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:15:18
1La catedral7:332Estilo uruguayo3:393Aire de zamba2:484Vals, op. 8 no. 34:135Danza paraguaya no. 12:286Sargento Cabral (zamba)2:197Confesión (romanza)4:468Preludio, op. 5 no. 13:559Choro da saudade5:1110Leyenda de España6:1711Las abejas2:2612Oración por todos2:3113El sueño de la muñequita2:4514Vals de primavera5:2715La samaritana4:0216Mazurca apasionada5:3217Cueca (danza chilena)3:1218Villancico de Navidad2:5019Una limosna por el amor de Dios3:242003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:05:58
1Invocación a mi madre4:292La catedral: Preludio (Saudade)2:163La catedral: Andante religioso1:594La catedral: Allegro solemne2:595Confesión4:356Cancion de la hilandera2:557Oración (Plegaria)3:508Madrecita2:069La samaritana5:0010El sueño de la muñequita2:4211Contemplación4:2912Oración para todos3:0213Minuet in B major3:2014Minuet in E major2:5515Minuet in A major2:0516Minuet in C major1:2417Divagación en imitación al violin3:2618Variations on a Theme of Tárrega12:262006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 58:39
1Valse, op. 8 no. 34:212Las abejas2:163Julia Florida4:154Dinora3:065Vals brillante, op. 8 no. 44:096Una limosna por el amor de Dios3:437Mabelita1:578Escala y preludio1:489Estudio en arpegio1:2410Estudio en sol menor2:3411Estudio de concierto no. 12:2912Estudio del ligado1:0313Medallón antiguo3:0114Gavota al estilo antiguo1:4915Hommage a Bach2:2216Un sueño en la floresta7:1917Estilo uruguayo3:1918Danza paraguaya no. 12:5119Jha, che valle1:5120Córdoba3:02Guitar Music 3: Caazapá / Medallon Antiguo / Fabiniana
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 55:52
1Caazapá, aire popular paraguayo3:172Don Pérez Freire (tango)3:143Medallón antiguo3:004Vals tropical2:455Arabescos (Estudio no. 4)1:266Escala y preludio1:437Estudio vals1:348Estudio in A2:009Estudio inconcluso0:5810País de abanico4:2611Fabiniana2:2812Tango no. 23:2113Tua imagem, vals3:3514Leyenda de España4:0915Capricho español2:5416Alegro sinfónico2:3717Luz mala1:3318Minuet en la2:5119Estilo uruguayo2:5820Danza guaraní1:3421Tarantella3:292010 · studio album
Carlos Martínez interpreta los aires criollos de Agustín Barrios
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 31 tracks · 1:40:28
Disc 11Danza guaraní1:422Armonías de América4:233Estilo y pericón3:084Caazapá3:305Córdoba (Suite andina)2:346Aire de Zamba (Suite andina)3:217Aconquija (Suite andina)3:238Cueca (Suite andina)3:379Isabel3:1010Vidalita en re menor5:0611Milonga3:0912Tango no. 23:2113Divagaciones criollas3:0614Marcha de San Lorenzo3:3015La bananita3:05Disc 21Danza paraguaya3:242Aires criollos3:033Estilo uruguayo3:014Bicho feo3:105Pericón4:166Ojos negros3:567¡Jha, che valle!2:298Don Pérez Freire3:099Ay, ay, ay2:4510Petit Pierrot3:2011London Carape2:0712Sargento Cabral2:2313Marcha paraguaya3:1614Vidalita en la menor3:3015Tarantella3:2816Maxixe3:06Guitar Music 4: Las abejas / Serenata morisca / Aires criollos
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:17:38
1Las abejas2:102Preludio in C minor2:133Serenata morisca5:314Danza3:435Jha, che valle! (Danza paraguaya no. 2)1:496Dinora2:367Estudio de concierto no. 12:328Mazurka apasionada5:229Aires criollos2:5810Bicho feo (tango humorístico)3:1711Altair2:1012Estudio in B minor (Homenaje a Bach)1:5313Divagaciones criollas3:0814Estudio no. 61:2415Preludio in E major1:0516Una limosna por el amor de Dios3:4017Estudio para ambas manos2:2118Armonías de América4:3619Aires andaluces6:3820Canción de cuna3:1321Londón Carapé (Danza paraguaya no. 3)1:3122Estilo argentino "Chinita"2:2223La bananita (tango)3:4224Sargento Cabral (zamba)1:3625Preludio in A minor3:0126Milonga (estilo criollo)3:07Guitar Music 5: Pericón / Choro da saudade / Danza paraguaya no. 1
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:23:10
1Vals, op. 8 no. 34:052Pericón5:073Julia Florida4:304Danza paraguaya no. 12:035Estudio in G minor2:246Estudio no. 32:047Choro da saudade6:008Preludio in E minor, "Pequeño preludio"0:279Invocación a la luna4:0410Petit Pierrot, Marcha3:1811Estudio no. 2, "Estudio en arpegio"2:1412Gavota al estilo antiguo2:0413Preludio in G minor, op. 5 no. 15:2314Romanza no. 1, "Romanza en imitación al violoncello"3:0715Zapateado caribe2:5616Abrí la puerta mi china4:1717Estudio del ligado in D minor1:4018Variación al estudio no. 32:2919Estilo y pericón2:5120Estudio del ligado in A major0:5621Isabel, Gavota2:3922Variación al estudio no. 61:0223Vals de primavera5:0724Diana Guaraní8:4725La Paloma, Habanera3:362020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:01:28
1Sargento Cabral1:382Maxixa3:043Chôro de saudade6:564Canción de la Hilandera3:075Oración para todos3:346Vals, op. 8 Nr. 34:407Leyenda Guaraní: Introducción2:108Leyenda Guaraní: Andante3:429Leyenda Guaraní: Adagio2:4210Leyenda Guaraní: Allegro2:1111Vals, op. 8 Nr. 44:4212Una limosna por el amor de Dios3:2913Aire de Zamba3:2214El Sueño de la Muñequita3:1315Julia Florida5:4716Aire popular Paraguayo5:0017Danza Paraguaya2:112021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:13:03
1Mazurka apasionada5:392Suite BWV 996: I. Praeludio2:313Suite BWV 996: II. Allemande3:244Suite BWV 996: III. Courante2:275Suite BWV 996: IV. Sarabande4:166Suite BWV 996: V. Bourée1:137Suite BWV 996: VI. Gigue2:578La Catedral: I. Preludio saudade2:299La Catedral: II. Andante religioso1:4110La Catedral: III. Allegro solemne3:1511Chaconne12:4912Preludio in A minor3:0113Vals op. 8 no. 3 in D minor5:0714Suite BWV 995: I. Prelude5:1415Suite BWV 995: II. Allemande5:2016Suite BWV 995: III. Courante2:0617Suite BWV 995: IV. Sarabande3:0318Suite BWV 995: V. Gavottes I & II4:1919Suite BWV 995: VI. Gigue2:122021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:30
1Preludio Saudade: La Catedral2:232Andante Religioso: La Catedral1:533Allegro Solemne: La Catedral3:434Vals 35:135Vals 44:346Julia Florida4:347Danza Paraguaya2:128Un Sueño en la Floresta8:009El Sueño de la Muñequita2:0910Choro da Saudade5:0911Aire de Zamba2:2212El Último Trémolo3:5613Villancico de Navidad3:222021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:02:07
1Caazapá4:232Un Sueño en la Floresta7:113Vals Op. 8-34:154Vals Op. 8-44:295Choro da saudade5:286Maxixe3:007Confesión Romansa3:558Julia Florida4:229La Catedral: Preludio Saudade2:4010La Catedral: Andante religioso2:2911La Catedral: Allegro solemne4:1912Suite Andina: Cueca3:5413Suite Andina: Aconquija4:1514Suite Andina: Aire de Zamba3:5315Vals Op. 8-2 Junto a tu corazón3:342023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:20:47
1Un sueño en la floresta8:022Aire de zamba2:313Mazurka appassionata5:39424 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor (arr. Barrios Mangoré for Guitar)1:385Una limosnita por el amor de Dios4:046Maxixe2:597Danza paraguaya No. 12:208Vidalita con variaciones (And Reading of Poem "El Bohemio")3:199Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto (arr. Barrios Mangoré for Guitar)5:5910Las abejas1:3911Julia Florida4:2012Villancico de Navidad2:4913Vals, Op. 8 No. 34:2114Vals, Op. 8 No. 44:3215Confesión "Romanza"4:1316Choro de saudade5:3217Profesión de fé1:1718Preludio en do menor2:1719Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei (arr. Barrios Mangoré for Guitar)2:5720La Catedral: I. Preludio saudade2:1521La Catedral: II. Andante religioso1:5622La Catedral: III. Allegro solemne3:0423Caazapá3:04Compositions Arranged for Viola Solo
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 45:46
1Julia Florida5:052Las abejas2:433Canción de cuna3:504Leyenda de España6:595La catedral: I. Preludio saudade3:156La catedral: II. Andante religioso2:367La catedral: III. Allegro solemne3:448Una limosna por el amor de Dios3:469Preludio3:2010Capricho español4:3411Gavota al estilo antiguo2:5412Villancico de Navidad3:00
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | La catedralSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 9:341La catedral: I. Preludio saudade3:15 2La catedral: II. Andante religioso2:36 3La catedral: III. Allegro solemne3:43 | 11 April 2025 | ||
| 2025 | Una limosna por el amor de DiosSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:451Una limosna por el amor de Dios3:45 | 25 April 2025 |
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Agustin Barrios MangorèSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 7:051Danza Paraguaya for two guitars2:21 2Las Abejas for two guitars arr. Edson Lopes2:40 3Estudio en Si Menor - Homenaje a Bach2:04 | 16 January 2026 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Agustín Pío Barrios head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 23 | 84.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 27 | 89.5th |
| Studio albums | 24 | 97.3th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 27 | 96.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -33 | 7.4th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agust%C3%ADn_Barriosbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q399102 · MusicBrainz: bc1ce4cf-374e-4b0f-93d2-53871e681e6f