Andrés Gaos: Aires galegos and Novos aires galegos, for piano

Andrés Gaos

Andrés Gaos was a Galician composer who stood out for having succeeded in spreading Galician music during the early 20^th century throughout Latin America, especially Argentina, the country where he spent most of his life.

Aires galegos and Novos aires galegos are two collections of short piano pieces with simple structure and compositional form. In them one can perceive the author’s longing for his homeland, Galicia, as he evokes its characteristics sounds, dances, landscapes and feelings through the rhythms and melodies of these works.

The version published by Dos Acordes constitutes a critical edition by composer Joám Trillo and includes a foreword by Javier Garabayo. This edition belongs to the series Agra Vella, within the collection Ars Gallaeciae Musicae that Dos Acordes co-publishes with the Galician Agency for Cultural Industries (AGADIC) of the Xunta de Galicia.