Federico Moreno Torroba

Who would have thought you could play classical music on a ukulele? But you can Here are compositions from the 20th Century by Federico Moreno Torrobo transcribed for Low G Ukulele. These pieces are composed for the intermediate to advanced level and are designed to improve your skills as a performer as well as being a welcome addition to the repertoire for this instrument. Moreno Torroba composed on the piano and organ and was not a guitarist but, According to his friend, Andres Segovia, "In spite of his scant knowledge of the guitar's complex technique, he approached it accurately by sheer instinct and, to my joy, the work remained in the repertoire." Besides composing guitar works, Moreno Torroba was also prolific as an opera and ballet composer. In particular, he was an advocate of the light Spanish opera form known as Zarzuela.