Before this revelation, many believed it was inspired by the bombing of Guernica. Rodrigo himself often stayed silent, preferring to let the music stand on its own as a "fable". Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez - russell steinberg
The concerto was written in Paris during the final months of the . Rodrigo and his wife, Victoria Kamhi, returned to Spain in 1939 carrying the original Braille manuscript in their modest luggage just days after World War II began.
The most famous movement, characterized by a haunting dialogue between the solo guitar and the English horn. Its melody is inspired by the saeta , an Andalusian religious lament.
