Raúl Borges Requena (4 February 1882 – 24 November 1967) was a

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pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...

and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. Borges is mainly known today for having taught

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, Rodrigo Riéra, and other Venezuelan guitarists. Many of his compositions for guitar were published in Madrid with Union Musical Española, including: *''Canción antigua'' *''Canción de cuna in D'' (also in G) *''El Criollito'' *''Fuente morisca'' *''Marisol'' *''Vals Venezolano'' *''Vals sobre motivos franceses''

External links

Caroni Music - publisher of scores and CDs of South American music

(Spanish) Raul Borges. Compositions for guitar: Vol 5 / Fundacion Vicente Emilio Sojo
* (Spanish) 1882 births 1967 deaths Composers for the classical guitar Male classical composers Musicians from Caracas Venezuelan classical guitarists Male guitarists Venezuelan composers 20th-century guitarists 20th-century male musicians {{Classical-guitarist-stub