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The re-release and sheet music of ‘Alcázar de cristal’ vindicate the music of flamenco guitarist Rafael Riqueni. Rafael Riqueni (Photo Daniel Muñoz)

The re-release and sheet music of ‘Alcázar de cristal’ vindicate the music of flamenco guitarist Rafael Riqueni. A decade after its release, the latest album by the Sevillian artist was published once again a few months ago. And it has been done two-fold, since besides the re-release in CD format, the transcription of the album has also come out. At the presentation ceremony of the products which took place on June 20th, 2007 in Madrid, the author of the scores, Enrique Vargas, upheld that “Rafael Riqueni was one of the greats who has defined the structures of harmonic, melodic and rhythmic development of flamenco guitar, so it would be unfair for his name to be lost in oblivion. He had an impact on an entire generation of us guitarists, since he was a visionary”. Moreover, he highlights the need for flamenco’s entire musical legacy to be put down on paper: “The written score remains forever; that’s why Bach’s music lives on. We haven’t been as lucky as classical music in flamenco”.