ROMERO FAMILY

family of Spanish guitarists prominent in the 20th-century revival of the classical guitar. They appeared individually as soloists, together in a quartet, and in other combinations. Celedonio Romero (b. March 2, 1918, Mlaga, Spaind. May 8, 1996, San Diego, Calif., U.S.) studied at the Conservatory of Mlaga and, later, at the Conservatory of Madrid, where he was a pupil of Joaqun Turina. He first performed in public at the age of 10, and, following a formal debut at age 22, he played concerts throughout Spain, France, and Italy. By the late 1950s he had settled with his family in the United States. From the early 1960s he and his three sonsCelin (b. 1940), Pepe (b. 1944), and Angel (b. 1946)toured worldwide. Celedonio Romero wrote music for solo guitar (suites, studies, character pieces) as well as the Concierto de Mlaga for guitar and orchestra. In 1967 Joaqun Rodrigo composed a concerto for four guitars, Concierto Andaluz, for the Romeros.