Agustín Pío Barrios
Agustín Pío Barrios was a Paraguayan composer and virtuoso performer of classical guitar music who was influenced by Theosophy.
Personal life
Agustín Pío Barrios was born on May 5, 1885 Paraguay to Doroteo Barrios and Martina Ferreira. There is some question of the location of his birth, which may have been in San Juan Bautista or in nearby Villa Florida, both of which are in the southern department [state] of Misiones. His family had great appreciation of the arts, and Agustin received a music scholarship at the Universidad Nacional de Asuncion.
He sometimes used the names Agustín Barrios Mangoré and Nitsuga Mangoré. Nitsuga is Agustin spelled backward.
Barrios was married to Gregoria Isabel Villalba. Their son Pedro Virgilio Barrios Villalba was born on July 4, 1908 in San Roque, Asunción, Paraguay.[1]
He died on August 7, 1944 in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Influence of Theosophy
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Artistic career
Awards and honors
Notes
- ↑ "Pedro Virgilio Barrios Villalba" in Wikitree, which cites "Paraguay, registros parroquiales, 1754-2015," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRKT-9XW2?cc=1922527&wc=WXGH-Y8L%3A217758401%2C217758402%2C218073002%2C218806601 : 3 September 2019), Distrito Capital > Asunción > San Roque > Bautismos 1906-1914 > image 134 of 591; Arquidiócesis de Asunción (Archdiocese of Ascunción), Paraguay.