The melody is an excerpt from a solo guitar piece titled composed in 1902 by the Spanish classical guitarist Francisco Tárrega . Specifically, the ringtone uses bars 13 through 16 of the composition.
What many listeners today consider a digital relic of the 90s actually has its roots in 19th-century classical music. The 19th-Century Origins: Francisco Tárrega
In 1992, Nokia featured a rendition of Gran Vals by guitarist Lubomír Brabec in a commercial for the . By 1993, executives Anssi Vanjoki and Lauri Kivinen selected the specific four-bar phrase to become the brand's primary audio signature. The choice was largely practical:
The melody is an excerpt from a solo guitar piece titled composed in 1902 by the Spanish classical guitarist Francisco Tárrega . Specifically, the ringtone uses bars 13 through 16 of the composition.
What many listeners today consider a digital relic of the 90s actually has its roots in 19th-century classical music. The 19th-Century Origins: Francisco Tárrega
In 1992, Nokia featured a rendition of Gran Vals by guitarist Lubomír Brabec in a commercial for the . By 1993, executives Anssi Vanjoki and Lauri Kivinen selected the specific four-bar phrase to become the brand's primary audio signature. The choice was largely practical: