Influence
His compositions provide some of the most important examples of popular Spanish baroque music for the guitar and now form part of classical guitar pedagogy. Sanz's manuscripts are written as tablature for the baroque guitar and have been transcribed into modern notation by numerous guitarists and editors; Emilio Pujol's edition of Sanz's Canarios being a notable example.
He has influenced some twentieth century composers.
- The composer Manuel de Falla utilised some of his themes in his work El retablo de maese Pedro composed in 1923.
- In 1954, at the request of guitarist Andres Segovia, Joaquín Rodrigo composed his Fantasia para un Gentilhombre on themes from Instrucción de música sobre la Guitarra Española.
- Passages of Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite for String Orchestra composed in 1926 appear to be inspired by Sanz's composition Dance De Las Hachas.
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