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Classical-guitar legend Andrés Segovia (1894–1987) was born in the city of Linares, Spain and reared in Granada. He received musical instruction at an early age and was tutored in piano and violin but warmed to neither. When he heard the guitar in the home of a friend, however, he was hooked. Disregarding the objections of his family and ...

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1893–1987 Spanish guitarist Self-taught, Segovia made his debut at the age of 15. Considering it his mission to have the guitar taken seriously, he transcribed music written for the lute and the vihuela. Contemporaries who wrote for him included Falla, Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–99) and Villa-Lobos; he played with much passion and intensity. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical ...

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story, a rare thing for a piece of contemporary classical music. Although he wrote other music, including the Fantasia para un gentilhombre for guitar and orchestra, for Segovia (1955), and a number of guitar solos, no other piece ever had the same impact, much to the composer’s annoyance. Other important guitar music has been written by ...

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time it remained confined to Spain. Support from composer performers such as Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909) and Emilio Pujol (1886–1980) won more admirers, but it was the advocacy of Andrés Segovia (1893–1987) that finally launched the modern guitar. Andrés Segovia Up to the beginning of the twentieth century, most guitar music was written by composers who played the guitar themselves. ...

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effects. Baroque organ builders sought to imitate a wider range of instruments. For example, the organ was capable of a brass effect. The Epistle organ in the Cathedral of Segovia in Spain was built in 1702 and 70 years later was joined by an identical twin organ opposite it. It is remarkable for its trompeteria, a feature of the ...

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S. Bach. Schweitzer also studied organ building, and was convinced of the unsuitability of the modern organ for Bach’s music. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Andrés Segovia | Modern Era | Classical ...

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One trademark of Scofield’s style is his use of portable looping effects, particularly the Boomerang Phrase Sampler, to create multi-layered guitar parts in a live setting. Personalities | Andrés Segovia | A Classical Legend | Guitar Heroes ...

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b. 1941 Australian guitarist Williams’ family moved from Melbourne to London in 1952. He attended Segovia’s summer courses in Italy while studying piano and theory at the Royal College of Music, where he later became the institution’s first guitar professor. His discography embraces the standard classical guitar repertory as well as works written for him (by Leo Brouwer, André ...

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Classical guitarist-composer John Christopher Williams (b. 1941) is a Grammy-Award winning Australian classical guitarist who has explored many styles beyond the classical tradition. John’s father Leonard (Len) Williams was an accomplished guitarist who emigrated from Britain to Australia and was best known there for his jazz playing. He taught John to play guitar, and it soon became apparent that the ...

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Juan Cristóbal Martín (b. 1948) was born in Málaga, Spain, and started learning the guitar at the age of six. In his early twenties he moved to Madrid to study under Nino Ricardo and Paco de Lucía. Martín was influenced by classic flamenco and the Spanish classical guitar tradition. His major influences included de Lucía, Tomatito and Andrés ...