Don Andres and Paquita: This book covers the life of Andres Segovia while married to the widowed Paquita Madriguera, famous child prodigy pianist and prized student of Enrique Granados, They fled their native Spain under death threats when the Spanish Civil War erupted in and began an odyssey that landed them to the Uruguayan capital.
Segovia's support for the fascist Franco resulted in his banishment from the lucrative American concert scene, while the travel dangers of World War II further isolated him from the rest of the world. During this time, Segovia greatly enriched the guitar repertoire through numerous arrangements and collaborations with major composers via correspondence. The couple collaborated on two of the most important contemporary guitar concertos and traveled throughout Latin America to perform. The first biography of Ida Presti, arguably the greatest woman guitarist of the 20th century, is based on documents and recollections gathered by the great guitarist's daughter, Elisabeth Presti..
It is both a faithful and moving account of the facts of this artist's life and a sensitive insight into her mind and soul.
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A Musician's Return to Music , Glenn Kurtz takes us on a journey of hope, loss, and surprising return. Telling the story of his career as a classical guitarist - from his first lessons at the age of eight to his acceptance at the elite New England Conservatory of Music - Kurtz lets the reader into the passionate, hidden world of making and performing music, revealing the elation, the self-doubt, and the intense determination that define the work of practicing. A prodigy at age ten, by twenty-five, Kurtz realizes that his dream of being the next Segovia will not come true.
Devastated by this realization, he quits music forever. Or so he thought. Ten years later, Kurtz returns to the guitar to discover what went wrong. No longer an aspiring artist, he is now a "former musician," overcoming his earlier disappointment and learning a new and richer kind of love for music.
In this way, Practicing speaks not just to musicians, but to everyone who has striven for an ideal - and learned from disappointment.
Don Andres and Paquita: The Life of Segovia in Montevideo
Segovia also participated in hundreds of broadcasts and television appearances, and in the s began giving master classes, an activity which came to its climax in at the University of Southern California Segovia Conference and in at the Manhattan School of Music March 8— This book covered to and immediately became a seminal text of 20th—century guitar history.
The writing involved various meetings with Segovia in London and a number of trips to Madrid to visit him in his studio. We discussed a wide range of topics, took a few photos, and looked at manuscripts—and Segovia insisted that I play for him borrowing his guitar! Segovia was a gentle and generous host, always eager to hear news of the contemporary guitar world; a great man with an extraordinary hinterland of experience of life and art. He had known so many composers, artists, painters, poets, and philosophers, and was widely read as well as immensely travelled.
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Segovia also possessed a wicked sense of humor, spoke several languages with supreme fluency, and, until the final months of his life, practiced five hours a day. After , it had become essential to re-evaluate available material about Segovia in line with the new information that began to appear. The book sold some 5, copies of each volume and stimulated considerable critical discussion. It was the best that Garno and I could do at that time.
In , we would have far more data to work on and the book could be immensely longer.
Don Andres And Paquita: The Life Of Segovia In Montevideo
From The Classical Guitar Archive: After all, Segovia was born years ago, at the end of the 19th century! Olga Pierri and her two brothers Sergio and Ivan the father of Alvaro , were born into a musical family of Italian decent. I played with my ensemble and I also played classical works as a soloist.
It was a very well-rounded programme and it was the programme with the largest audience at that time. It was broadcast on Wednesday evenings on Radio Difusoras Ariel.
There were recordings as well, such this beautifully illustrated recording with Orfeo and any questions about the guitars which she has played over the years, inevitably leads to detailed stories. Don Andres and Paquita: The Life of Segovia in Montevideo.
