Merci pour le partage de ce document d'une qualité remarquable! Qu'on aime ou pas Andrès SEGOVIA, il restera à tout jamais un géant de la guitare. En ce qui me concerne, il est le responsable de ma passion pour la guitare. Je n'oublierai jamais ce moment magique où, pour la première fois, je posais un de ses disques 33 tours sur la platine vinyle et je restais comme hypnotisé par la beauté de ce qui nourrissait mes oreilles...
I dont know why Segovia said that the Hauser he is playing here is the best guitar of the world. For me the sound is rather thin and metallic. I preffer 100% more how he sounded in the Ramirez.
It is a privilege to watch the Master in his late prime. When I mention him to my students at the Hogwarts of Music, in Boston, and, as the years go on, they increasingly don't recognize the name, I contextualize him this way: "Try to imagine what Blues guitar was BEFORE B. B. King... it was all over the place, and got no respect. Try to imagine what plectrum guitar pedagogy was BEFORE William Leavitt wrote the "MODERN METHOD" books... it was all over the place, and got no respect. That's where Classical guitar technique and Classical guitar pedagogy were before Andres Segovia." More info, for the curious: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Segovia
Segovia has a unique sound, having said that I find many things unmusical in this video. I don't hear the singing lines he teaches himself in his autocratic masterclasses and although art is not about comparissing I prefer Julian Bream much more ( listen to his Grand Solo recorded in 1968). Let's face it, Segovia was unique but surpassed by many nowadays. And yet many classical guitarists owe a lot to Segovia, so see it in a historic perspective. The fact that he abandond Barrios was not only an unforgivable mistake but in the first place an action of an ego which saw a thread to his hegemony. A great player by other standards then nowadays, but he can't help that, can he?!
Guitariste prend un s,font prend un t,le sieur s’écrit monsieur,mais bon il y a mieux à entendre c’est vrai maintenant et à sont époque aussi il y en avait de bien meilleurs à écouter et voir joué de la guitare et surtout bien hautain que lui.
There is a reason musicians look down on guitarists. And it is not prejudice. It stems from Segovia's radical influence. Clunk plonk clink and then these random warbling notes that go Wiiiiii. Gaps in the middle of phrases. Or no gaps but slurs or slides where a new phrase would normally be made by a non-guitarist. Too ridiculous. Try to defend it any way you like. No one played so arbitrarily on any orchestral instrument or piano. This is not how classical musicians played in the early 20th or late 19th century. There were 'Romantic' devices but they were meaningful. This is how Segovia played. These gaps or held notes in nonsenaical places. The man had talent but no musical education, formal or informal, and some guitarists gullibly made his eccentricities into a kind of religious doctrine.
Right, he was important in the guitar world, I do not deny that, but his playing is not good, too nasal, I laughed at your description, haha, clunk plink plunk weeee
Merci pour le partage de ce document d'une qualité remarquable! Qu'on aime ou pas Andrès SEGOVIA, il restera à tout jamais un géant de la guitare. En ce qui me concerne, il est le responsable de ma passion pour la guitare. Je n'oublierai jamais ce moment magique où, pour la première fois, je posais un de ses disques 33 tours sur la platine vinyle et je restais comme hypnotisé par la beauté de ce qui nourrissait mes oreilles...
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This is actually not a Scarlatti piece but written by the Mexican composer Ponce
PM
Omg! When i though i've watched every video of Andres suddenly i come across this treasure. By the way, this is not from Scarlatti, but Ponce.
My dear, I think, it's from Scarlatti, but 'Alexandro' ;-)
I dont know why Segovia said that the Hauser he is playing here is the best guitar of the world. For me the sound is rather thin and metallic. I preffer 100% more how he sounded in the Ramirez.
The recording equipment of the time....
It is a privilege to watch the Master in his late prime.
When I mention him to my students at the Hogwarts of Music, in Boston, and, as the years go on, they increasingly don't recognize the name, I contextualize him this way:
"Try to imagine what Blues guitar was BEFORE B. B. King... it was all over the place, and got no respect. Try to imagine what plectrum guitar pedagogy was BEFORE William Leavitt wrote the "MODERN METHOD" books... it was all over the place, and got no respect. That's where Classical guitar technique and Classical guitar pedagogy were before Andres Segovia."
More info, for the curious:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Segovia
Segovia has a unique sound, having said that I find many things unmusical in this video. I don't hear the singing lines he teaches himself in his autocratic masterclasses and although art is not about comparissing I prefer Julian Bream much more ( listen to his Grand Solo recorded in 1968). Let's face it, Segovia was unique but surpassed by many nowadays. And yet many classical guitarists owe a lot to Segovia, so see it in a historic perspective. The fact that he abandond Barrios was not only an unforgivable mistake but in the first place an action of an ego which saw a thread to his hegemony. A great player by other standards then nowadays, but he can't help that, can he?!
Guitariste prend un s,font prend un t,le sieur s’écrit monsieur,mais bon il y a mieux à entendre c’est vrai maintenant et à sont époque aussi il y en avait de bien meilleurs à écouter et voir joué de la guitare et surtout bien hautain que lui.
Beaucoup de simples Guitariste fon mieux que
ce Lesieur.
Plink plunk plink WEEE! Ridiculous. Just ignorant about basic matters of interpretation.
Steven ,there is nothing wrong with Segovia's interpretation ,on the contrary his playing was Divine.
You poor, aesthetically-challegended cretin:
See above.
Steven Milstein, checked your channel for examples of you doing "better", no videos posted. What a surprise!
There is a reason musicians look down on guitarists. And it is not prejudice. It stems from Segovia's radical influence. Clunk plonk clink and then these random warbling notes that go Wiiiiii. Gaps in the middle of phrases. Or no gaps but slurs or slides where a new phrase would normally be made by a non-guitarist. Too ridiculous. Try to defend it any way you like. No one played so arbitrarily on any orchestral instrument or piano. This is not how classical musicians played in the early 20th or late 19th century. There were 'Romantic' devices but they were meaningful. This is how Segovia played. These gaps or held notes in nonsenaical places. The man had talent but no musical education, formal or informal, and some guitarists gullibly made his eccentricities into a kind of religious doctrine.
You, sir, exercise your First Amendment rights, thusly...
Allow me to do the same:
You, sir, are aesthetically-challenged.
Segovia was a true artist.
Right, he was important in the guitar world, I do not deny that, but his playing is not good, too nasal, I laughed at your description, haha, clunk plink plunk weeee
Agree completely!