It is so easy to bad mouth the old master. At 86 give me a break. The body does break down and the mind is not as quick. If it were not for him we would not be hearing classical guitar in the concert halls. His contribution to the guitar is enormous. Segovia had to fight for the guitar against many detractors who wanted to deny the guitar as a serious concert instrument. From the bar room to the concert stage is quite an accomplishment. In his prime he was awesome.
Segovia did a world tour at the age of 92. How many people even live that long! Much less have the health to travel the world not even considering playing all this music from memory. Anyone who doesn't know his life story should read up about it. He single handedly turned a folk instrument into a concert instrument. He paved the way for every classical guitarist since.
@@ruthcooper1709 He was a pompous, arrogant, imperialist, snob. He bad mouthed the great Latin American guitarists like Barrios and Lauro. He even forbade his pupils from studying and performing their works. As for him “single handedly…..” there were plenty of guitarists before, during, and after his lifetime that were more talented and just as instrumental in elevating the guitar to the classical stage. Segovia got all the credit just because he was the first Spanish guitarist to be televised to an American audience- him with with his prudish, educated look.
When ppl dislikes the playing of even Segovia, you know that some ppl just aren't in the right mind and should never ever be taken seriously for anything. Sad ppl who can't appreciate music, talent and art.
Me encanta Es escucharla y querer conservarla en tus oidos para no dejarla ir. Llevarla en mi cabeza cuando quiero viajar a esos tiempos de calidad con mi familia
Una ejecución impecable y lusida. Ahhh que grande era el maestro Andrés Segovia. Gracias al cielo, nos quedamos con este claro ejemplo de como algo sensible puede llevarse al paroxismo.
No sòlo es magnifico el MAESTRO, si no que el lo toca bien y completo respetando la partitura original, y ya quisieran muchos tocar la guitarra asì a los 86 años, es un prodigio el Maestro Segovia, gracias a èl estamos los guitarristas donde estamos ahora, gloria eterna al màs insigne GUITARRISTA de la historia.
Most would be lucky to get to eighty-six, let alone be still able to play a guitar. After forty-five years of playing my hands were "stuffed" with carpal tunnel by the age of sixty. Segovia was amazing! Thanks for the video RareGuitar.
Nuestro querido maestro de Linares,bendecido por el tiempo;trabajador incansable del arte musical y su instrumento,La guitarra,gracias eternas por sus consejos,su motivacion,su rigor ejemplar y el respeto al arte,en el aniversario 119 del Nacimiento le recordaremos con rectitales y videos.Atte.Enrique Millan G.Prof.de Historia de la Música-Concertista)Becario de Andres Segovia 1983.
I was fortunate enough to see Andres Segovia play while using that same footstool lol. It was 1979 so he would have been 86. To see a legend sit in front of you playing flawlessly (maybe the occasional string buzz) was an experience that I have never forgotten. It's disappointing to see all the negative comments - it seems like everyone's an expert these days.
Truly epic and amazing. The musicality, poetry and decisiveness is absolutely awe inspiring. Not to those who make dismissive comments and judgmental comparisons of course.
@@edzmuda6870 -just a professional award winning musician who took lessons from a guitarist who won a guitar, given to him by Andre Segovia at an International competition in Spain. So that is simply my opinion, as I said
@josemontenegro777 I read abook by Sagovia years ago that had a section on BAR CHORDS he said that brute strength is NOT the answer but 1. tilting the fretboardback slightly toward you, 2. fret a bar then allow your arm to hang pulling your hand into the fretboard 3. Don't try to pinch the neck but use just enough pressure for your hand to hang giving the extra pressure needed. I had 11 year old kids playing bars perfectly with this technique.
I believe I saw this on TV in the late 1960's or early 1970's. I went out and purchased my first guitar, a nylon stringed classical instrument. I am holding in my hands now, having stopped my playing to listen to him and to type this comment.
Maybe I saw a different concert because I remember him using his fingers like a galloping horse on the upper frets on his high "E" string. ki used that same technique that I learned from him that evening on TV.
There is a continual concert in the heavenly places where the maestro is none other than Andre Segovia. Even our eternal King pays attention where his angels are given lessons in the art of music making.
MAESTRO! imposible describir con palabras la genialidad de sus interpretaciones!! modelo a seguir tanto por su calidad humana cómo guitarrista! allá donde estés qué suene el maravilloso sonido tan peculiar de tu guitarra!
It's important to stand out that Maestro Segovia was also an excellent teacher. Between his most outstanding disciples are Maestro Alirio Díaz, from Carora, Venezuela, and Maestro John William from Australia.
B.S. Before him there was Emilio Pujol, Miguel Llobet, Julian Arcas, and Tarrega. Then came Barrios, Lauro, and Celedonio Romero. All of them were far superior to Segovia as guitarists. Segovia got all the credit ONLY because he was the first to be televised to an American audience.
When I was young I had the habit of playing my right thumb too far behind my fingers ! When I see Segovia's thumb so far in front it reminds me of my teacher telling me to correct my positioning ! Today I find the teaching of classical guitar being too liberal with students playing ! Segovia was super strict !
A forerunner. Would the vihuela da mano & the lute have been played, rediscovered without him & Julian Bream ? This piece was his very favo(u)rite and he always played it in concerts. Great thanks !
Sorry, but none of you scrubs will ever come close to beatin Segovia at playing guitar. He is a very rare 1 in a trillion talent that may not be seen again for centuries. His contributions to the guitar as legendary and cannot be duplicated. Rest in peace
@eurekabach he included in his transcription of this piece a variation Narvaez composed for another theme, not originally intended from the composer to be played together, but it fits well imo, it adds a more lighter feel to the piece
I am a chess player and a musician. I have met many older chess players whose minds are sharp as tacks. I have never read of a known chess player in their 60's, 70's, or 80's who have suffered from alzheimer's. In fact it is recommended that to combat debilitating brain diseases one should exercise the brain. Chess is a good way and also playing a instrument is another. I guess saying "proven" is too strong a point at this time.
At the end it says for full video contact... but if this was a White House performance one should be able to watch it and use it because it is public domain. Anything that comes out of U.S. Government is free for us to use as we please.
@AkiranBlade my fingers are skinny as hell, but barring comes easy to me. But you do need some finger muscle to pull off a perfect bar. And how to train your finger muscles: trying to bar. just kill your fingers repetitively trying to get all the notes...
It has been proven that classical musicians and chess players are more likely to beat the odds of getting alzheimer's desease as they age. What really intrigues me about Segovia is how he was able to play so precisely while possessing such large hands.
Oh, by the way, that wasn't played "at The While House", but "at the White House". Once the corrections are brought, please do not hesitate to delete my comments! Thank you in advance!
@Dreamupondream Yes he did. he's also noted as a great guitarist because he brought the instrument into the classical realm and revolutionised how people saw the instrument. My beef is that there are many videos of him playing quite poorly and some people are so precious about him that they can't hear it. As I said if it was someone else playing here there would be very little praise for the performance.
It is so easy to bad mouth the old master. At 86 give me a break.
The body does break down and the mind is not as quick.
If it were not for him we would not be hearing classical guitar in the concert halls. His contribution to the guitar is enormous. Segovia had to fight for the guitar against many detractors who wanted to deny the guitar as a serious concert instrument. From the bar room to the concert stage is quite an accomplishment. In his prime he was awesome.
Sure. But it remains that this performance was still pretty dire.
@@rjlchristie what a bovine arrogant peckerwood thing to say.
@@rjlchristie Spero che se un giorno vedrai un dipinto di Leonardo da Vinci, non lo giudicherai scadente
vedendoci un pò di polvere sulla cornice!
Well, the worse his technique got, the more of a cunt he became. Truly the Edison of the guitar. (Not a compliment.)
@@alfredomandrillo5145 Quite.
most in their prime will never be what he was at 86
certainly one of the all time masters
Segovia did a world tour at the age of 92. How many people even live that long! Much less have the health to travel the world not even considering playing all this music from memory.
Anyone who doesn't know his life story should read up about it. He single handedly turned a folk instrument into a concert instrument. He paved the way for every classical guitarist since.
@@ruthcooper1709 He should have retired 20 years earlier.
@@ruthcooper1709 He was a pompous, arrogant, imperialist, snob. He bad mouthed the great Latin American guitarists like Barrios and Lauro. He even forbade his pupils from studying and performing their works. As for him “single handedly…..” there were plenty of guitarists before, during, and after his lifetime that were more talented and just as instrumental in elevating the guitar to the classical stage. Segovia got all the credit just because he was the first Spanish guitarist to be televised to an American audience- him with with his prudish, educated look.
Unbelievable that he still played this way at 86. When he was young he was ferocious even by today’s standards.
Huge respect for the Maestro.
Were you on drugs when you wrote this, or did you eat too many lead paint chips when you were a kid?
When ppl dislikes the playing of even Segovia, you know that some ppl just aren't in the right mind and should never ever be taken seriously for anything. Sad ppl who can't appreciate music, talent and art.
The greatest self taught Spanish guitarist of all time. We will never see his like again. Thanks for posting.
Me encanta
Es escucharla y querer conservarla en tus oidos para no dejarla ir.
Llevarla en mi cabeza cuando quiero viajar a esos tiempos de calidad con mi familia
Que maravilloso artista fue don Andres.....
Unico! E dopo tanto tempo non c'è ancora nessuno che impersoni la Chitarra come Lui. Grande Maestro, grazie!
Una ejecución impecable y lusida.
Ahhh que grande era el maestro Andrés Segovia. Gracias al cielo, nos quedamos con este claro ejemplo de como algo sensible puede llevarse al paroxismo.
I would listen to the maestro forever ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Gracias maestro "Andres Segovia" tu eres unico, con la guitarra clasica! :) :) :)
No sòlo es magnifico el MAESTRO, si no que el lo toca bien y completo respetando la partitura original, y ya quisieran muchos tocar la guitarra asì a los 86 años, es un prodigio el Maestro Segovia, gracias a èl estamos los guitarristas donde estamos ahora, gloria eterna al màs insigne GUITARRISTA de la historia.
Most would be lucky to get to eighty-six, let alone be still able to play a guitar. After forty-five years of playing my hands were "stuffed" with carpal tunnel by the age of sixty. Segovia was amazing! Thanks for the video RareGuitar.
The kindest response is to acknowledge that he was 86 years old.
He is a legend Great
Nuestro querido maestro de Linares,bendecido por el tiempo;trabajador incansable del arte musical y su instrumento,La guitarra,gracias eternas por sus consejos,su motivacion,su rigor ejemplar y el respeto al arte,en el aniversario 119 del Nacimiento le recordaremos con rectitales y videos.Atte.Enrique Millan G.Prof.de Historia de la Música-Concertista)Becario de Andres Segovia 1983.
Uma obra de arte dessas executada por esse mestre é um privilégio.
Beautiful! Maestro.
The amazing thing about Segovia's playing is the absolute economy of his strokes--effortless.
Yes, he was a master at stroking efficiently. As for his musicality....meh.
I'm just curious whether that comment is based on the playing in this video or his earlier recordings.
@@tmjcbs I think he said that because he heard someone else say that and now he’s pretending to be a music critic.
who r the five that dared to dislike segovia he is a legend
Soulful, clear and beautiful. There was only one Segovia.
Siempre será el maestro André Segovia..... A pesar de las dificultades por su edad para tocar.... Siempre todo mi respeto
ANDRÉS SEGOVIA
Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!, from Spain.
A Master of the Guitar
Great Maestro! Bravissimo!
Extraordinaire Segovia une facilité déconcertante dans l interprétation rip maestro
Fabulous! one of my favorite lute pieces on guitar by a master!
This a piece from the vihuela de mano repertoire, not the lute.
@@SarasAnimals lutenists and vihuelists shared the same repertoire.
Love this. Pure.
This is amazing.
I was fortunate enough to see Andres Segovia play while using that same footstool lol. It was 1979 so he would have been 86. To see a legend sit in front of you playing flawlessly (maybe the occasional string buzz) was an experience that I have never forgotten.
It's disappointing to see all the negative comments - it seems like everyone's an expert these days.
Il più grande chitarrista classico di tutti i tempi
Truly epic and amazing. The musicality, poetry and decisiveness is absolutely awe inspiring. Not to those who make
dismissive comments and judgmental
comparisons of course.
Well, I guess you’re not a professional music critic.
@@edzmuda6870 -just a professional award winning musician who took lessons from a guitarist who won a guitar, given to him by Andre Segovia at an International competition in Spain. So that is simply my opinion, as I said
@josemontenegro777 I read abook by Sagovia years ago that had a section on BAR CHORDS he said that brute strength is NOT the answer but
1. tilting the fretboardback slightly toward you,
2. fret a bar then allow your arm to hang pulling your hand into the fretboard
3. Don't try to pinch the neck but use just enough pressure for your hand to hang giving the extra pressure needed.
I had 11 year old kids playing bars perfectly with this technique.
Que bellas manos, pan bendito para el arte
Thank you
Thanks for uploading.........
adil
amazing hand ability at this age
EXCELENTE VÍDEO
I believe I saw this on TV in the late 1960's or early 1970's. I went out and purchased my first guitar, a nylon stringed classical instrument. I am holding in my hands now, having stopped my playing to listen to him and to type this comment.
Maybe I saw a different concert because I remember him using his fingers like a galloping horse on the upper frets on his high "E" string. ki used that same technique that I learned from him that evening on TV.
Sacred; nothing less, nothing more.
Are you trying to let the world know that your senses are out of whack??
"eternity to rest" and we're still listening and saluting your eternity
Asi se toka maestro!!!
E' inutile questi sono geni che nascono 1 ogni 100 anni.
Considerate che sto pezzo è stato suonato a 86 anni .
Great!!
You must say “Great” a lot.
segovia is the best in the history of the guiar
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Seeing this master musician at work makes me grateful for the emergence of the electric guitar. #innovation #evolution #possibilities
There is a continual concert in the heavenly places where the maestro is none other than Andre Segovia. Even our eternal King pays attention where his angels are given lessons in the art of music making.
El mejor guitarrista
Is that because you heard other people say that??
```Well said! ```````Well said!
Recomiendo también la versión vocal de Joaquín Díaz de este bello tema.
@gextvedde he has played harder stuff and with a sexier manner too. He is noted as a great guitarist because he played just to play, not to impress.
What a glorious performance by a performer I nearly worship.
Segovia was born in 1893 - he was 86 in 1979 when the US president was
Jimmy Carter.
Grande
MAESTRO! imposible describir con palabras la genialidad de sus interpretaciones!! modelo a seguir tanto por su calidad humana cómo guitarrista! allá donde estés qué suene el maravilloso sonido tan peculiar de tu guitarra!
Really old, but rythim is there!
Nope. He’s too old to hold the rhythm too.
It's important to stand out that Maestro Segovia was also an excellent teacher. Between his most outstanding disciples are Maestro Alirio Díaz, from Carora, Venezuela, and Maestro John William from Australia.
A pioneer. Today there are many greater guitarists, both technically and musically, but he got the ball rolling.
B.S. Before him there was Emilio Pujol, Miguel Llobet, Julian Arcas, and Tarrega. Then came Barrios, Lauro, and Celedonio Romero. All of them were far superior to Segovia as guitarists. Segovia got all the credit ONLY because he was the first to be televised to an American audience.
poeta
When I was young I had the habit of playing my right thumb too far behind my fingers ! When I see Segovia's thumb so far in front it reminds me of my teacher telling me to correct my positioning ! Today I find the teaching of classical guitar being too liberal with students playing ! Segovia was super strict !
A forerunner. Would the vihuela da mano & the lute have been played, rediscovered without him & Julian Bream ?
This piece was his very favo(u)rite and he always played it in concerts.
Great thanks !
Oi,meu ídolo que talento maravilhoso!
Abraço!...
The true is it !
Sorry, but none of you scrubs will ever come close to beatin Segovia at playing guitar. He is a very rare 1 in a trillion talent that may not be seen again for centuries. His contributions to the guitar as legendary and cannot be duplicated. Rest in peace
Grande Segovia
MARAVILLOSO...
I happen to know this was a performance at the White House:-)
@eurekabach he included in his transcription of this piece a variation Narvaez composed for another theme, not originally intended from the composer to be played together, but it fits well imo, it adds a more lighter feel to the piece
Chiara Badde Ag, always wondered why that third theme is omitted from the written piece.
in the white house???, OMG xD
grande segovia, nos has dado grandes momentos.
Can't wait to play this for guitar class!🙌
He plays this piece at a very fast pace
Donde puedo conseguir esa partitura con ese arreglo de Andres Segovia el maestro.
Maravilloso !!!
This was well into his Jabba the Hutt years.
I am a chess player and a musician. I have met many older chess players whose minds are sharp as tacks. I have never read of a known chess player in their 60's, 70's, or 80's who have suffered from alzheimer's. In fact it is recommended that to combat debilitating brain diseases one should exercise the brain. Chess is a good way and also playing a instrument is another. I guess saying "proven" is too strong a point at this time.
The Maestro! (I just wouldn't want to have had him as a teacher) :^)
@vaibanez17 He recorded a lot a of different styles. Som if you search well, you'll find some very beautiful musics with different kinds os sounds
Such musicians, as Segovia, are born to show to us, that there is God!
While House ;)
2 mins in, man he's good, shoot! It's El Maestro
siempre será admirado por generaciones.
What? You got some source for that statement?
pa mi hermana Nanci...
At the end it says for full video contact... but if this was a White House performance one should be able to watch it and use it because it is public domain. Anything that comes out of U.S. Government is free for us to use as we please.
@AkiranBlade my fingers are skinny as hell, but barring comes easy to me. But you do need some finger muscle to pull off a perfect bar. And how to train your finger muscles: trying to bar.
just kill your fingers repetitively trying to get all the notes...
@aks73 yeahh, that was his secret to play like that: banana hands!! lol
I have an old guitar with Segovia Record written on it. Is it rare and valuable?
He died in 1987 didn't he? When was this filmed?
Who 2020
134 yo at that time.
@AkiranBlade Practice, practice and then, practice more. You'll get it.
I had the same problem when I was learning to play.
Büyükustaya hürmetlerimle
It has been proven that classical musicians and chess players are more likely to beat the odds of getting alzheimer's desease as they age. What really intrigues me about Segovia is how he was able to play so precisely while possessing such large hands.
who has the sheets for this?
Groyper Gruppenführer , I’m sure it is in Frederick Noads book on Renaissance Guitar. Page 78.
Fantastic playing, definitely. But, please, correct that misprint on your video's title: Segovia's name is "Andrés Segovia", not "Andreas Segovia".
Oh, by the way, that wasn't played "at The While House", but "at the White House". Once the corrections are brought, please do not hesitate to delete my comments! Thank you in advance!
年老いて多少の間違いはあるが
流石セコビア。
my favorite part is when he disregarded to trim his strings before playing a white house gig
No se llama Andreas se llama Andrés Segovia
very goo!!!!☺😊
@Dreamupondream Yes he did. he's also noted as a great guitarist because he brought the instrument into the classical realm and revolutionised how people saw the instrument. My beef is that there are many videos of him playing quite poorly and some people are so precious about him that they can't hear it. As I said if it was someone else playing here there would be very little praise for the performance.
The guitar is a tool.Nature can be wonderful if we treated fair.