Actually I thought it was Segovia, who said that each string of the guitar was like a separate little instrument Alain
Arthur Ness wrote: >The quotation that the guitar is like a miniature orchestra is NOT from >Mozart. The quotation is NOT from Beethoven. The quotation is in an essay >about the guitar that BERLIOZ wrote for an obscure Parisian journal of the >arts, _Debats_ (8 June 1855). > >While we're on the subject, there is no evidence that Chopin declared that the >only sound lovelier than one guitar is two. That seems to be a paraphrase of >something Mozart also did NOT say, "The only thing worse than one flute, is >two." > >Beethoven is sometimes said to have attended a guitar recital by Giuliani. If >he did, of course, he heard nothing! He even wrote a little note to one of >his Viennese publishers, asking "please give my regards to Giuliani." Of >course, the publisher's Giuliani might be the guy who polished up the brass on >the big front door. The guitarist Giuliani played 'cello in the first >performance of the Seventh Symphony, but I imagine Beethoven didn't hear him >that time, either. He wasn't asked back to play in the Eighth. The point? >There's no factual basis for the belief common in the guitar world that >Giuliani influenced Beethoven. They may never even have spoken to one another. > >Oh yes, I also doubt that Schubert had a guitar hanging on the wall above his >bed. > >This should end Guitar Mythology 101 for tonite. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jon Murphy > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [email protected] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 3:40 PM > Subject: Re: OT: Mozart for guitar > > > Also OT, > > In my aging memory there is a quote from Mozart (probably apochryphal). "The > guitar is an orchestra unto itself". I have no idea where I saw it, or heard > it, but it was many years ago so I have lost the context. If the quote is > accurate then it might imply that Mozart might have had guitar sounds in > mind when writing for piano. > > Best, Jon > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >-- > > >
