I've just come back from a four day guitar workshop and read this thread. During the course of the workshop:
1) I watched Christopher Nupen's documentary on Segovia made when the Maestro was 75. During this programme Segovia talked about the guitar as an orchestra in miniature (though I can't remember his exact words) and demonstrated it's "orchestral voices". He didn't comment on the fact that Berlioz had made the same comparison, though he must have known this. 2) Someone repeated the belief commonly held among guitarists that Beethoven wrote "Moonlight Sonata" after hearing Fernando Sor's study in B minor for guitar. (I think it's from Sor's opus 31, but I'm not sure because my copy hasn't got the opus no. on it.) I'd be interested if anyone (perhaps Arthur) knows whether there is any basis for this belief. Eric Crouch On 5 Aug 2005, at 18:39, Roman Turovsky wrote: >> I think guitar habitually makes unrealistic claims...... >> >>> >>> Such as? >>> >>> JE >>> >> Ever seen the Yamashita circus? >> RT >> >> That's an excellent specific example of one person's "unrealism", I >> > agree; > >> but I was hoping for an explanation of your seemingly general "claim" >> > about > >> the "guitar's habits". >> JE >> > KY is the tip of the iceberg so to speak, but there is a legion of > DelPriora > type of composers as well, etc. etc. However, I'd prfefer not > to get > into this topic. Lets stick to them lutes. > RT > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
