Re: Gary's comments on Segovia... If it were not for Segovia's efforts, the guitar, lute, and kindred instruments would not occupy the places they have today. I was at a dinner put on by the old Dallas Classical Guitar society almost a decade ago when the young guitarist seated to my left referred to Andres Segovia "as just an uninformed old man with poor performance practice who could be only be heard on a bunch of scratchy LP"s. I took my first guitar lessons in 1958. We all considered Andres Segovia a saint. And now, much older and wiser, are still of the same opinion, and we hold his critics in great disdain.
In all sincerity, Chris Barker -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of gary Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 5:44 AM To: lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed Recently, a message was posted referring to Andres Segovia as a "bully". I think that's a little harsh, I know it's become popular to bash Segovia and that he had a huge ego, but I don't recall him actually bullying anyone into agreeing with his views. It seems to me that he just expressed his views and his admirers, of which there were many, gleefully adopted them as guitar gospel, bedazzled by his mastery of the guitar. I have never heard of any actual bullying on Segovia's part. Rather, the onus for any intimidation would be on the shear number and ardor of his admirers. Gary To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
