Emilio Pujol was a fine teacher and performer. Francisco Tarrega was Pujol's teacher. Pujol, though a master, never received the exposure Segovia had. Tarrega taught Pujol to play with nailess right hand fingertips, and Pujol passed that technique on to others. I presume that Segovia's use of nails, and increased volume of his instrument because of that, might have gotten him bigger audiences.
Interestingly I have one of Pujol's instruction books. It is an English translation. How accurate I don't know. One part that we don't think much of these days is a section on repairing broken strings. After reading that I certainly was glad I grew up in the era of nylon strings. Chris Barker -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Bruno Correia Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 2:23 PM To: lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed Really? What about the others? What about Tarrega's disciples (specially Pujol), Barrios, and all the other latin american guitarists? They wouldn't exist without Segovia? I don't think so. There are so many forgotten names... 2013/12/15 Chris Barker <[1]csbarker...@att.net> Sir, Respectfully I must remind you that Segovia's early 20th Century work made the classical guitar and related plucked instruments the popular things that they have become today. We all owe him reverence for that. Andres Segovia has been at rest for twenty six years. Please help to make that rest peaceful. Chris Barker -----Original Message----- From: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:[3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Tobiah Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 11:27 AM To: 'lutelist' Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed On 12/14/2013 5:45 AM, Chris Barker wrote: > 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. Are you referring to what his contributions to, and passion for the music did for its advancement? I know little of that - only what I see on YouTube of his performances. Allowing for possibly lesser recording engineering capability at the time, I find his tone anemic, his rhythm unmusically erratic, and his redeemable heart and passion as though it may be, fails to reach my heart through my admittedly unpolished ear. *Cringes and braces for the inevitable and surgically incisive dissection of his point of view* Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Bruno Figueiredo Pesquisador autonomo da pratica e interpretac,ao historicamente informada no alaude e teorba. Doutor em Praticas Interpretativas pela Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. -- References 1. mailto:csbarker...@att.net 2. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu 3. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
