That's interesting, Chris. What part of the string would get repaired?
Would that be a gut string? If it's not too much trouble may I ask you
to scan that page for me. I confess, it's pure curiosity.
Sean
On Dec 15, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
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
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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
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