I hired Paul to conduct a masterclass at the Manhattan School of Music. A student played the "Six Pieces for Lute from the Renaissance" for him.
These pieces were standard works for a time and Segovia often started his concerts with these pieces. He made them famous because he performed them so much and recorded them too Paul said it was this suite of pieces that inspired him to find a lute because it had "lute" in the title and he was playing it on the guitar. So he wondered what a lute was and looked for one⦠Makes sense, right? He said nothing about Eric Clapton and the lute although I know he was inspired to play electric guitar because of Clapton. The masterclass may have been recorded. Do you guys need documentation? If so, I'll check if it was indeed recorded. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Wilke <[email protected]> To: r.turovsky <[email protected]>; Mark Delpriora <[email protected]> Cc: lute <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Dec 16, 2013 9:22 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Segovia and Pujol (was Bream Collectionâ¦) Actually, Paul told me that his idol as a young player was Eric Clapton and he was thrilled to have finally met him at the Grammys a few years ago. Maybe Paul was also inspired by Segovia, but I don't recall him ever mentioning him. Chris Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 12/16/13, Mark Delpriora <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [LUTE] Segovia and Pujol (was Bream Collectionâ¦) To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, December 16, 2013, 6:24 AM No , but Paul Odette was. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2013, at 5:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > So, Respighi was exposed to Chilesotti through Segovia's efforts? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 15, 2013, at 9:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> As far as his influence on the lute: I heard Paul O'dette say that it was the "Six Lute Pieces from the Renaissance" based on Chilesotti (and made famous by Segovia) that inspired O'dette to seek out a lute. He was studying them on the guitar and he took the title of the piece seriously enough to find a lute. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
