Andres Segovia, who was born on this day in 1893 in Madrid, is considered by most people to be the most accomplished classical guitarist of the last century. He was a teacher as well as an exponent and many other eminent 20th century guitarists studied under him. Here is an excerpt from a 1954 TV documentary where he plays variations on Mozart by Ferdando Sor….followed by Leylanda (also known as Asturias) by Isaac Albeniz..
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.He was a God to us early finger pickers. I was finger picking before the advent of the Stones or the Beatles who rather sealed the pop process of chord playing with picks. I had at least one LP of Segovia playing Bach. He combined classical guitar with flamenco.
The Albeniz piece became a standard classical guitar playing learning piece.
Segovia introduced us all to Nylon strings.
Is he in the Alhambra?
rogerbenham
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Feb 21, 2022
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No…his body was exhumed from Madrid where it was initially interred and reburied in Linares in Jaen province, his birthplace, in a custom built museum and garden.
@Marionville I meant where he is playing
@rogerbenham Oh…right, I thought it looked Moorish in architecture, so perhaps it is.
Always enjoyed this sound.
Lilac-JadeCanada
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Feb 21, 2022
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Yes…classical guitar sounds so good.
I really enjoyed both of these guys Marje. They are so good on the guitar 
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Redheadedgammy
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Feb 21, 2022
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It’s the same man…Andres Segovia in both videos. He’s just playing music by different composers.
@Marionville I’m so dumb sometimes!! 
@Redheadedgammy We all are!
@Redheadedgammy I get A+ in that department!
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