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Classical Guitar

The voice that carried guitar over the barriers of Cultural Revolution

Born in Beijing following the Cultural Revolution—during which Western music and instruments were banned—Xuefei Yang ...
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Dona Monina Távora's legacy kept alive through her brilliant followers

Adolfina Raitzin, one of the criminally hidden talents of the 20th century, was born in Argentina in 1921. Her father...
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The fine blend of styles and cultures of the Assad brothers

Brazilian-born brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad have set the benchmark for every classical guitarist by creating a new...
MODERN JAZZ QUARTET

Bebop meets baroque in memorable Collaboration

Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) is an American musical ensemble noted for their innovations in jazz forms and consistently...
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Spanish guitar maestro who invented footstool wrote the Nokia tune

Spanish maestro Francisco Tárrega had a colossal influence on the guitar development—in terms of both technical...
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The world's first gramophone record for Paraguayan guitar

South American guitar maestro Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) was born into a large family with seven sons in the...
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William Walton forgot that his only guitar work was written for guitar

Great guitarist Julian Bream commissioned music from a number of composers to contribute to the creation of the modern...
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Fernando Sor: the Beethoven of the guitar

Spanish composer Fernando Sor was probably the most well-known guitar player in what has since been dubbed the First...
GUITAR

Classical flamenco duo rising from Mexican heavy metal band

Internationally acclaimed Mexican acoustic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela plays unique instrumental blend of flamenco, jazz, and...
Cello

Bach's brilliant cello suites survived thanks to Anna Magdalena

The Bach collection of six suites for solo cello may have been written around 1720 as basic practice pieces intended to... 1 comment
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Granada: Albéniz's tribute for the city of guitar craft

The first piano solo of Isaac Albéniz, Suite Española, is probably the first testimony of the artistic renaissance of...
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Swiss-made prelude gifted to Segovia was never played by him

Andrés Segovia had one of the longest and most distinguished careers in the history of Western music. In his lifetime,...
FILM

The classic Morricone flavor in Tarantino's spaghetti western

The soundtrack for Django Unchained contains both original and existing works, featuring songs Quentin Tarantino...
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Bacheler's unusually bright lute music depicts Queen Anne of Denmark

Daniel Bacheler (1572-1619) was an English lutenist and composer. Details of his life were obscure until Anne Batchelor...
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Flow, My Tears found popularity after John Dowland gave it lyrics

Originally composed as an instrumental theme, the lute song Flow, My Tears was created by the English Renaissance...
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Thomas Morley's legacy in English Renaissance tradition

The Renaissance composer and organist Thomas Morley (c.1557-1602) is best known as the father of the English madrigal....
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The scent of magnolia permeating Joaquin Rodrigo's concerto

It may come as a revelation that Joaquin Rodrigo wasn’t a guitarist, despite his contributions to the guitar repertoire...
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Folk dances illuminate the heritage of Gaspar Sanz, the Baroque guitar maestro

Composer, guitarist, organist and priest, Gaspar Sanz studied at the University of Salamanca, where he was later...
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What kind of music did Louis XIV like?

Robert de Visée’s music remains among some of the best examples of French Baroque guitar music to this day. Visée's...
ORCHESTRA

Vivaldi's Bohemian Concerto was the last gift for the dying lute

Within Antonio Vivaldi's creative period, the lute was going out of fashion as the lead solo instrument, though its...
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Farewell to Stromness: the protest tune that fell into national consciousness

One of the most respected composers of his generation, Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016) bridged medieval and...
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Stylistic diversity of acoustic guitar duo Oka Vanga

Oka Vanga—a play on the name ‘Okavango’, a river delta in Botswana—is the band name for South African born Angela Meyer...
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Cuban guitar tradition of Leo Brouwer

Leo Brouwer has earned his legendary status as a contemporary composer for his extensive work in guitar music. He has...
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Asturias by Isaac Albéniz and its life in The Doors interpretation

Asturias is a famous work by the Spanish composer and pianist Isaac Albéniz. This piece, coming at around six minutes...

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