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Rudolph Süss’S Lyrische Suite No. 1, Op. 23, Matanya Ophee
Rudolph Süss’S Lyrische Suite No. 1, Op. 23, Matanya Ophee
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This article reproduces the Lyrische Suite [no. 1], op. 23, by the Austrian composer Rudolph Süss, with a short introductory commentary. First published in Vienna around 1921, this suite is a fine example of the enthusiasm for the guitar in early twentieth-century Austria and Germany, which resulted in much music that has been overlooked, overshadowed as it was by the emerging Spanish repertoire.
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This article is one of a series of seven celebrating the work of Matanya Ophee (1932–2017) on the ninetieth anniversary of his birth. Written between 1982 and 1991, these articles first appeared in early issues of …
Joaquín Rodrigo And Julian Bream: Aspects Of A Relationship, Javier Suárez-Pajares
Joaquín Rodrigo And Julian Bream: Aspects Of A Relationship, Javier Suárez-Pajares
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In light of the complex diplomatic relations between Spain and the United Kingdom in the 1950s, the deteriorating relationship between the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo and the English guitarist Julian Bream describes a telling arc—from 1951, when Bream gave the British premiere of the Concierto de Aranjuez, to 1959, when he emphatically rejected the Sonata giocosa that Rodrigo had written for him. To explore Bream's negative reaction, this study considers both Rodrigo’s relation to England and Bream’s ambivalent attitude toward the Spanish guitar tradition. An epilogue examines the recordings that the guitarist subsequently made of the Concierto de Aranjuez …
Andrés Segovia And Federico Moreno Torroba’S Danza Castellana, Julio Gimeno
Andrés Segovia And Federico Moreno Torroba’S Danza Castellana, Julio Gimeno
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The guitar’s early twentieth-century repertoire is of unique importance, containing as it does the first guitar pieces by non-guitarist composers known for their symphonic, operatic and chamber music. Many of these composers wrote for the pioneering Andalusian guitarist Andrés Segovia, and among the most prolific of them was Federico Moreno Torroba. In various memoirs and interviews, Segovia identified Torroba’s miniature Danza castellana as not only the first piece written for him by a non-guitarist composer but even the first such piece by anyone, predating, in Segovia’s telling, Falla’s 1920 Homenaje. This article challenges Segovia’s claim by recounting the details …
Soundboard Scholar No. 8: Cover
Soundboard Scholar No. 8: Cover
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Cover image: Ex Libris bookplate for Jane Patterson by Robert Anning Bell. Line illustration from 1893 that appeared in The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Private Collection.
Editor's Letter, Jonathan Leathwood
Editor's Letter, Jonathan Leathwood
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An introduction to the contents of Soundboard Scholar, no. 8.