Segovia Took the Art of Guitar to New Exquisite Heights and Maturity

Clear Annotation Publications has decided to publish some of Gregg's arrangements in eBook format ( iPad – Android – Smartphone ).  The start three eBooks below include works by Satie, Ponce and Grieg previously published in print format.

Satie: La Diva de "50'Empire"

Throughout his life, Erik Satie (1866-1925) was the foe of fine art that takes itself too seriously. He became very interested in French vaudeville songs and in American ragtime. The time to come of music, he felt, lay in the mode of simplicity – of melody rather than involved harmonies and counterpoint. Serious composers, he thought, could learn much from music-hall ditties. La Diva de "l'Empire" represents a perfect example of this. This Intermezzo Américain was composed for Paulette Darty, who was known as "The Queen of the Ho-hum Waltz" in early 20th Century Paris. It was kickoff performed most 1904 and later on published in 1919.

Grieg: Lyric Suite & Sarabande

• I. Waltz Op. 12, No. 2
• Two. Watchman's Song Op. 12, No. 3
• III. Norwegian Tune Op. 12, No. half-dozen
• IV. National Song Op. 12, No. 8
• V. Spring Dance Op. 33, No. 13
• VI. Norwegian Dance Op. 47, No. 4
• Sarabande – from the Holberg Suite

"Bach and Beethoven erected temples and churches on the heights. I only wanted to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy, and at home."
Edvard Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions put the music of Norway in the international spectrum, equally well every bit helping develop a national identity.

Grieg's character and personality polish through in almost all his published compositions. Nowhere are they more vividly evident than in his Lyric Pieces. Half-dozen of these exquisite jewels have been set for solo guitar as a short suite, just can be played equally separate pieces in concert.

A Sarabande from the "Holberg Suite" has also been included in this edition equally a stand-alone piece of work.

Ponce: Prelude and Fugue

"To sum up, your work is what has the most value for me and for all the musicians who hear it…"
– Andres Segovia, in a letter to Ponce (1929)

Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948, b. Fresnillo, Zacatecas) is undoubtedly Mexico's most beloved composer. He was the first to requite Mexican music both a national identity and an international stature – he put United mexican states on the musical map. Ponce successfully bridged the 3 worlds of folk, pop and classical music – a rare accomplishment among composers. The variety of his compositional styles reflects his extended periods of study in Europe also as his devotion to Mexican music and culture. Although he was a pianist, Ponce became best-known for his numerous guitar works, written for his close friend Andres Segovia. His pianoforte output of over xc pieces spans his entire career, and includes early salon-style character pieces, neo-Bizarre preludes and fugues, nationalistic rhapsodies, and French Impressionist/neo-Classic works.

In 1925, eager to immerse himself in French compositional styles, Ponce arrived in Paris to study with composer Paul Dukas (1865-1935).In that location, Ponce met other influential Latin-American and European composers and performers such equally Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999), and most significantly, Andrés Segovia (1893-1987).

Although Ponce had met Segovia after a concert in Mexico in 1923, it was during the years in Paris that their friendship deepened. Segovia encouraged Ponce to compose guitar music, which he did in abundance. Although the Prelude and Fugue for the Left Mitt Lonely was initially composed as a commission for the left-handed pianist Paul Wittgenstein (who also commissioned Ravel's famous Concerto for Piano, left hand), Ponce composed with the intention to be read both by the guitar and the piano.

The Prelude and Fugue for the Left Hand Lone was completed in 1931, the year earlier he returned to Mexico. Although equanimous in steady eighth-notes, the Prelude subtly projects the 3+three+ii rhythm so characteristic of Spanish dances. Confronting this rhythmic backdrop, Ponce creates a gentle, mournful lament. The French harmonic influence in this work is especially prominent in the threevoiced Fugue, reminiscent of the richly chromatic style of Cesar Franck'southward Prelude, Choral and Fugue. Here, Ponce is intense, sombre, and compelling.

Guitarist Gregg Nestor gave the European radio premiere of his arrangement of the Prelude and Fugue on the BBC (London) in 1982 and its American début on December 12th, 1986 at Holy Trinity Church in Alhambra, California during the concert series sponsored past the then-named Guitar Association of Los Angeles.

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