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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 266.1 | sniff... | BPOV10::LEAHY | | Thu Jun 04 1987 12:16 | 8 |
| I caught him in Worcester a few years back, and all I can say is
that if there was ever a show which could be indelibly marked in
my memory by virtue of its sheer beauty and demonstration of mastery,
that was the one. I'm sure he will be sadly missed by all. I wonder
if they'll keep making "segovia" classical strings?
Jon (BPOV02::NELSON)
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| 266.2 | 94 yrs. old | MILVAX::EATON | | Thu Jun 04 1987 12:59 | 1 |
| I heard about it on WBCN, and they said he was 94.
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| 266.3 | | JAWS::COTE | What's wrong with this picture? | Thu Jun 04 1987 16:16 | 12 |
| re: .1
Mechanic's Hall, right? I was there. Remarkable. Segovia had to
be helped out to his chair and given his guitar. At that point
both hands 'came alive' and the concert started.
When he was done, his guitar was removed and he was helped off
the stage....
Makes ya wanna cry...
Edd
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| 266.4 | Andre The Giant | BPOV10::LEAHY | | Fri Jun 05 1987 09:54 | 7 |
| yeah... I hung around for about a half an hour and finally did get
his autograph, just before they decided that he couldn't handle
any more and helped away from the crowd. His signature was barely
recognizeable (but I guess that's true of most spaniards...) :->
Jon (BPOV02::NELSON)
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| 266.5 | | PVAX::CONROY | | Fri Jun 05 1987 11:30 | 6 |
|
Richard Dyer (music critic for the Boston Globe) had a nice article
in yesterdays paper. He was practicing for 4 to 5 hours a day
right up to the end. His playing in concert fell off a bit as
he got older but there was never any mistaking his playing or
that great tone.
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| 266.6 | Guitarists are all his children | NEXUS::DICKERSON | | Fri Jun 05 1987 12:31 | 14 |
| Not only did the maestro invent the guitar as a concert instrument,
he was a primary force in the development and acceptance of nylon
strings. During his exile from Spain during the Spanish Civil War
and WWII, he was plagued by the difficulty in getting good gut strings
( which were, understandably, difficult to get out of Germany ).
He met a guy named Augustine. This guy had some new-fangled
synthetic strings. After some initial doubts ( the first few tries
at nylon strings apparently sounded awful! ) Segovia became an
enthusiatic collaborator. The rest, as they say, is history. The
next time you slap a new set of Augustine "blues" on your classical
axe, say a quit thank you to THE MAN.
Doug Dickerson...
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| 266.7 | | BMT::COMAROW | | Fri Jun 05 1987 18:29 | 2 |
| I saw Segovia in a little tiny concert all in Bristol, England in
1977.
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