I recently came into possession of a number of programs and articles from 1926 and one article from 1927 regarding Segovia’s concerts in Russia. In Matanya Ophee’s 2017 article “Segovia and the Russians” he included some of these items. I’m sure the book by Vaisbord includes the details from the programs and articles but I don’t have a copy of the book to compare. Hopefully this information will be of interest to others so I make them available here.
Presented here is the full article “L’Hymne de Riégo” published in Revue de Paris, January 7, 1865 (pages 105-134). It is an written by Philbert Audebrand based on an encounter with Huerta around 1860. The portion Read more…
A 2 part article I wrote on Huerta’s activities in America is being published by the Guitar Foundation of America in Soundboard Volume 50, numbers 3 and 4. The article includes portions of biographical articles Read more…
Luigi Sagrini’s op. 4 was dedicated to Luigi Legnani and the theme was listed as “Racio Calupo.” This seemed odd for a well-known prodigy to dedicate a work to a famous guitarist yet use an Read more…
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