by Jesús de las Heras Jiménez [DGA Editor: the author’s website is no longer active so links have been updated to point to snapshots at archive.org.] Editor’s Note: It is not everyday one comes across a treasure trove such as the one found in Mr. de las Heras’ page devoted to Read more…
Attributed to Mikhail Vyssotsky (1791-1837) Introduced by Matanya Ophee Move over Spanish Romance, Jeux Interdix or whatever you want to call yourself. This Elegy is the ultimate, unequivocal and final replacement to a piece of seductive guitar music which overstayed its welcome a couple of generations ago. Enough is enough and now it is Read more…
By Matanya Ophee Note: This article was sent to the editors of Classical Guitar magzine. It was rejected for publication because, I was told, it was “too long.” The issues involved, it seems to me, are much too important to our discipline to be glossed over by the considerations of a magazine, howver they may Read more…
By Matanya Ophee The storm surrounding the Associated Board examination lists in England seems to have subsided.[1]See our [Killing the Message II]. The principals involved went on to other pursuits, and an affair that quickly rose to prominent coverage on the pages of Classical Guitar magazine, went out with a flaccid after-thought, expressed Read more…
An Annotated Bibliography Compiled and annotated by Erica M. Lohmann and Matanya Ophee Books: 1981, Luigi Boccherini’s Guitar Quintets: New Evidence, to which is added, for the first time, a reliable biography of François de Fossa and a checklist of his known compositions. Establishes the provenance of the guitar quintets by Read more…
By Matanya Ophee The really good stuff is private, right? Photo by Studio Atar, Tel Aviv, 1964. And that’s my gorgeous Fleta!which I don’t have anymore 🙁 . . . Tel-Aviv, 1999. On the occasion of my grandsonOphir Mardan’s bar-mitzvah.The ceremonial Cohiba is unlit… I was born in Jerusalem on June 15, 1932. Spent Read more…