Andr%C3%A9s Segovia

Andrs Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobrea , known as Andrs Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Spain. Regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, he is seen as the grandfather of the classical guitar. Many professional classical guitarists today are students of Segovia, or students of his students.

Segovia was born in Linares, Jan, Spain. He was sent at a very young age to live with his uncle Eduardo and his wife Mara. Eduardo arranged for Segovias first music lessons with a violin teacher after recognizing that Segovia had an aptitude for music. This proved to be an unhappy introduction to music for the young Segovia because of the teachers strict methods, and Eduardo stopped the lessons. His uncle decided to move to Granada to allow Segovia to obtain a better education after arriving in Granada, Segovia recommenced his musical studies. Segovia was aware of flamenco during his formative years as a musician but stated that he did not have a taste for the form and chose instead the works of Sor, Trrega and other classical composers. Trrega agreed to give the selftaught Segovia some lessons but died before they could meet and Segovia states that his early musical education involved the double function of professor and pupil in the same body.

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