Andres Segovia, As I Knew Him
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Published: June 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780786633197
Subjects: Individual Instrumentalists; Biography / Autobiography; Music; Composers & Musicians - Classical Instrumentalists; Musical Instruments - Guitar; Segovia, Andres; Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General; 1893-1987; Biography; Guitarists; Segovia, Andrâes,; Spain
First sentence: Late in 1947 the news reached us that Segovia was to give a recital for the Bradford Music Society, whereupon members of the Manchester Guitar Circle hired a Rolls Royce, which seemed appropriate to the occasion, and were driven in style across the wintry moors to partake of the Ultimate Experience; the Sounds were to reach us without the intervention of gramophone or radio, and their maker was to become incarnate.