Andres Segovia

Posted October 14, 2007, 10:57 am by Growing Bolder


Andres Segovia
Born: Feb. 21, 1893 Died: June 2, 1987
Considered the greatest classical guitarist of all-time, Segovia is credited with elevating the guitar from a folk instrument to one that could share the concert and recital stage on an equal footing with the piano and the violin.

After the Age of Sixty
His performing career lasted more than 70 years.

He was booked at Carnegie Hall in New York when he died at the age of 94.
Beatle George Harrison called Segovia "the father of us all."
In his last major interview, Hugh Downs asks Segovia:
"You do a lot of work. You practice, you perform, you travel. You' re 94. You still teach. Do you ever feel like saying, 'This is enough, I want to rest?'"

Segovia, who still had been giving 25 concerts a year, replied: "You know what I think? If I am tired now, I don't mind because I have eternity to rest."

Quotes:
"Among God's creatures two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes, in order not to be separated from the man."

“I’ve had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars.”

"Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart. "

"The piano is a monster that screams when you touch its teeth. "



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