On 10/20/2012 1:29 AM, Alphonsus Jr. wrote:
> You blindsters fail to see that, most likely, neither JW nor you would be playing the cg if not for Segovia. Trogs.
>
Highly speculative, and unknowable. That's part of the modern myth to
which YOU subscribe--that the classical guitar sprung full-blown from
Segovia's fingers. There was a strong tradition for the classical
guitar in Spain, Italy--and the United States, before Segovia. It is
possible that the classical guitar would not have been so centered on
the Spanish repertoire as it has been--and I doubt everyone would agree
this would have been a bad thing.
Segovia had to good fortune to grow up in the dawn of recorded sound.
IMO, if Segovia hadn't been the standard-bearer, someone else would have.
I think it's likely that more people playing today will credit the
Beatles for having picked up the guitar than Segovia. After picking up
the guitar, developing a taste for cg was mostly seredipity--and perhaps
good judgment. Would most of these players have stopped to listen to
Segovia (and Williams, and Bream, and a few others) had the Beatles
never came to the U.S.? Personally, I very much doubt it.
Steve