Sure. But it remains that this performance was still pretty dire.

@@rjlchristie what a bovine arrogant peckerwood thing to say.

@@rjlchristie Spero che se un giorno vedrai un dipinto di Leonardo da Vinci, non lo giudicherai scadente vedendoci un pò di polvere sulla cornice!

Well, the worse his technique got, the more of a cunt he became. Truly the Edison of the guitar. (Not a compliment.)

@@alfredomandrillo5145 Quite.

Were you on drugs when you wrote this, or did you eat too many lead paint chips when you were a kid?

Segovia did a world tour at the age of 92. How many people even live that long! Much less have the health to travel the world not even considering playing all this music from memory. Anyone who doesn't know his life story should read up about it. He single handedly turned a folk instrument into a concert instrument. He paved the way for every classical guitarist since.

@@ruthcooper1709 He should have retired 20 years earlier.

@@ruthcooper1709 He was a pompous, arrogant, imperialist, snob. He bad mouthed the great Latin American guitarists like Barrios and Lauro. He even forbade his pupils from studying and performing their works. As for him “single handedly…..” there were plenty of guitarists before, during, and after his lifetime that were more talented and just as instrumental in elevating the guitar to the classical stage. Segovia got all the credit just because he was the first Spanish guitarist to be televised to an American audience- him with with his prudish, educated look.

Yes, he was a master at stroking efficiently. As for his musicality....meh.

I'm just curious whether that comment is based on the playing in this video or his earlier recordings.

@@tmjcbs I think he said that because he heard someone else say that and now he’s pretending to be a music critic.

This a piece from the vihuela de mano repertoire, not the lute.

@@SarasAnimals lutenists and vihuelists shared the same repertoire.

ANDRÉS SEGOVIA

Well, I guess you’re not a professional music critic.

@@edzmuda6870 -just a professional award winning musician who took lessons from a guitarist who won a guitar, given to him by Andre Segovia at an International competition in Spain. So that is simply my opinion, as I said

Maybe I saw a different concert because I remember him using his fingers like a galloping horse on the upper frets on his high "E" string. ki used that same technique that I learned from him that evening on TV.

Are you trying to let the world know that your senses are out of whack??

You must say “Great” a lot.

Nope. He’s too old to hold the rhythm too.

Is that because you heard other people say that??

B.S. Before him there was Emilio Pujol, Miguel Llobet, Julian Arcas, and Tarrega. Then came Barrios, Lauro, and Celedonio Romero. All of them were far superior to Segovia as guitarists. Segovia got all the credit ONLY because he was the first to be televised to an American audience.

Chiara Badde Ag, always wondered why that third theme is omitted from the written piece.

Groyper Gruppenführer , I’m sure it is in Frederick Noads book on Renaissance Guitar. Page 78.

Oh, by the way, that wasn't played "at The While House", but "at the White House". Once the corrections are brought, please do not hesitate to delete my comments! Thank you in advance!