Knowing when the absolute first guitar concerto of the 20th century is only of marginal value, but it is useful to know when interest in the genre re-emerged. Perhaps more useful - does anyone know when the LATEST guitar concerto was written in the 19th century? It would be interesting to see how big the gap is.
Chris --- steve gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "It was the Castelnuovo guitar concerto that > Segovia (or his > biographer) > claimed was the first guitar concerto of the 20th > century." > It is probably up for debate as to whether > Tedesco or Rodrigo wrote the > first guitar concerto of the 20th century. Both > were written in early > 1939 but I don't know when either was completed. > Segovia indicates to > Ponce in Aug. 1939 that Tedesco wrote him a > concerto so it was > presumably done by then. Rodrigo's was premiered > in November that year > by it's dedicatee, Regino Sainz de la Maza but > Tedesco's was not > performed by Segovia until later (can't find the > date at the moment). > Segovia would have had a vested interest in > promoting the view that > Tedesco's was first completed. He was bitter that > Rodrigo's concerto > was dedicated to Sainz de la Maza, especially > after it was such a huge > success. > steve > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Arthur Ness > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "howard posner" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 8:18 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Respighi > | On Sep 28, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Arthur Ness > wrote: > | > | > He argued that Segovia was lying > | > when he bragged to have commissioned the > first guitar concerto > of > | > the 20th > | > century. > | > | What was this concerto Segovia was supposed > to have commissioned? > oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo > Good morning, Howard! > It was the Castelnuovo guitar concerto that > Segovia (or his > biographer) > claimed was the first guitar concerto of the > 20th century. It dates > from > 1939. The concertino dates from 1930. > And even so, one suspects that surely, some > place someone wrote a > guitar > concerto before that. As far as I know the > work has never been > recorded, > and I cannot find the composer listed in either > the New Grove or > Slonimsky > dictionaries, or Austin (20th century music). > Slonimsky mentions him in his book on music in > Latin America (just > four or > five lines, iirc), and if you read between the > lines (and Slonimsky > was > very skilled at back-handed compliments), he > did not think much of > his > music: "An academic composer," or words like > that. So being first > is not > neccessarily best. The guitarist/editor > falsely claims Slonimsky > championed the work, remarking that Adame held > an honored place at > the > head of his list of Latin American composers. > Sure. And he would > be > last if his name was Zebra.<g> > In fact it was Slonimsky who brought the > manuscript of the concerto > to the > U.S. He had been commissioned to travel trough > Latin America and > collect > music from local composers. Someone thought we > should be more > familiar > with music south of the border. All of the > _*manuscript*_ music > went to > the Fleischer Collection at that library in > Philadelphia, a lending > library of orchestral > music for performance (scores and parts). > Found in: Free Library of Philadelphia > Title: Concertino 3^o [=terzo] : Estilo > mariache / Rafael G. > Adame. > Author: Adame, Rafael, 1905- > ms score 29 pp. + parts > Notes: 1. Preludio -- 2. Andantino ; fuga. > solo guitar, 1 fl, 1 ob, 1 cl, 1 bsn and > strings > BIB Call Number: 985M ENTIRE WORK > All of the _*printed*_ music that he collected > is now in a basement > somewhere. I know where but I'm not saying.<g> > Maybe Eugene will > find a > peer-reviewer to test the truthfulness of my > statement. > More interesting to my way of thinking would > not be "firsts" but > "bests." > My vote for the best guitar concerto of the > 20th century would > certainly > include as first place the recently discovered > Concerto for Two > Guitars by > Germaine Tailleferre, the female member of "Les > Six.". The guitars > tend > to be in the background, so perhaps it might > not appeal to some > guitar > types. But the harmonies and orchestral > sonorities are so > wonderfully > transparent. Lots of bi-tonal passages. Cross > rhythms. A piano > reduction > with two guitars and full score was published > about five years ago > (Lagny > sur Marne: Musik Fabrik, 2002 & 2008). It is > thought the concerto > was > composed for the Presti/Lagoya duo. > It's on a CD featuring Chris Bilobran, > "Compositon Feminine" Verlag > Klaus > Juergen Kompread VKJK 0422. See [4]www.jklk.de > The CD includes a nicely performed > concerto-like overture with solo > lute > (played on guitar) by Camilla dei Rossi (d. ca > 1710). A delightful > Italianate work. She was active in the Vienna > Court, where the > lutenist > Francesco Conti was Kapellmeister. She > composed oratorios, often > including prominent parts for lute, and had > some contact with > Handel. Many of her scores are published by > Clar-Nan Editions in > Arkansas. Apparently (iirc) the original lute > parts are in pitch > notation. > The CD also has some virtuoso opera variations > composed by Mauro > Giuliani's daughter, Emilia Giuliani-Guglielmi. > Now that must be > another > furst of sorts. > =====AJN (Boston, Mass.)===== > This week's free download from Classical Music > Library is Schubert's > Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200 > performed by the Orchestra della Svizzera > Italiana, Alain Lombard, > conductor. > To download, click on the CML link here > [5]http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ > My Web Page: Scores > > [6]http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/ > Other Matters: > [7]http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ > =================================== > To get on or off this list see list information > at > > [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > === message truncated === To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
