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Andrés Torres Segovia, Marques de Salobreña (February 21, 1893 – June 3, 1987) was a Spanish classical guitarist born in Linares, Spain who is considered to be the father of the modern classical guitar movement by most modern scholars. Segovia claimed that he rescued the guitar from the hands of flamenco gypsies, and built up a classical repertoire to give it a place in concert halls.

Segovia’s introduction to the guitar was at the early age of four years old. His uncle would frequently sing songs to him while pretending to strum an imaginary guitar. This prompted Segovia to set out on a quest to elevate the guitar to the status of the piano and the violin. In particular, he wanted to have it played and studied in every country and university in the world, and pass on his love of the guitar to future generations. His first taste of the guitar was from a flamenco player, whose technique horrified him.

As a teenager, Segovia moved to the town of Granada, where he studied the guitar and soaked up the other-worldly atmosphere of the Alhambra Palace - a moorish relic overlooking the town which he regarded as his spiritual awakening.

Segovia’s first public performance was in Spain at the age of sixteen, and a few years later he held his first professional concert in Madrid, playing guitar transcriptions by Francisco Tárrega and some works by Johann Sebastian Bach, which he had transcribed himself.

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1		Prelude in C minor, BWV 999			132
2		Recuerdos de la Alhambra			110
3		Granada			46
4		J.S. Bach: Suite in E minor, BWV 996 - Arr. Segovia, transposed to A minor - 2.…			45
5		J.S. Bach: Partita for Lute in C minor, BWV 997 - arr. Guitar Segovia, transposed to…			40
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6		J.S. Bach: Partita for Violin Solo No.1 in B minor, BWV 1002 - Bourrée			38
8		J.S. Bach: Partita for Violin Solo No.1 in B minor, BWV 1002 - Sarabande			36
8		J.S. Bach: Partita for Lute in C minor, BWV 997 - arr. Guitar Segovia, transposed to…			36
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