The Andante espressivo is more Ponce's own style, full of the tender (and, by 1929, old-fashioned) lyricism that had made his song Estrellita an international hit. In the first movement, Allegro moderato, Ponce leads his two pleasing, elegant themes through the same high contrasts of mood and sudden jolts from major to minor and back that have led scholars to question Schubert's understanding of "proper" key relationships in sonata form. Schubert, who loved the guitar." Although this music could not quite be mistaken for Schubert, it does employ several Schubertian touches. The second he called Sonata Romántica, and the Romantic composer he had in mind was clear from the subtitle, which in English reads "Homage to Fr. The first he dubbed Sonata Clásica, offering it as an homage to Classical-era guitar master Fernando Sor. ARTissimo recently placed third in the Chamber Music competition at the Pleven Guitar festival in Bulgaria.In the 1920s, Ponce wrote a pair of contrasting guitar sonatas for his friend Andrés Segovia. This lovely and emotional version comes from the young, Romania-based ARTissimo GuitarDuo-Ana-Maria Bibescu and Raisa Mihai-who are both students at the National University of Music in Bucharest. 1, was written for piano in 1909, but has migrated over into the guitar world as a duet. The prolific Ponce also penned chamber music, songs, piano works, and orchestral pieces, and our Video Pick, Intermezzo No. Additionally, he wrote guitar transcriptions used by Segovia for works by Bach and Scarlatti. Among his best-known guitar works are the Sonata mexicana, Variations and Fugue on ‘La Folia’, Canciones populares mexicanas, Sonata clásica, Sonata Romántica, Cuatro Piezas, and Sonatina meridional. On December 8, 2019, we celebrate what would be the 137th birthday of the amazing Mexican composer Manuel Maria Ponce (1882–1948)! Of course Ponce is loved in the classical guitar world for the many pieces he wrote for the instrument and his long and fruitful association with Andrés Segovia.
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