To interpret a work, it is necessary to be persuaded that it is well done, and to try to approach the spirit of the composer as much as possible Quote 9Įach one among us has his clean”Puerta del Sol (Soul Gate)” but is constantly deviated by it and can never really reach it Quote 10 One finds the following in the music: The beauty of a flower, a sigh When one can appreciate the murmur of the foliage one can understand all that occurs behind the musical writing and transmit to the others, transmiting our happiness to them. The heart of the vibration, and the vibration of the heart resident in the body of the guitar, and each note is small a piece of love Quote 7
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Learn how to study: One that can study, can manage to quickly concentrate the technique “en peu de choses (in few things)”, because it goes to essence Quote 5Īny guitarist should read Virgile, Plato, Racine Quote 6 Work slowly, and meditate on each note Quote 4 They must remain arm-above arm-below Quote 3 The fingers must love the cords and separate the least possible in displacements. These are 10 quotes by Pujol that all of us guitarists should follow. His words on Tàrrega's School of Guitar are also applicable to his own spirit which constantly strived to “resolving in advance all the problems which can arise out of the diverse elements which contribute to the performance of a work: instrument, hands and spirit.Emilio (Emili) Pujol Vilarrubi (1886-1980) was a composer and the leading twentieth century musicologist and classical guitar teacher. It was repeated every summer over a ten year period, and in 1972 it was moved to the thirteenth-century village of Cervera. This event became quite popular and was attended by students and teachers from throughout the world. In 1946, Pujol began his guitar classes at the Lisbon Conservatory of Music which continued through to 1969, perhaps the first instance of guitar instruction being included in an academic institution.ĭuring this period he was involved in giving master classes (in 1953 he was personally invited by Andrés Segovia to give classes at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana) and adjudicating guitar competitions.Īlso at this time, Pujol's first wife Matilde Cuervas died (1956) and seven years later he married Maria Adelaide Robert, a noted Portuguese pianist and singer who greatly assisted him in his final years.īeginning in the summer of 1965, Pujol launched his International Courses of Guitar, Lute and Vihuela in the city of Lleida, Spain.
He considered this book to be the pinnacle of the vihuela school and regarded Fuenllana as the final spokesman for this brief courtly instrumental period in Spanish music.
Prior to his death, Pujol had begun work on the largest of vihuela music books, the Orphenica Lyra by Miguel Fuenllana, published in 1554.
The volume was eventually followed by volumes covering Alonso Mudarra (1949) and Valderrábano (1963) in the series.
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The beginning signs of World War II, also prevented him from continuing his concert career.įrom 1935 through 1940, Pujol continued giving a few concerts and lectures as well as pursuing his research in Spain, London and Paris.īy 1941, he was back in Spain until 1946, preparing the volume covering the composer for vihuela Luis de Narváez for the series Monumentos de la Musica Española (Vol. The only major interruptions in his concert travels were his marriage to Matilda Cuervas in Paris, an Andalusian singer and guitarist, and the period of time he devoted to historical research in Paris into the instrumental predecessors of the guitar. In 1918 he undertook his first tour of South America, starting in Buenos Aires. Pujol fondly remembered his first encounter with Tárrega and in his biography of his teacher, he described his mestre in very endearing, romantic terms.ĭuring the war years 1914-1918 he did not travel much and mainly remained in Catalonia. He began his studies with Francisco Tárrega at the Conservatory of Barcelona in 1901, when he was fifteen years of age.Īt this time, Miquel Llobet was making his debut as a concert artist outside Barcelona. Emili Pujol Vilarrubí (SeptemNovember 21, 1980) was a composer and the leading twentieth century musicologist and classical guitar teacher.Įmili Pujol was born in the little village of Granadella just outside Lleida, Spain.
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