Segovia Master Class; 4
- Series
- Segovia Master Class
- Episode Number
- 4
- Producing Organization
- National Educational Television and Radio Center
- Kroll Productions
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/516-xs5j961g5p
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- Description
- Episode Description
- An Austrian student, Brigitte Zaczeck, plays Manuel M. Ponces Theme, Variations and Finale, dedicated to Segovia and fingered by him. This work by the Mexican composer, first heard in the second episode, is a melodious and technically demanding example of Ponces French period. Oscar Ghiglia, Italian-born and French by adoption, is an advanced Segovia pupil, who has already concertized and recorded on his own. He plays two sonatas (E minor and E major) by Domenico Scarlatti, originally written for piano and arranged for guitar by Segovia. In a sense, the Segovia guitar arrangements of Scarlattis tremendous volume of piano sonatas restore this music to its original source, the rhythmic Iberian string patterns which served as the composers first inspiration. Segovia Master Class #4 is a 1966 production of National Educational Television. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- Segovia Master Class consists of 14 half-hour episodes produced by Nathan Kroll Production and initially distributed by NET in 1966. It was originally shot on videotape.
- Series Description
- The site for this new National Educational Television cultural affairs series is the city of Santiago de Compostela, a famous European shrine in northwest Spain often called the Jerusalem of the West. The artist is the 73-year old virtuoso Andres Segovia, whose name is synonymous with the classical guitar. For a two-month period (August and September 1965), an NET team headed by producer Nathan Kroll recorded classes conducted by Segovia with a student body of 17 drawn from the best talents of eight countries, including the United States. Segovia Master Class, consisting of 14 half-hour classes, is the fourth Master Class series produced by NET and the first recorded abroad. The first was the widely acclaimed Casals Master Class, also produced by Nathan Kroll. Lotte Lehmann and Jascha Heifetz were featured in the others. Segovia Master Class was filmed in the 14th century Hostal de Los Reyes Catolicos, an imposing structure once a royal hospital, and converted by Ferdinand and Isabella into a hostel for poor pilgrims. The students are enrolled at the Music Academy founded in Santiago de Compostela in 1958 by Segovia and Jose Miguel Ruiz-Morales, then in charge of cultural affairs for the Spanish government. Aspiring students pay their own passage, but once accepted they receive free room, board and tuition. The last program in the series included the final competition for most deserving student. The prize is a guitar handcrafted to Segovias specifications. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1966-10-16
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- other
- Credits
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Executive Producer: Davis, Curtis W., 1928-1986
Host: Segovia, Andres
Performer: Segovia, Andres
Performer: Ghiglia, Oscar
Performer: Zaczeck, Brigitte
Producer: Kroll, Nathan
Producing Organization: National Educational Television and Radio Center
Producing Organization: Kroll Productions
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Segovia Master Class; 4,” 1966-10-16, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 1, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-xs5j961g5p.
- MLA: “Segovia Master Class; 4.” 1966-10-16. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 1, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-xs5j961g5p>.
- APA: Segovia Master Class; 4. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-xs5j961g5p