Fernando Sor - Study op. 35 no. 22 B-Minor (Segovia No. 5)

Sometimes in music the absence of music is a strong vehicle of dramatic expression. In this Allegretto by Fernando Sor (Segovia's No. 5) there are all 4 voices of a full choir set.

After the first beat the bass disappears. Sor must have had something in mind writing this study in this specific key B-minor.

This study, by the way, is very important for Andres Segovia: it was among the pieces he played in his very first public concert as a very young man in 1910 and has been a companion of the great spanish master throughout his career.

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00:00 Where is the bass?
00:37 form and first 4-part chord
01:49 Tone aesthetics: Daniel Schubart
02:46 "gentle complaint“ and sighing
04:09 absence as through former presence
05:24 harmonic stagnation (no bass) vs. harm. Progression (with bass)
06:37 Sor’s dramatisation
06:56 "guitar-magic“
08:41 performance Allegretto op.35 no. 22 on a period guitar

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