On Saturday, July 22 at 4 p.m. at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Newcastle, 11 Glidden St., plucked-string specialist Timothy Burris will play a program of 19th-century music for classical guitar. A free-will offering will be taken at the door to.
Many significant developments in classical guitar design and technique flourished in Spain during the past few centuries, but the story indeed began many years perhaps millennia earlier.
Posted by Patrick Francis | Excerpted from Spanish Repertoire for Classical Guitar Andalusian-born Julian Arcas (1832–82) was perhaps the greatest Spanish classical guitarist of his time. A composer and performer, he is best known for teaching the legendary guitarist/composer Francisco Tárrega. Arcas’s friendship with guitar builder and fellow Almerían Antonio Torres contributed to the birth…