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Essays about anything related to classical guitar and music by Kazu Suwa. Some essays include audio or video samples.

Manuel de Falla: Homenaje pour Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy - Generation of ’27 – Part 6

This essay is about Falla’s only guitar work, Homenaje pour Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy, his important involvement…

Golden Polyphemus (Brindle) and Riddle of the guitar (Lorca) - Generation of ’27 – Part 5

Federico García Lorca dedicated Six Caprices (Seis Caprichos) to his guitarist friend Regino Sáinz de la Maza. The…

Theory and Play of the Duende by Federico García Lorca - Generation of ’27 – Part 4

The Duende has nothing to do with social status, nationality, or education, neither is it possible to acquire by…

Federico García Lorca and the guitar - Generation of ’27 – Part 3

Lorca wrote three poems about the guitar. I quote below The six strings from the subsection Graphic of the petenera…

Regino Sáinz de la Maza and Federico García Lorca - Generation of ’27 – Part 2

The guitarist Regino Sáinz de la Maza and the poet Federico García Lorca met each other at the “Residencia de…

Regino Sáinz de la Maza - Generation of ’27 – Part 1

The Generation of ’27 is a fascinating cultural movement of modern Spain and Maestro Regino Sáinz de la Maza also had…