New Videos
Two new videos of Latin American works: an Argentinian zamba by Pablo Del Cerro (pseudonym of Paula Nenette Pepín, wife of Atahualpa Yupanqui) and a Peruvian waltz arranged by Nicomedes and Victoria Santa Cruz.
Author Archive for: marquissimo
Entries by Marco Sartor
Marco is featured on the February issue of the Uruguayan magazine “Sinfónica.”
New article on the current issue of Soundboard
The latest issue of the Guitar Foundation of America’s magazine, Soundboard (Vol. 41, No.3), includes a feature article by Marco: “Analysis and Performance of Dissonances in Joaquín Rodrigo’s Guitar Music.” Click here to order it. Here a similar column about a passage in Rodrigo’s music.
Tempo do Brasil reviewed on Soundboard
Nice review of Marc Regnier’s album “Tempo do Brasil” on Soundboard Vol. 41 No. 2. “This is a thoroughly delightful disc. There is great playing from Marc Regnier and a first-rate group of collaborators, infectious music, and good programming. Get it… Regnier and Uruguayan guitarist Marco Sartor make a powerful and well-matched duo… The excelent […]
Thought Spots: Giulio Regondi’s “Reverie, Op.19”
This passage in Giulio Regondi’s Reverie, Op.19 is a sort of music-analysis puzzle: Giulio Regondi: Reverie Op.19, mm. 88-90 There must be a misprint somewhere in the group marked with X. As it is printed, it hardly constitutes a valid harmonic progression in the practice of the time. We can have certainty that the last chord of the group is D7, […]
Thought Spots: Joaquín Rodrigo’s “Sonata Giocosa”
There is a passage in the third movement of Joaquín Rodrigo’s Sonata Giocosa that I have always found interesting: Joaquín Rodrigo: Sonata Giocosa, mvt. III, mm. 137-144 The passage, like the rest of the work, is tonal. Each beamed group of eighths suggests a chord; the first and last note of each group belong to […]
Thought Spots: J.S.Bach’s “Sonata BWV 1001”
When transcribing music for bowed instruments to the guitar, bowing indications can give us valuable insight into how the music should be articulated. However, they can also mislead us if we assume they are invariably included for musical purposes. Sometimes they clarify technical aspects of bowing, which for us guitarists means that we should not […]
Thought Spots: Agustín Barrios’s Saudade from “La Catedral”
“La Catedral,” arguably Agustín Barrios’s most famous work, was not conceived at once. The second and third movements were written in Uruguay in 1921, reflecting the peace of the Cathedral’s interior and the tumult of the town outside. The Prelude, Saudade, was added in La Habana in 1938. (Different versions conflict as to the true […]
Thought Spots: Manuel Ponce’s “Sonata III”
Here is a spot that can provide for a lengthy discussion: Manuel Ponce: Sonata III, first movement, mm. 47-50 Let us focus on the first beat of measure 48 (second bar of the example). The open E appears slurred to the following A. This suggests that both notes belong to the same phrase. I would […]
Tempo do Brasil
Congratulations to Marc Regnier on his new album, “Tempo do Brazil,” on Reference Recordings. Marco participated in Sergio Assad’s “Três Cenas Brasileiras ” and wrote the liner notes. Just released! Order here.
