Legendary Guitarist Andrés Segovia Plays J.S. Bach...
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In 1976 the great classical guitarist Andés Segovia
returned to Granada, Spain, the city of his childhood,
to perform a few pieces on film at the 14th century Moorish palace,
the Alhambra. In the scene above, the 84-year-old Segovia
plays a pair of gavottes from his own transcription of
Johann Sebastian Bach’s
Suite for Solo Cello No. 6 in D Major, BMV 1012.
A gavotte is a kind of folk dance, originally from France,
that was popular during the Baroque period.
returned to Granada, Spain, the city of his childhood,
to perform a few pieces on film at the 14th century Moorish palace,
the Alhambra. In the scene above, the 84-year-old Segovia
plays a pair of gavottes from his own transcription of
Johann Sebastian Bach’s
Suite for Solo Cello No. 6 in D Major, BMV 1012.
A gavotte is a kind of folk dance, originally from France,
that was popular during the Baroque period.