Birth Name:Andrés Torres Segovia, Marqués de Salobreña
Backgrounds:Classical Ensemble
Occupations:Classical Guitarist
Instruments:Guitar
Years Active:1909 - 1987
Categories:1893 Births · 1987 Deaths · Andalusian Musicians · Artist · Composers For Guitar · Deaths By Myocardial Infarction · Grammy Award Winners · Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winners · Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists · Spanish Classical Guitarists
Labels:Deutsche Grammophon · EMI · MCA
Genres:Classical
Andrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquess of Salobreña (21 February 1893–2 June 1987) was a Spanish classical guitarist born in Linares, Jaén, Spain.
He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the classical guitar in the beginning and mid 20th century.
Segovia's main musical aesthetic preferences were Spanish romantic and Spanish nationalist music of the late 19th and early 20th century - a style that is very different from flamenco.
Many works of this style were written especially for him and formed part of his core repertoire, e.g.
the guitar works of Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982).
