Manuel Ponce: Preludio / guitar: Jeff Carter

[gutplucker]

this is wonderful

[sargijapunk]

Really great playing and recording, unfortunately there are some clips in sound :-( Seems to be more exaggerated when you play sixteennotes .-(

[LaGuitarrayYo]

Wow! This is absolutely wonderful!

=)

[gittarin]

Hi,

wonderful playing of a great piece.Thank you for showing.

Richard.

[jeffretrac]

Thanks very much, Richard!

[chrisbellender]

I love this song! But I'm killing myself trying to find free sheet music for it on the web. Do you know where I can find it???

[jeffretrac]

Sorry, Chris, it's still under copyright so no freebies. You can find it at GSPguitar, or spanishguitar (followed by d o t c o m). Ponce worked hard to give us this and many other beautiful works, and we should help support the composers!

[jesusarnulfo]

excelente interpretacion felicidades

[jac0b1000]

ExElEnt. waht tuning is it in. standard or somthing ElsE ????

[jeffretrac]

Thanks...it's in standard tuning.

[luishseixass]

man great! i loved !!

[kelvinkong74]

wow, you are great player. I like this song very much, hope some day could find the score.

[suppressivefire]

the sound is terrible, but good playing

[morrel06]

could you please tell me the number of this prelude, i'm not able to find it.

[esanch]

This is beautifully performed on Segovia, "Music for the Guitar" DECCA label DL710046. The version on the above mentioned recording has a harpsicord playing accompaniment.

[sguitar]

Hey There!! Really nice playing and very nice sound I like your guitar! Sure 5 stars!

Sarah :-)

[stilleman]

Really nice performance. Which edition did you use for this recording?

[jeffretrac]

Thanks! I used the Rafael Andia edition.

[ThisDream]

Thank you it does. Its a great piece, but attributing it to Weiss is far-fetched. I'm surprised anyone got away with it!

[LutenistDeMari]

LOL since when was this piece attributed to WEISS!? It doesn't exist in lute tablature, which is the only format in which Weiss set down his pieces. If it is for lute its not using any of the bass courses on the lute. many of the harmonies are a bit modern for any sane minded individual to attribute them to the 18th century.

[jeffretrac]

LOL! Ponce wrote this (and a few others as well!) as a Baroque pastiche at Segovia's urging. This piece was actually published (and continues to be published) under Weiss's name. Nobody said it was for the lute, dude!

[jeffretrac]

Here's a bit of history for you:

Carlos Vázquez, a pupil of Ponce, concert pianist and heir to the Ponce estate, was cited in a newspaper article concerning the Ponce pastiches:

Segovia, faced with a lack of original compositions for guitar, asked Ponce to write baroque and classical music for him. Segovia, however, did not want to fill his concerts with compositions by only one man--Ponce--so the two agreed to attribute many of them to other composers according to Vázquez.

[jeffretrac]

(History, cont.)

Vázquez explained that when visited Segovia in 1964 in Madrid the guitarist promised to give Ponce credit for the compositions in his memoirs, but gave him permission to announce what he called their "joke" earlier in México.

[jeffretrac]

(History, cont.)

The authorship of Ponce's pastiches was known to a many guitarists prior to Carlos Várzquez's announcement of the "joke" in 1964. The popularity of these works eventually prompted certain editors into piracy and, via transcriptions of Segovia recordings, many pastiches were published under their alleged composers. Amazingly, most of these editors boldly labeled their editions as transcriptions of 18th century lute tablature.

[jeffretrac]

Citation for above:

Peter Kun Frary: Ponce's Baroque Pastiches

[jeffretrac]

More from Peter Kun Frary:

"This work was also written under the name of Silvius Leopold Weiss. Although the date of composition is not known, Ponce wrote the variant for guitar and harpsichord in Paris in 1926. 5 Years later, Segovia and Rafael Puyana recorded the variant as a Ponce arrangement of a Weiss work (MCA-2526). Ironically, much of the initial interest in the lute music of Weiss is due to the popularity of this work and the Suite en la mineur."

[ThisDream]

I would corrext what he says here: 'ironcically much of the initial interest etc'. There were many people interested in lute music and in weiss before this ponce prelude was published. I would say 'ironically much of the guitar-world's initial interest in lute music...".

[jeffretrac]

Here are the publications attributed to Weiss:

Weiss, Silvius Leopold. Prélude in E. Edited by Carl Van Feggelen. Toronto: Berandol, 1969.

Weiss, Silvius Leopold. "Ouverture" in Ouverture et Ballet pour guitare "baroque" avec tablatures 1674. Edited by Rafael Andia. Paris: Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques, 1982.

Hope that answers your question.

[lute323]

Wonderful. Sounds very natural without any exaggerations. That what I can learn from your performance.

[cosmehernandez]

Very nice Ponce's piece and performance as usual jeff. I would like to try it Could you pass thought me the partiture?

Peace and music.

[bagre16]

amazing i grew up with this song my father played it all the time

[goforbaroque]

Well done! Great articulation, elegant phrasing and dynamics, not overly done. A very stately performance.

[GuitarRomancer]

Hey Jeff, Really nice performance! Great tone, phrasing, and a perfect tempo too. Nice articulate slurs/hammer-ons-pull-off as well, it's a very difficult piece and you've really mastered it. Have a Very Happy Successful New Year, Thanks for sharing. My Best, GR

[jeffretrac]

Many thanks, GR. I hope you and yours have a wonderful New Year as well!

--Jeff

[nmclay]

You and your guitar produce a lovely tone.  Very clean!

[jeffretrac]

Thanks...glad you liked it!

--Jeff