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Segovia

[ US /sɛˈɡoʊviə/ ]
NOUN
  1. Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987)

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  • She became a protegee of German violinist Adolf Busch and also studied with renowned harpsichordist Wanda Landowska and guitarist Andres Segovia. Blanche Moyse, musical pioneer and peerless conductor of Bach choral works, dies at 101
  • I have gone through the central provinces, Chontales, Matagalpa, and Segovia; from the San Juan river, the south-eastern boundary of Nicaragua, away to the confines of Honduras on the north-west. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
  • In Segovia nemo otiosus, nemo mendicus nisi per aetatem aut morbum opus facere non potest: nulli deest unde victum quaerat, aut quo se exerceat. Anatomy of Melancholy
  • In a video-conference with relatives last week, Dario Segovia, a 48-year-old drill operator, made a not-so-cryptic allusion to troubles: "What happens in the mine, stays in the mine. Chile miners: Rescued foreman Luis Urzúa's first interview
  • The aqueduct at Segovia in Spain is 60 meters high in places.
  • But his bad fortune so managed it, that there happened to be at the inn at this time four woolcombers of Segovia, and three needlemakers of Cordova, and two neighbours from Seville, all merry fellows, very mischievous and playsome. The Junior Classics — Volume 4
  • Over the coming years, Segovia would perfect his technique and push luthiers to experiment with new woods and designs that could increase the natural amplification of the guitar.
  • Segovia, she said, was indisputably the finest guitar player of the twentieth century.
  • Segovia's quest to elevate the guitar to a prominent position in the music world, began at the early age of four.
  • Segovia's quest lead him to America in 1928 for his first concert in New York.
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