Manuel Ponce Sonata Mexicana ( Andres Segovia)

Manuel Ponce s Sonata Mexicana played by Andres Segovia. Manuel Ponce wrote this music in 1925 and it was the first time he ever wrote music for the guitar (more specifically, the third movement is the first thing he ever wrote for guitar). This music is based on Mexican folklore and many melodies belong to the mexican musical culture. As the coming events showed, later on Manuel Ponce became the founder of the Mexican musical nationalism, as the first in exploring the national music. I consider it a duty of every composer to ennoble the music of his homeland giving artistic form, coating it with the garb of polyphony and lovingly preserving the popular music which is an expression of the national This sonata was initially written for Andres Segovia. Manuel Ponce and Andres Segovia met when the latter played a concert in Mexico. After the concert Segovia read a review by someone who admired his music a lot. So willing to know who was that person who could appreciate the subtle