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Emili Pujol Vilarrub (10 September 1886 - 21 November 1980) was a composer, guita

rist and a leading teacher of the classical guitar.


Contents [hide]
1 Biography
2 Prominent students
3 Selected list of compositions
4 Original compositions
4.1 ???
4.2 Solo guitar
4.3 Guitar duos
5 Transcriptions
5.1 Guitar duo
6 Discography
6.1 Recordings by Emilio Pujol
6.2 Compositions by Emilio Pujol
7 Bibliography
7.1 Musicologic works by Emilio Pujol
7.2 Early music editions
7.3 Poems
7.4 Guitar School by Emilio Pujol
7.5 Publications about Emilio Pujol
8 References
9 External links
Biography[edit]
Emili Pujol was born in the little village of Granadella just outside Lleida, Sp
ain. He began his studies with Francisco Trrega in 1902, when he was sixteen year
s of age. At this time, Miquel Llobet was making his debut as a concert artist o
utside Barcelona. Pujol fondly remembered his first encounter with Trrega and in
his biography of his teacher, he described his mestre in very endearing, romanti
c terms.[1]
During the war years 1914-1918 he did not travel much and mainly remained in Cat
alonia. In 1918 he undertook his first tour of South America, starting in Buenos
Aires. The only major interruptions in his concert travels were his marriage to
Matilde Cuervas in Paris, an Andalusian flamenco guitarist, and the period of t
ime he devoted to historical research in Paris into the instrumental predecessor
s of the guitar. The beginning signs of World War II, also prevented him from co
ntinuing his concert career.
From 1935 through 1940, Pujol continued giving a few concerts and lectures as we
ll as pursuing his research in Spain, London and Paris. By 1941, he was back in
Spain to the end of his life, and he started preparing the volume covering the c
omposer for vihuela, Luis de Narvez, for the series Monumentos de la Musica Espaol
a (vol. III). The volume was eventually followed by volumes covering Alonso Muda
rra (1949) and Valderrbano (1963). Prior to his death, Pujol had begun work on th
e largest of vihuela music books, the Orphenica Lyra by Miguel Fuenllana, publis
hed in 1554. He considered this book to be the pinnacle of the vihuela school an
d regarded Fuenllana as the final spokesman for this brief, courtly instrumental
period in Spanish music.
In 1946, Pujol began his guitar classes at the Lisbon Conservatory of Music, whi
ch continued through to 1969. During this period he was involved in giving maste
r classes (in 1953 he was personally invited by Andrs Segovia to give classes at
the Accademia Musicale Chigiana) and adjudicating at guitar competitions. Also a
t this time, Pujol's first wife Matilde Cuervas died (1956). Seven years later h
e married Maria Adelaide Robert, a noted Portuguese pianist and singer who great
ly assisted him in his final years.
Beginning in the summer of 1965, Pujol launched his International Courses of Gui

tar, Lute and Vihuela in the city of Lleida, Spain. This event became quite popu
lar and was attended by students and teachers from throughout the world. It was
repeated every summer over a ten-year period, and in 1972 it was moved to the th
irteenth-century village of Cervera.
His words on Trrega's School of Guitar are also applicable to his own spirit, whi
ch constantly strived to "resolving in advance all the problems, which can arise
out of the diverse elements which contribute to the performance of a work: inst
rument, hands and spirit."
Prominent students[edit]
Alberto Ponce
Pieter van der Staak
Hopkinson Smith
Carles Trepat
Armando Marrosu
Hector Garcia
Selected list of compositions[edit]
Main article: List of compositions by Emilio Pujol
Original compositions[edit]
124 original compositions (Joan Riera)
???[edit]
Escuela Razonada de la Guitarra Vol I-IV
El Abejorro
Ondinas
Cancin de Cuna
Barcarolle
Cubana
Impromptu
Piezas Espaolas
Pieza n 2 (Guajira o Evocacin Cubana)
Pieza n 3 (Tango Espaol)
Preludios
Scottish Madrileo
Sevilla
Danzas Espaolas
Tango
Tonadilla
Guajira
La Libelula
Etude Romantico
Variations on a theme by Aguado
Etude Romantico
Festivola
Solo guitar[edit]
(ME numbers refer to the catalogue number of his publisher, Max Eschig, Paris)
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
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7899
7028
7238
7580
3130
7884
7939

Aquelarre (Danse des sorcires - 1969) Pujol n1246


Atardecer (Crpuscule) Pujol n1229
Barcarolle Pujol n1235
Becqueriana (Endecha) Pujol n1240
Cancion de Cuna (Berceuse) Pujol n1203
Canto de Otono (Chant d automne) Pujol n1245
Cap i Cua (Variation dsute sur l exercice 19 d Aguado) Pujol n1248

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