Historical hints (C.7): Andrés Segovia’s Manuel Ramírez guitar and the artisan workshop
It was 1913 when the young Andrés Segovia went to Manuel Ramírez’s workshop in Arlabán Street; his intention was to get a high-quality guitar for a concert he had agreed to give in the Ateneo of Madrid. His entrance into the guitar shop should have been impressive due...
Historical Hints (C.6). It all started in Salvatierra: José Ramírez I’s history
It all started in Salvatierra of Alava, a town founded in 1256 by Alfonso X the Wise, a villa of great importance in the eighteenth century, a crossroads of culture, music, commerce … among France, the Basque Country, Navarra, La Rioja and Castilla, and located...
Historical hints (C.5): The last Ramírez of Andrés Segovia
March 14th 2013 has been set as a memorable date, a day to celebrate in Casa Ramírez. And if I am especially keen on telling this story, it is because I’ve lived it myself from the beginning, step by step, until nowadays, leaving delicately aside the years it implies...
Historical hints (C.4): Anecdotes 1
Here we have some funny anecdotes related to the guitar. To have some fun. With no other hope. It is only an invitation to have a nice time. This is a sale For those who didn’t know the shop in Concepción Jerónima 2, I will describe it briefly. It was a two-story...