Watch this 1955 interview with Andrés Segovia in which he discusses his relationship with master luthier Hermann Hauser and plays the guitar Hauser built for him.
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Hermann Hauser (German, 1882–1952). Guitar, 1937. German, Munich. Spruce, rosewood, mahogany, bone or ivory, ebony, 3 7/8 x 38 7/16 x 14 9/16 in. (9.8 x 97.7 x 37 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Emilita Segovia, Marquessa of Salobreña, 1986 (1986.353.1)
Andrés Segovia on His Hermann Hauser Guitar
Watch this 1955 interview with Andrés Segovia in which he discusses his relationship with master luthier Hermann Hauser and plays the guitar Hauser built for him.
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