Agustín
Castellón Campos.
Pamplona, 1912 - Nueva York, 1990.
He
was already a legend in life. He was proud of having done
for the guitar what nobody had done before: to tour the whole
world with it, make it fashionable and get a bit of classical
from it. "The flamenco guitar had never been played outside
Spain - the author explained in 1984 - and not everyone, a
very little. Then, since my records came out in the last thirty
years, people became fond of the flamenco guitar anywhere
in the world". He did not consider himself a follower
of any guitar school, of any influence. "I have never
had teachers. A proof of this is that I have a brother for
whom I have never been able to set a single variation. I do
not know how to teach, so I do not give lessons, because I
was never taught by anyone. I do not know where to start.
I do not know music". He acted in films. The mastery
of Sabicas has brought the greatest praise. Thus, Howard Klein:
"His art has no superfluous attitudes. It does not make
one feel he is playing, but rather the music just flows spontaneously".
Or Brook Zern: "Sabicas has everything necessary: a mysterious
technical precision, astonishing speed, a perfect tone and
absolute understanding of flamenco, of its structure and if
its intonation. Moreover, he has a great ability to invent".
(Text courtesy by www.flamenco-world.com)
