𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙩 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙯𝙤 ♫ Napoléon Coste • 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘺𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 • 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵 ♪ guitar duo • 1986 cassette

00:00 Pastorale (Mouvement de valse)
03:38 Scherzo (Mouvement de valse)
𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙩 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙯𝙤 (Valses brillantes) op. 10 by Napoléon Coste, performed by Simon Wynberg & David Hewitt (London, 1986). Restored from a cassette tape.
𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐘𝐍𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐆 was born in Edinburgh in 1955. He studied the guitar with Fritz Buss in Johannesburg, later attending master classes with Narciso Yepes in Paris (1975) and, again, with Buss in Antwerp (1981-83). He holds a masters degree in musicology from Goldsmiths' College, University of London and is a leading authority on the guitar's repertoire, with particular emphasis on music of the nineteenth century. He has researched and edited thousands of pages of music. Glowing reviews and accolades followed his pioneering recordings, performances, and editions, which reintroduced the guitar community to numerous, at one stage forgotten guitar masters like Mertz, Legnani, Zani de Ferranti, De Fossa, and others. New works by, among others, Nicholas Maw ("Little Suite"), Stanley Glasser ("On the Road to Umtata" & "Mr Masenga's Walk"), and Michael Blake ("Leaf-carrying Song" & "Warhorses" for 10-string guitar) have also been composed specifically for Simon. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes him as “not only a virtuoso performer of distinction but one of the guitar’s foremost scholars.” He has performed at the Newport, Bermuda, Sitka, Ann Arbor, Santa Fé and Ottawa chamber music festivals, at New York's Bargemusic, as well as in venues throughout the U.K. and Europe, as soloist and with singers, instrumentalists, and ensembles. Simon also founded and directed chamber-music festivals in Ontario, Scotland, and the Caribbean. He moved to Toronto in the early '90s. There, his administrative, practical, and musicological experience led to his appointment as the Artistic Director of The Royal Conservatory’s ARC Ensemble, which has established an international reputation as a result of its pioneering work in the research, performance, and recording of music marginalized and forgotten as a result of political suppression.
See also: • Simon Wynberg: Romanti...
𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐓 was born in Wales in 1947. After beginning his career as an award-winning singer and electric guitarist, he began studying the classical guitar with Fritz Buss in 1967. His remarkable progress led him to attend master classes with Narciso Yepes in Paris (1975) where he was singled out, after Godelieve Monden and Fritz Buss, as the finest of Yepes's pupils, appearing in the final recital just before Monden's closing performance. David's achievements at these classes ultimately led to an invitation for personal tuition at the home of Yepes in Madrid. In South Africa, David established his position as a leading performer and teacher. He appeared on South African television and radio and was a part-time lecturer at the Universities of Natal and the Witwatersrand. Several South African composers wrote substantial works for David and his 10-string guitar, including David Hönigsberg's "Suite on African Themes" and Cromwell Everson's Sonata for 10-string guitar. In 1985, he was invited to London by fellow Buss/Yepes alumnus, the guitarist, musicologist, and editor, Simon Wynberg, to record the guitar duets of J. K. Mertz and Napoléon Coste. David later released two albums of his own compositions, "An African Tapestry" (1989) and "The Storyteller" (1990). David tragically passed away in 2001 after a long battle with early-onset Alzheimer's.
See also: • David Hewitt: Composit...
And: • 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙬𝙚𝙙𝙯𝙞 ♫ David Hew...
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[@10String]

𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐘𝐍𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐆 was born in Edinburgh in 1955. He studied the guitar with Fritz Buss in Johannesburg, later attending master classes with Narciso Yepes in Paris (1975) and, again, with Buss in Antwerp (1981-83). He holds a masters degree in musicology from Goldsmiths' College, University of London and is a leading authority on the guitar's repertoire, with particular emphasis on music of the nineteenth century. He has researched and edited thousands of pages of music. Glowing reviews and accolades followed his pioneering recordings, performances, and editions, which reintroduced the guitar community to numerous, at one stage forgotten guitar masters like Mertz, Legnani, Zani de Ferranti, De Fossa, and others. New works by, among others, Nicholas Maw ("Little Suite"), Stanley Glasser ("On the Road to Umtata" & "Mr Masenga's Walk"), and Michael Blake ("Leaf-carrying Song" & "Warhorses" for 10-string guitar) have also been composed specifically for Simon. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes him as “not only a virtuoso performer of distinction but one of the guitar’s foremost scholars.” He has performed at the Newport, Bermuda, Sitka, Ann Arbor, Santa Fé and Ottawa chamber music festivals, at New York's Bargemusic, as well as in venues throughout the U.K. and Europe, as soloist and with singers, instrumentalists, and ensembles. Simon also founded and directed chamber-music festivals in Ontario, Scotland, and the Caribbean. He moved to Toronto in the early '90s. There, his administrative, practical, and musicological experience led to his appointment as the Artistic Director of The Royal Conservatory’s ARC Ensemble, which has established an international reputation as a result of its pioneering work in the research, performance, and recording of music marginalized and forgotten as a result of political suppression. See also: kzbin.info/aero/PL8NEE_w73Kr1jHlKcuKKMqaL41L6zNB6t 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐓 was born in Wales in 1947. After beginning his career as an award-winning singer and electric guitarist, he began studying the classical guitar with Fritz Buss in 1967. His remarkable progress led him to attend master classes with Narciso Yepes in Paris (1975) where he was singled out, after Godelieve Monden and Fritz Buss, as the finest of Yepes's pupils, appearing in the final recital just before Monden's closing performance. David's achievements at these classes ultimately led to an invitation for personal tuition at the home of Yepes in Madrid. In South Africa, David established his position as a leading performer and teacher. He appeared on South African television and radio and was a part-time lecturer at the Universities of Natal and the Witwatersrand. Several South African composers wrote substantial works for David and his 10-string guitar, including David Hönigsberg's "Suite on African Themes" and Cromwell Everson's Sonata for 10-string guitar. In 1985, he was invited to London by fellow Buss/Yepes alumnus, the guitarist, musicologist, and editor, Simon Wynberg, to record the guitar duets of J. K. Mertz and Napoléon Coste. David later released two albums of his own compositions, "An African Tapestry" (1989) and "The Storyteller" (1990). David tragically passed away in 2001 after a long battle with early-onset Alzheimer's. See also: kzbin.info/aero/PL8NEE_w73Kr3q0saxekc_PUfdZnYbQpHi And: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqbXnJStftp3h8U

[@Emmanuel-ce4lj]

That Pastorale is so ebullient. Wonderful.

[@10String]

Thanks for listening. It's a pity the cassette was so damaged during the Scherzo. I couldn't remove the distortion entirely, not without sacrificing too much presence.

[@ursulazangl1655]

This music makes you feel happy

[@10String]

😀

[@terrymarshall6664]

I love this piece! Thank you Viktor.

[@10String]

Thank you, Terry.

[@ursulazangl1655]

To be honest,I do not really know what a pastorale and a scherzo are.have to google.but the music is Klasse!🙂

[@10String]

Both these pieces are waltzes. A pastorale is music that evokes country life (as opposed to city life). A scherzo is a kind of humorous (not serious) music.

[@ursulazangl1655]

Thank you.for explanation.one really can imagine countryside pastures by listening to pastorale.and the scherzo makes you wanna dance waltzes

[@ursulazangl1655]

Are pastorale and scherzo always played together?

[@10String]

No. In the case of this particular work by Coste, this pastorale and this scherzo should be played together, in this order. It is Coste's Opus 10. But in general, pastorales and scherzos by other composers are separate things. For example, Fritz Buss has also written a "Pastorale" and at least two scherzos, but they are individual pieces of music that are not meant to be played together. Fritz's "Pastorale" is his Study no. 29. His two scherzos are movements from his Suite for Guitar and another work called "Ballads & Dances."

[@ursulazangl1655]

@@10String ok.thank you.are there footages of these pastorale and scherzos and ballades in your doku?

[@ursulazangl1655]

Could you find more videos of Buss?

[@10String]

Yes, there will be footage of Fritz's compositions, performed by me.

[@10String]

There are videos and recordings of Fritz that used to exist. Unfortunately these things have not been treated with the care they deserve in South Africa. A lot of archival footage has been damaged beyond repair, lost, or sold. I am still looking and will continue looking for as long as possible, but I will have to publish the documentary at some point in 2024.