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Therewasatimeinthelate17thcenturywhennorespectablemonarchwouldbeseenwithoutaguitar.BothLouisXIVandCharlesIIweredabhands.AndthefutureQueenAnnethoughtaguitar
tutorwasworthanannualstipendof~]00,whichwasasmallfortunethen.
Theinstrumenthadseenrevivalsintheearly19thcenturyandtheearly20th,whenitsplaceintheconcerthallwasfinallysecuredbyAndresSegovia.Afurtherdecadeinthesuninthe1970s
re-sultedfromthematurityoftwogiftedyoungguitarists:JulianBreamandJohnWilliams.Butinthepastthreedecades,thissubtlemusicalvoicehasgrownquieterandquieter.Untilnow,
DeutscheGramophonhassigneditsfirstclassicalguitaristinyears.MilosKaradaglic'sdebutCDofMediter-raneanrepertoireisoutthistnonthandincludespiecesbytwopopularcomposers.
The27-year-oldMontenegrinblamesthepopworldforhisinstrument'sdemise."Withthein-ventionoftheelectricguitar,theinstrumentstoppedbeingintimateandstartedtoreachoutintowi-derafidiences,"
heexplains."Thesetechnologicaladvancesresultedinthecoreclassicalguitarrep-ertoirefadingaway.Theguitar'spopularitywithinpopdetractedfromitspopularitywithintheclas-sicalworld."
Buttheelectric-guitardidnotblowitsclassicalcousinoutthewater.Inthe20thcentury,in-terestintheolder,morerefinedinstrumentwaxedandwaned.Why?Onetheoryputsitdowntoeconomics.Thetwo
decadesthatsawtheclassicalguitarthriveweredecadesofrecession--the1930sandthe1970s.Now,duringanotherfinancialcrisis,theclassicalguitar'sintimatestrainsseemagaintobeofferingaspiritualsuccorinstraitenedtimes.
Mr.Karadaglicthinksthereasonforthelatestupwardinterestmaybesimpler:anattemptbymantoescapethetechnologicalflimflammeryofthemodernworld."Advancedtechnologiesaretaking
awayourprivacy,"heargues,"soanothercycleisstarting.Peoplearenowrealizingthebeautyinthingsthatarepureandnatural."Andnoinstrumentcancompeteinthesestakesbetterthanthe
guitar,whoseeverysoundismadesensitivelyanddirectlybythehands:"Thehonestyofthiswayofmusic-makingmakestheguitarsupreme.It'ssopersonalanddelicate."
Theguitarhasneverbeencollectivizedorcorralledintoanorchestraliketheviolin.Itisthecatofthemusicalworld.Andassuch,ithasdevelopedmanydivergenttraditions.Forthefirsttimeits
mostdangerousrival,theelectricguitar,isseeingfashionsturnagainstit.Tasteinpopmusic(headingfolkwards)andclassicalappeartobecomingtogether.Soitistheperfecttimefortheclassical
guitartofindanewleaseoflifeandanewcycle.
Thefirsttwoparagraphsshowthat A.oneguitarwouldbeworthafortuneinQueenAnne'speriod.
B.AndresSegoviaoftenplayedtheguitarinconcerthalls.
C.theguitarwasoutoffavourbecauseofitssubtlesound.
D.the1970switnessedanothertenyears'popularityoftheguitar.
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