Benjamin Verdery: A Montage of a Classical Guitarist

by Thomas Donahue (Editor)

This book honors the classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery, Professor at the Yale School of Music. It contains personal reflections from his friends and colleagues which illustrate several aspects of Professor Verdery: his influence on his peers, his students, and the classical guitar world; features of his musical career; and characteristics of his personality. In addition, there is an extensive essay by Professor Verdery himself in which he presents his thoughts and ideas on such musical endeavors as performing, composing, arranging, teaching, and recording. Rounding out the book are listings of his compositions, a discography, online video and audio files, recital programs, publications, and related websites.

232 pages, Paperback

Published May 23, 2018

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has a unique format of 28 people (mostly famous musicians) praising guitarist Ben Verdery for his achievements in individual chapters followed by an afterword written by Ben Verdery himself. The afterword is then followed by videography, discography and concert programs. For a former student or superfan of Ben Verdery this would be essential reading but for a casual fan it is a bit much. However, there are teaching strategies, composing tips and classical guitar historical facts that you will not find anywhere else.