"He may be considered the creator of the flamenco concert guitar, because in spite of the decent but few predecessors that existed, he was responsible for the incorporation and improvement of all the mechanisms that are known at present". José Blas Vega.
Ramón Montoya is one of the timeless masters of the flamenco guitar. He has been an authentic teacher for guitarists like Paco de Lucía, Niño Ricardo and Sabicas, and he continues to serve that function for young tocaores of the present generation. All of the palos (forms) that he played still bear his imprint and the numerous features that he introduced and were unknown before him are still in use today, fifty years after his death.
He showed his skill at accompanying dancing and singing very precociously, a skill that allowed him to work with Juan Breva, Niño de Marchena, Salud Rodríguez, Antonio de Bilbao, La Macarrona and La Niña de los Peines in the café cantantes in Madrid, where he played for many years. Nonetheless, the person with whom he formed the best artistic partnership was Antonio Chacón, “the master of all the flamenco cantes”, in the words of Montoya himself, who he performed with for fifteen years.
Another great contribution made by Ramón Montoya to the flamenco guitar was that of introducing guitar concerts. Until that moment, guitarists had only made few and not very significant attempts to play the guitar as an instrument for solo concerts, without accompanying singing or dancing. It was in this facet that Montoya travelled around Europe and America, as a solo artist.
"El genio de la guitarra flamenca" collects historical recordings of the guitarist Ramón Montoya in the period running from 1923 and 1936. It includes a booklet
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this collection, which is dedicated to the great figures of flamenco, presents a compilation of the work by the most significant flamenco musicians, those who (
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Ramón Montoya (Madrid, 1879-1949), the tocaor (flamenco guitarist) who accompanied the great Antonio Chacón, is one of the timeless masters of the flamenco guit
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This book includes the techniques and guitar playing tricks of Ramón Montoya, the great guitarist from the first half of the twentieth century. All the palos (f
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"He may be considered the creator of the flamenco concert guitar, because in spite of the decent but few predecessors that existed, he was responsible for the incorporation and improvement of all the mechanisms that are known at present". José Blas Vega.
Ramón Montoya
