CG Composers
This composer/performer has the nickname "Father of the Classical Guitar"
Francisco Tarrega
These 2 woods are the most common soundboard materials found on modern guitars
Cedar and Spruce
Fernando Sor wrote a guitar duo titled "les deux amis (the two friends)" to be played by him and what other famous guitarist of the era?
Dionisio Aguado
The GFA competition "ICAC" stands for what?
the International Concert Artists Competition
Emilio Pujol and Miguel Llobet were students of this guitarist and composer
Francisco Tarrega
This Composer/Performer would sometimes go by the name "Nitsuga" in concert
Agustin Barrios Mangore
This German Luthier had famous clients such as Andre Segovia
Herman Hauser
Paganini famously wrote 24 caprices for violin, how many caprices did Luigi Legnani write in his famous op. 20?
36 Caprices
Who won the first GFA ICAC competiton?
Michael Chapdelaine
Eliot Fisk and Christopher Parkening were students of this Guitarist
Andres Segovia
This Contemporary Composer/Performer was born in Tunisia before moving to France at a young age
Roland Dyens
This Luthier crafted a guitar with paper mache back and sides to prove that the soundboard was the most important contributing factor to a guitar's sound
Antonio Torres
This piece by Tarrega is most known as the ringtone for Nokia cellphones
Gran Vals
What is the main Publication associated with the GFA?
Soundboard Magazine
Jeremy Jouve and Thomas Viloteau were students of this guitarist and composer
Roland Dyens
The renowned composer Antonio Lauro is from which country?
Venezuela
What is the reasoning behind the Classical Guitar's backwards facing tuning pegs?
Pegs on modern guitars imitate 19th century guitars with backwards facing friction pegs
Barrios' "La Catedral" originally contained how many movements?
2 movements
This artist wrote the commissioned set piece for the 2012 GFA ICAC Competition titled "How Funky Are You Anyway"
Andrew York
Alvaro Pierri was a star pupil of this guitarist and pedagogue
Abel Carlevaro
Fernando Sor's Op. 9 variations on a theme by mozart were dedicated to whom?
His brother, Carlos
In what year were nylon guitar strings invented/put into production?
1948
Which of Heitor Villa-Lobos' 5 preludes contains the subtitle "homenagem a vida social"?
prelude 5
In what year was the GFA founded
1973
Andre Gonzalez Caballero and Meng Su were students of this guitarist and pedagogue
Manuel Barrueco