Andres Segovia was the first classical guitarist to become known worldwide. Born in
Segovia in 1893, he changed the way people think about the guitar. Before the twentieth
century, the guitar was not taken very seriously as a classical instrument- Most people thought
that the guitar was suitable only for p0pular music or folk music. Few classical composers
wrote music for the guitar, and it was never included in classical concerts. But Segovia
changed all this. He believed in the guitar as a classical instrument, and he was a great
musician, He used his genius to prove that the guitar could produce beautiful classical music.