Emili Pujol Vilarrub (10 September 1886 - 21 November 1980) was a composer, guitarist and a leading teacher of the classical guitar.Contents [hide] 1 Biography2 Prominent students3 Selected list of compositions4 Original compositions4.1 ???4.2 Solo guitar4.3 Guitar duos5 Transcriptions5.1 Guitar duo6 Discography6.1 Recordings by Emilio Pujol6.2 Compositions by Emilio Pujol7 Bibliography7.1 Musicologic works by Emilio Pujol7.2 Early music editions7.3 Poems7.4 Guitar School by Emilio Pujol7.5 Publications about Emilio Pujol8 References9 External linksBiography[edit]Emili Pujol was born in the little village of Granadella just outside Lleida, Spain. He began his studies with Francisco Trrega in 1902, when he was sixteen years of age. At this time, Miquel Llobet was making his debut as a concert artist outside Barcelona. Pujol fondly remembered his first encounter with Trrega and in his biography of his teacher, he described his mestre in very endearing, romantic terms.[1]During the war years 1914-1918 he did not travel much and mainly remained in Catalonia. In 1918 he undertook his first tour of South America, starting in Buenos Aires. The only major interruptions in his concert travels were his marriage to Matilde Cuervas in Paris, an Andalusian flamenco guitarist, and the period of time he devoted to historical research in Paris into the instrumental predecessors of the guitar. The beginning signs of World War II, also prevented him from continuing his concert career.From 1935 through 1940, Pujol continued giving a few concerts and lectures as well as pursuing his research in Spain, London and Paris. By 1941, he was back in Spain to the end of his life, and he started preparing the volume covering the composer for vihuela, Luis de Narvez, for the series Monumentos de la Musica Espaola (vol. III). The volume was eventually followed by volumes covering Alonso Mudarra (1949) and Valderrbano (1963). Prior to his death, Pujol had begun work on the largest of vihuela music books, the Orphenica Lyra by Miguel Fuenllana, published in 1554. He considered this book to be the pinnacle of the vihuela school and regarded Fuenllana as the final spokesman for this brief, courtly instrumental period in Spanish music.In 1946, Pujol began his guitar classes at the Lisbon Conservatory of Music, which continued through to 1969. During this period he was involved in giving master classes (in 1953 he was personally invited by Andrs Segovia to give classes at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana) and adjudicating at guitar competitions. Also at this time, Pujol's first wife Matilde Cuervas died (1956). Seven years later he married Maria Adelaide Robert, a noted Portuguese pianist and singer who greatly assisted him in his final years.Beginning in the summer of 1965, Pujol launched his International Courses of Guitar, Lute and Vihuela in the city of Lleida, Spain. This event became quite popular and was attended by students and teachers from throughout the world. It was repeated every summer over a ten-year period, and in 1972 it was moved to the thirteenth-century village of Cervera.His words on Trrega's School of Guitar are also applicable to his own spirit, which constantly strived to "resolving in advance all the problems, which can arise out of the diverse elements which contribute to the performance of a work: instrument, hands and spirit."Prominent students[edit]Alberto PoncePieter van der StaakHopkinson SmithCarles TrepatArmando MarrosuHector GarciaSelected list of compositions[edit]Main article: List of compositions by Emilio PujolOriginal compositions[edit]124 original compositions (Joan Riera)???[edit]Escuela Razonada de la Guitarra Vol I-IVEl AbejorroOndinasCancin de CunaBarcarolleCubanaImpromptuPiezas EspaolasPieza n 2 (Guajira o Evocacin Cubana)Pieza n 3 (Tango Espaol)PreludiosScottish MadrileoSevillaDanzas EspaolasTangoTonadillaGuajiraLa LibelulaEtude RomanticoVariations on a theme by AguadoEtude RomanticoFestivolaSolo guitar[edit](ME numbers refer to the catalogue number of his publisher, Max Eschig, Paris)ME 7899 Aquelarre (Danse des sorcires - 1969) Pujol n1246ME 7028 Atardecer (Crpuscule) Pujol n1229ME 7238 Barcarolle Pujol n1235ME 7580 Becqueriana (Endecha) Pujol n1240ME 3130 Cancion de Cuna (Berceuse) Pujol n1203ME 7884 Canto de Otono (Chant dautomne) Pujol n1245ME 7939 Cap i Cua (Variation dsute sur lexercice 19 dAguado) Pujol n1248