INSCRIBED TO ANDRÉS SEGOVIA BY MEXICAN COMPOSER MIGUEL BERNAL JIMÉNEZ

(SEGOVIA, Andrés) JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Bernal. Marcha en Diminutivo. No place, no date. Quarto, unbound; pp. 3. $700.

Autograph manuscript, presentation copy, of this guitar march, inscribed on the last page: “Para Andrés Segovia, con la admiración de M. Jiménez.”

Though primarily interested in sacred music at the beginning of his career, composer and musicologist Miguel Bernal Jiménez turned to classical-inspired pieces, such as this one, toward the end of his life, subtly incorporating and preserving his Mexican and colonial heritage in his compositions. This march represents a departure for Jiménez, as he rarely composed for guitar. This manuscript is beautifully written in black ink on 12 staves per page.

An about-fine autograph manuscript, from Segovia’s own collection.