Comments on: Remembering Victor Borge http://www.guitarist.com/blog/2009/05/remembering-victor-borge.html A (mostly) Classical Guitar Blog Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Len-Guitar Lessons http://www.guitarist.com/blog/2009/05/remembering-victor-borge.html/comment-page-1#comment-53 Len-Guitar Lessons Tue, 19 May 2009 16:17:00 +0000 http://www.guitarist.com/blog/?p=74#comment-53 that's a great story that's a great story

]]> By: JPD http://www.guitarist.com/blog/2009/05/remembering-victor-borge.html/comment-page-1#comment-52 JPD Mon, 18 May 2009 23:30:00 +0000 http://www.guitarist.com/blog/?p=74#comment-52 At least you're playing the guitar!<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o3jeHrZbWs At least you're playing the guitar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o3jeHrZbWs

]]> By: Mark Wheeler http://www.guitarist.com/blog/2009/05/remembering-victor-borge.html/comment-page-1#comment-51 Mark Wheeler Mon, 18 May 2009 19:05:00 +0000 http://www.guitarist.com/blog/?p=74#comment-51 No, that's not me -- I'm just an amateur nylon-string guitarist.<br /><br />There are lots of Mark Wheelers: one is an television actor, one (dead now) is a professional NFL football player, and now it seems one is a lutenist. I'd rather be any of these people than the Mark Wheeler I actually am -- well, any of them but the deceased football player, anyway -- but I find this option is closed to me! No, that's not me — I'm just an amateur nylon-string guitarist.

There are lots of Mark Wheelers: one is an television actor, one (dead now) is a professional NFL football player, and now it seems one is a lutenist. I'd rather be any of these people than the Mark Wheeler I actually am — well, any of them but the deceased football player, anyway — but I find this option is closed to me!

]]> By: JPD http://www.guitarist.com/blog/2009/05/remembering-victor-borge.html/comment-page-1#comment-50 JPD Sun, 17 May 2009 17:46:00 +0000 http://www.guitarist.com/blog/?p=74#comment-50 Thanks for the thoughtful comment, Mark. <br /><br />Btw, are you Mark Wheeler of Pantagruel? If so, many praises! If not, you might enjoy: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeS9jWvECUU Thanks for the thoughtful comment, Mark.

Btw, are you Mark Wheeler of Pantagruel? If so, many praises! If not, you might enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeS9jWvECUU

]]> By: Mark Wheeler http://www.guitarist.com/blog/2009/05/remembering-victor-borge.html/comment-page-1#comment-49 Mark Wheeler Sat, 16 May 2009 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.guitarist.com/blog/?p=74#comment-49 This is such a wonderful story -- Borge was a great entertainer, but everyone who listened to him knew he was a great musician, too. And his comment to you reveals that he was well aware of the difficulty of transcribing piano music for the guitar, retaining the essential character of a piece despite the inevitable compromises which must be made in transcription due to the limitations of the instrument. He was certainly a larger-than-life figure who lent new meaning to the term "serious music"! This is such a wonderful story — Borge was a great entertainer, but everyone who listened to him knew he was a great musician, too. And his comment to you reveals that he was well aware of the difficulty of transcribing piano music for the guitar, retaining the essential character of a piece despite the inevitable compromises which must be made in transcription due to the limitations of the instrument. He was certainly a larger-than-life figure who lent new meaning to the term "serious music"!

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