Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar (1882–1948) was a Mexican composer, pedagoge and scholar of the folk music of his country active in the first half of the 20th century.
In his music oevre a substantial part is written to enlarge the concert repetoire of his long time friend the celebrated Spanish guitar virtuoso Andrés Segovia (1893–1987).

One of these guitar compositions is the Sonata Clásica written as a tribute to the 19th century guitarist and composer Fernando Sor. The work, composed in the Classical music style, has four movements: Allegro - Andante - Menuet - Allegro.

Alex Timmerman plays the Sonata Clásica by Manuel Maria Ponce on a classical concert guitar made in 1981 by the Amsterdam based luthier Daniël Royé.

A video by
Het CONSORT
Netherlands
2015

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