{"id":4702,"date":"2012-12-05T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=4702"},"modified":"2017-11-04T16:34:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T14:34:42","slug":"stepan-rak-the-very-popular-rumba-for-four-guitars-or-guitar-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=4702","title":{"rendered":"Stepan Rak &#8211; The Very Popular Rumba for Four Guitars or Guitar Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Stepan Rak<\/strong> has composed a Rumba for four guitars. This Rumba is very popular and is played often by guitar quartets and also bigger guitar ensembles. After I had discovered this rumba I have found many more videos with this piece.<\/p>\n<p>Stepan Rak is a composer, teacher and guitar player from Prague. The guitars are used as percussion instruments in this composition &#8211; this is much fun for the players, but also for the listeners.This makes the rumba also very popular as an encore.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Gitarrenfest Seckau 2010 Rak Rumba<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gitarrenfestival  Seckau 2010 Rak Rumba\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SNoeXI0h8m0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This is my playlist with many recordings of the Rumba by Stepan Rak:<\/p>\n<h4>Playlist Rumba &#8211; Stepan Rak<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gitarrenquartett - Rak Rumba\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLEB4F98E1472A0250\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Additional Information<\/h4>\n<p>Homepage Stepan Rak: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepanrak.cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.stepanrak.cz\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many videos with Stepan Rak: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=rak+stepan&amp;aq=f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=rak+stepan&amp;aq=f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia (Engl.) about Stepan Rak: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1n_Rak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1n_Rak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interview &#8211; A Conversation with Stepan Rak (1992): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egta.co.uk\/content\/rakinterview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.egta.co.uk\/content\/rakinterview<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Article (German): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radio.cz\/de\/rubrik\/tagesecho\/stepan-rak-ein-prager-komponist-mit-ungewoehnlichem-lebenslauf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.radio.cz\/de\/rubrik\/tagesecho\/stepan-rak-ein-prager-komponist-mit-ungewoehnlichem-lebenslauf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interview: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guitarkutnahora.com\/en\/?interview-with-stepan-rak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.guitarkutnahora.com\/en\/?interview-with-stepan-rak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An interesting point from this interview about guitarists:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><strong>With all that wonderful experience, how would you describe your vision of professional guitar education?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>I would prefer to speak about a vision of professional music education, because I always felt how important it is, especially for guitarists, to complete their music education. In the past, there was a habit among guitarists to view music through a guitar perspective, a narrow point of view. They know Bach according to a version of John Williams or Julian Bream, but hardly from recordings by Isoire, Sherring or Navarra just to name a few. These circumstances have fortunately improved a great deal. I think that professional musicians, including guitarists, should have ample knowledge of music in general. This means they should visit concerts of other instruments, of orchestras, opera and ballet. A certain amount of skills in the art of improvisation and composition is also required.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stepan Rak has composed a Rumba for four guitars. This Rumba is very popular and is played often by guitar quartets and also bigger guitar ensembles. After I had discovered this rumba I have found many more videos with this piece. Stepan Rak is a composer, teacher and guitar player from Prague. 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