Sophocles Papas was a Greek classical guitar pedagogue and music publisher.
10 Facts About Sophocles Papas
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Sophocles Papas was exposed to classical music at an early age by his father, who was a church chanter, a voice teacher, and a casual player of the violin.
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When Papas was a young teenager, he went to live with an uncle in Cairo.
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Sophocles Papas began to study both the mandolin and the guitar.
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Sophocles Papas returned to Greece in 1912, where he fought as an Albanian guerrilla against the Turks in the Balkan Wars.
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In 1914, Sophocles Papas moved to the United States and began teaching classical guitar in Washington, DC He taught at American University.
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The lack of published guitar music led Sophocles Papas to found the Columbia Music Company.
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Sophocles Papas still publishes many arrangements and original compositions for the guitar, including a number by Papas's friend Andres Segovia.
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Sophocles Papas was a regular contributor to many scholarly music journals, notably Crescendo.
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Sophocles Papas was a lifelong friend of Andres Segovia, whom he met at Segovia's 1928 debut performance in North America.