Paulino Bernabe Senior

Paulino Bernabe Senior (2 July 1932 – 10 May 2007)^[1] was a Spanish luthier.

1 Life
2 Awards
3 Samples
4 References
5 External links

Life

Born in Madrid, Paulino Bernabé received music lessons from Daniel Fortea, a pupil of Francisco Tárrega, and then learned the art of making classical guitars from José Ramírez III. After opening his first own workshop in 1969 he developed an individual strutting system for the interior of his instruments. Since the early 1980s until shortly before his death in 2007 the master worked together with his son Paulino Bernabe II, who took over the workshop from his father.^[2]

Instruments made by Paulino Bernabe Senior were and are played by internationally know guitarists, inter alia by Narciso Yepes, Johanna Beisteiner and Alexandre Lagoya.^[3]

Awards

1974 Bernabe was awarded the Gold Medal at the International Crafts Exhibition in Munich (Germany).^[4]

Samples

Videos of the Austrian classical guitarist Johanna Beisteiner played on a classical guitar made by Paulino Bernabe

References

^ Inicials of the disciples of José Ramírez III. Article by Amalia Ramírez on the official website of Spanish luthier José Ramírez. August 2000.
^ Paulino Bernabe remembered. Article by Norbert Kraft on the website of the Guitar Foundation of America. 2007.
^ «Bernabé, Paulino». Biography of Paulino Bernabe on the website of the Netherlands Guitar Association. September 2005.
^ Official Website of the International Crafts Exhibition in Munich, Germany.

External links

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Persondata
Name	Bernabe, Paulino
Alternative names	Bernabé Almendáriz, Paulino
Short description	Spanish luthier
Date of birth	2 JULY 1932
Place of birth	Madrid
Date of death	10 May 2007
Place of death	Madrid