Generation of '27

The guitarist Regino Sáinz de la Maza and the poet Federico García Lorca met each other at the “Residencia de Estudiantes” in March 1920. Their solid friendship that lasted for 16 years, until the assassination of this brightest poet in 1936, contributed immensely to the development of both music and poetry. Two months later, Sáinz de la Maza gave a recital at the Hotel Palace in Granada and Lorca wrote a passionate review for a local newspaper “Gaceta del Sur”.

The Generation of ’27 is a fascinating cultural movement of modern Spain and Maestro Regino Sáinz de la Maza also had an important role in it. This essay is about the Maestro Regino Sáinz de la Maza and Generation of ’27 movement from guitarists' point of view.