Pujol Vilarrub, Emli [Emilio](b Granadella, 7 April 1886; d Barcelona, 15 Nov 1980). Catalan guitarist, vihuelist, musicologist and composer. His youthful studies of solfge and the bandurria led to his performing with a student ensemble at the 1898 Paris World Exposition, in the presence of the French President Felix Faure. After hearing Francisco Trrega, he took up the classical guitar, remaining a pupil of that master from 1902 until his death in 1909. Pujol went on to become a celebrated guitarist, with concert dbuts in London and Madrid in 1912. His tours to South America began in 1919, and he performed in Europe repeatedly from 1921. In contrast to his more successful contemporary, Andrs Segovia, who plucked with his fingernails, Pujol always advocated, but never insisted on (Purcell, 1981), Trrega's right-hand technique, in which the fingertips rather than the fingernails were used. This produced a softer tone, eliminating many of the string's overtones, but it also limited timbral possibilities.As a composer, Pujol published over 125 highly idiomatic original works for guitar. He also brought out nearly 300 transcriptions and arrangements in his series Bibliothque de musique ancienne et moderne pour guitare (Paris, 1927). His interest in teaching led to his appointment as professor of the vihuela at Barcelona Conservatory in 1945. Additionally he gave regular courses in the vihuela and Spanish guitar at Lisbon Conservatory (19469) and taught the vihuela and early music at the Chigiana Academy, Siena (195363). His greatest legacy may well be his multi-volume Escuela razonada de la guitarra, basada en los principios de la tcnica de Trrega, a method book whose four volumes, appearing over several decades, contain a wealth of historical information, studies and repertory along with explanatory text. Volumes i (1934) and ii (1937) reflect Trrega's teaching, while in Volumes iii (1954) and iv (1971) Pujol's own teachings predominate. As a musicologist, with little formal training but great enthusiasm, Pujol popularized the Spanish vihuelists, editing four volumes in the series Monumentos de la musica espaola. He published a number of articles stemming from his work transcribing and studying the vihuela repertory. His announcement in 1936 of his discovery of a supposedly original and intact 16th-century vihuela at the Muse Jacquemart-Andr has remained controversial (Cook, 1983). He also uncovered numerous sources of Baroque guitar music. In 1970, the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science awarded him the Cruz de la Encomienda de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X, el Sabio.WRITINGSLa guitare, EMDC, II/iii (1927), 19972035 El dilema del sonido en la guitarra (Buenos Aires, 1934, 3/1971) Escuela razonada de la guitarra, basada en los principios de la tcnica de Trrega (Buenos Aires, 1934; Eng. trans., 1983) Estudios para guitarra, grado superior (Barcelona, 1946) Significacin de Joan Carlos Amat (15721642) en la historia de la guitarra, AnM, v (1950), 12546 Les ressources instrumentales et leur rle dans la musique pour vihuela et pour guitare au XVIe sicle et au XVIIe, La musique instrumentale de la Renaissance: Paris 1954, 20515 Trrega: ensayo biogrfico (Lisbon, 1960/R) El Maestro Pedrell: la vihuela y la guitarra, AnM, xxvii (1972), 4759 editionsBibliothque de musique ancienne et moderne pour guitare (Paris, 1927) L. de Narvez: Los seys libros del Delfn de msica de cifra para taer vihuela, MME, iii (1945/R) A. Mudarra: Tres libros de msica en cifra para vihuela, MME, vii (1949/R) Hispaniae citharae ars viva (Mainz, 1955) E. de Valderrbono: Libro de msica de vihuela, intitulado Silva de Sirenas, MME, xxiixxiii (1965/R) BIBLIOGRAPHYD. Prat: Diccionario biogrfico, bibliogrfico, histrico, crtico de guitarras guitarristas guitarreros (Buenos Aires, 1934/R) J. Riera: Emilio Pujol (Lrida, 1974) [incl. list of works and editions, 15574] R. Purcell: Emilio Pujol in Memoriam (18861980), Soundboard, viii/2 (1981), 659 M. Ophee: The History of Apoyando: Another View, Guitar Review, no.51 (1982), 613 F. Cook: Die Jacquemart-Andr-Vihuela: Ungeklarte Fragen, Gitarre & Laute, v/3 (1983), 17782 A. Gilardino: La musica per chitarra nel secolo XX, II Fronimo, no.46 (1984), 2833 W. Moser: Emilio Pujols Theoretisch-praktische Gitarrenschule, Gitarre & Laute, viii/2 (1986), 219 P. de Belleville: Ides en question l'attaque sans les ongles, ou je jeu avec la pulpe, Cahiers de la guitare, no.58 (1996), 667 A.C. Jones: The Judgement of Paris, Part 1: Segovia, Pujol, Paris and La Revue Musicale, Classical Guitar 16, no. 12 (1998) 24, 26, 2830 A.C. Jones: The Judgement of Paris, Part 2: Parisien Premire, Classical Guitar 17, no. 1 (1998) 22, 24, 267 A.C. Jones: The Judgement of Paris, Part 5: Pujol's Article in Langnac's Encyclopdie, Classical Guitar 17, no. 4 (1998) 24, 268 THOMAS F. HECK (with RONALD C. PURCELL)