Manuel Mary Ponse /.M.M. Ponce/ (on 8 December 1882 Fresnil`o - 24 aprelyay9ya8 of Mexico City) Mexican composer, whose collaboration with the famous Spanish guitarist - Andresom Of segoviyey it became the source of generation of one of the most excellent pages of contemporary gitarnogo repertoire.

He was symbolic, that to the encounter with Andresom Segoviyey Ponse it did not write for the guitar. From the moment of acquaintance with The the segoviyey in 1923 (beginning it was sonata №y) and to the recent days of life Ponse wrote for the guitar. In article "notes of heart and memory" Of andres Of segoviya he wrote: "the immense geography of my journeys presented to me only two or three people, which could be compared To ponse by their sincere dignity. Did require it any aid, writing for the guitar? I had to introduce it to the technical capabilities of guitar. And although it did not play on it, to it it was not difficult to feel them. All compositions To ponse were clean and excellent because the composer was always sincere, he did not write for the success, it were not interested in those, the fate of his compositions depended on whom. He wrote because felt the need to be expressed for the sounds "...

Manuel ponse`s creation is inseparably connected with the Mexican folklore. After beginning in Mexico City its musical formation, Ponse continued it in Germany and France. In Paris Mexican musician was occupied in Dyukb. after returning to Mexico, Ponse actively participates in the development of the national musical culture: it becomes leader of conservatory, bases and heads periodical "Cultura musical". Manuel ponse - author of the compositions of different genres: concerts for fortepiano, violin (one of its best executors - Heinrich Schering), stringed quartet, symphonic triptych "chapul`tatek", Mexican ballad for fortepiano also of orchestra, orchestral suite in the ancient style - "singing and the dance of ancient Mexicans" and many others. On the deep penetration To ponse into the Mexican folklore testifies the famous song Of "estrelita", which was considered people and which was composed To ponse (this song it was known and in the transcription for 4. Heifetz`s violin). Among other vocal compositions should be noted "Granada" (it is dedicated To a. segovii) and three songs to the verses Of lermontova.

In 1932 in the publishing house Of shotta Of andres Of segoviya it published in its editorial staff of variation to the theme of Spanish folii and the seam of Manuel ponse. In the opinion Of segovii, this - one of the most significant compositions among those sometimes created for the guitar. In the tsitirovannoy above article "notes of heart and memory" Of segoviya it recalls about the joint automobile journey with Manuel de Falla from Switzerland to Venice to the international musical festival. During this journey Of segoviya much spoke about Ponse. "in the concrete examples, - it recalls Segoviya, - I attempted to open the honest and elevated nature of Mexican maestro, his simple, modest means of life. Once in Cremona Falla participated to me at that moment, when I worked at variations on the theme of Spanish folii. It listened to with the considerable attention. Its impatience to learn, who the author, was is so great, that he attempted to learn this by gestures. After finishing performance, I answered: To "ponse". "as I rad, - exclaimed with relief Falla, - that his this composition". Falla was gratified by the fact that this truthful and excellent music was originated by the same truthful and excellent soul... "(Segovia A Manuel M. ponce// Ritmo. 1972. No. 422.).