Boris Asafiev was one of the most outstanding Russian musicians of the first half of the twentieth century. He was introduced to the guitar by Andrés Segovia during the latter’s 1926 tour of the Soviet Union. The Second World War and Asafiev’s death in 1949 effectively prevented this music from reaching Segovia, and the music was to be buried in archival storage.

The present first edition, appearing fifty-five years after its composition, finally brings this music in front of the public.