Michael Laucke#Style and influences

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Laucke was born in Montreal, Quebec, on 29 January 1947 to parents of Russian- and Polish-Jewish heritage. After they separated when Laucke was six{{nbsp}}months old, he lived with his mother, brother, uncle, and grandmother. His grandmother raised and nurtured him; she died at the age of 100.

At the age of seven, Laucke appeared in the Montreal Star newspaper having designed and built a boat from 2,000 toothpicks. A yo-yo expert by age ten, he soon discovered that he loved performing and competing, eventually winning a C$60{{nbsp}}bicycle as the champion among 2,000{{nbsp}}contestants in a Montreal yo-yo competition. He discovered an interest in playing guitar, but his brother disapproved, so he practiced at friends' homes. He also took up snooker, and became competent enough by the age of thirteen to gain a job as a demonstrator for the Brunswick Corporation, a snooker table manufacturer. Laucke learned billiards from George Chenier, a fellow Montrealer and the North American snooker champion. The two faced each again four years later at the North American snooker championships in Montreal, where Laucke won the championship. Laucke recalls: "Then I decided to leave snooker, I had done what I wanted to do... My love for the guitar was overwhelming. There was a lot more money in snooker, but snooker was just a passion, and music was my love." Laucke's snooker winnings allowed him to finance 110{{nbsp}}trips from Montreal to New York City to study the classical guitar with Franco-Spaniard Rolando Valdés-Blain.

With Frank Angelo as his manager since 1961, Laucke performed his first guitar concert in Montreal in 1965, a program of atonal music with the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec. In 1971, following the first of his many concerts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., The Washington Post proclaimed that Laucke had displayed "the highest form of virtuosity". His first concert in New York took place in 1972 at the Greenwich House Music School. Senator Claiborne Pell was in attendance and invited Laucke to perform his first concerts in Washington, DC, thus beginning a 15-year affiliation as Laucke's active supporter in the U.S. Pell's former campaign manager, Raymond Nelson, handled logistics for many of Laucke's U.S. performances. In 1973, Laucke starred in a documentary produced by Radio-Québec called La Guitare, and he performed at Montreal's Summer Olympic Games in 1976.

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Laucke studied with several classical guitar masters: Franco{{ndash}}Spaniard Rolando Valdès-Blain from 1963 to 1977, Julian Bream in 1969 as winner of the Julian Bream Master classes, Alirio Díaz from 1977 to 1979 and Andrés Segovia from 1982 to 1986. Laucke was introduced to complex and advanced flamenco techniques by Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucía when the two shared a loft in New York City in the early 1970s. During this period, de Lucía and Laucke gave a concert in the Spanish Embassy, where Countess Elsa Peretti, jewelry designer at Tiffany's, first heard the two guitarists. She immediately invited them to one of her parties at her New York penthouse, where the two guitarists performed in private for the New York City jet set, including fashion designer Calvin Klein, Andy Warhol, Halston, and Giorgio di Sant'Angelo. The Montreal Gazette noted that these artistic gatherings were: "the closest thing to the 18th century intellectual and artistic salon to be found anywhere these days". Laucke was frequently hired to play at the launches of Giorgio di Sant' Angelo's new fashion lines and later those of Calvin Klein. "I was only 21 at the time, and it all seemed like a dream," Laucke recalled. In 1977, he founded Trio{{nbsp}}3 with Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr and Pauline Vaillancourt, and the D'Addario strings-manufacturing company became his sponsor.

His recording of works by William Walton, Richard Rodney Bennett, and François Morel on the Radio Canada International label (RCI{{nbsp}}457) won the Canadian Music Council's Grand Prix du Disque-Canada in 1979. The album included Morel's new composition Me duele España, written for and dedicated to Laucke. The world premiere of the 21-minute piece took place at Place des Arts in Montreal, under the auspices of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec.

Later that year, with an increasing number of concerts and recordings, and a busy travel schedule, Laucke became concerned that he would not have enough hours left for practising. He invented a "practiser": a small, wooden fingerboard with six strings stretched across a bridge. The device measured {{convert|8|by|4|in|cm|abbr=off}} and allowed him to practice quietly during travel. Laucke found that: "Those extra hours of finger exercises pay off in handsome performance dividends."

Laucke recorded his last classical album in 1981 with singer Riki Turofsky and Guitar and Lute magazine declared it: "One of the best voice and guitar albums you will ever hear." Although Laucke had played both classical and flamenco guitar music from an early age, he performed mainly classical guitar works until 1990. From late 1990 until his last performance in 2015, his concerts consisted exclusively of many flamenco and new flamenco works he learned from de Lucía.

He was a professor of guitar at Concordia University in Montreal in 1976, but left after two years to pursue a performing career. Ten years later, however, he released an eight-tape instructional video series, to pass along the knowledge he had learned from his teachers. This video series was reviewed by Guitar Player magazine: "Laucke's enthusiasm is infectious" and by Frets Magazine: "thoughtful and thorough instruction". Laucke also published articles on classical guitar.

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Laucke's classical/flamenco musical style is a blend of his classical studies with Bream, Segovia, Valdès-Blain, and his friendship with de{{nbsp}}Lucía. Although classical and flamenco guitar are two quite different musical styles, Québec's French-language newspaper Le Soleil chronicled Laucke's feelings and reasoning about performing both.

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{{Blockquote|quote=Since the classical guitar is limited, you eventually look for something else. I was doing flamenco, and I love it. There are more varied techniques in flamenco; just in the right hand alone, we have 20 of them.

I would like flamenco to become the new jazz! Flamenco has everything that it takes to follow in the footsteps of jazz and become a language to people of all countries and all cultures. We forget that before being a universal language, jazz was only the mode of expression of blacks in New Orleans! Like jazz, flamenco is based on improvisation and dialogue between instrumentalists. And flamenco is something even more, since players also interact with the dancers.
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His blend of the classical and flamenco styles, sometimes referred to as "new flamenco" (nuevo flamenco), led music critic Eric McLean of the Montreal Gazette to proclaim: "It is Laucke's interest in flamenco that makes him special: He might be called the first interpreter of flamenco music, in the sense that he borrows these traditional works by Sabicas, Carlos Montoya and Paco de Lucía, and employs them in his own fashion, a practice to which they agree." Laucke summarized: "The Spanish guitar remains my first love. The flamenco guitar is my passion." According to The Music Scene magazine published by Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), he is one of "five of Canada's best-known soloists" and the Canadian federal and provincial governments gave him "full recognition as the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else".

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File:Between Two Seas ("Entre dos Aguas") by Paco de Lucía, arranged and played by Laucke.flac

In the 1970s, Laucke moved to New York City to further his career. He was asked by Valdès-Blain if he would mind sharing his one-room apartment with flamenco guitarist Paco de{{nbsp}}Lucía. Laucke taught de{{nbsp}}Lucía music by Bach and Villa-Lobos. In return, de{{nbsp}}Lucía showed Laucke some of the secrets of his art of flamenco, an oral tradition handed down through generations, "their secrets and knowledge jealously guarded". Although Laucke had played flamenco for his own pleasure since he was a child, he had never felt comfortable playing it in public. De Lucía's influence helped change this: "This meeting changed my life," Laucke declared, "he taught me flamenco works which were not written anywhere and to which no other guitarist had access. So for me to be taught all these techniques by a guitarist of Paco's caliber was an incredible stroke of luck". (English translation)

In an interview with the Montreal Gazette, Laucke stated: "[de{{nbsp}}Lucía] was the greatest natural talent I have ever come across." At the time, Laucke was impressed by a piece called Entre dos aguas (Between Two Seas) that de Lucía was creating, which became arguably his best-known composition. Since de{{nbsp}}Lucía did not read music, Laucke offered to teach him but he refused. When the question arose as to whether Laucke would ever play de{{nbsp}}Lucía's compositions in public, he advised Laucke, "you must do it in your own style".

He teamed up again with de Lucía to give a series of concerts combining the two repertoires. Many newspapers talked about this association. The Canadian Spanish magazine El Popular stated: "Laucke is convinced that flamenco possesses enormous seductive powers. 'The harmonies and the rhythm leave no one indifferent', says Laucke."

The meeting with de Lucía led Laucke to perform two incompatible guitar styles. In 1991, he recorded compositions de{{nbsp}}Lucía taught him on the album Spanish Guitar Stories. De{{nbsp}}Lucía expressed his approval, saying the album was: "very beautiful, all of it, from a{{nbsp}}to z, even my pieces!"

On 12 September 2001, Laucke released a CD called Flamenco Road, consisting mainly of his own compositions in the new flamenco style, which he also arranged. In an interview for Voir magazine, Laucke stated: "It is also very influenced by my classical background. So it's a smoother flamenco." An example of this style from the album can be heard in Laucke's treatment of the well-known classical guitar transcription "Leyenda", which is given a flamenco rendition using several percussion instruments (claves, maracas, special castanets mounted on wood blocks, chimes, and a large gong), bass, and flute.

Ten works were recorded at five different studios in Montreal, each chosen for its unique acoustics. The instrumentation for the recording's title piece, "Flamenco Road", required the use of 24 tracks. It comprises a combination of four types of guitars—flamenco, Spanish, classical, and electric—and all natural acoustic guitars are played the Spanish way, using all the fingers of the right hand without a pick. The rhythm section includes bongos, four congas, and a rock drum set blended with other percussion instruments such as claves, maracas, and castanets. It further incorporates three dancers performing typical "palmas" (hand-clapping) in synchronization, as well as three trumpets, three pianos, and a "country-style" violinist.

The enhanced CD includes two videos: one with interactive live concert footage filmed during Laucke's tenth season at Montreal's Place des Arts, and the other with the video clip of "Flamenco Road". The latter reached number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks.

SOCAN lists 112 classical works transcribed for the guitar by Laucke, illustrating the extent to which he broadened the guitar's repertoire in music of the Renaissance, classical, baroque, and romantic eras, as well as in flamenco. Library and Archives Canada and Canadian Libraries list 43 music recordings, music scores of transcriptions for guitar and Canadian guitar articles written by Laucke. Waterloo Music Company published and distributed 24 of Laucke's guitar transcriptions of works by J.{{nbsp}}S. Bach, Luis de Narváez, Eric Satie, Heitor Villa-Lobos and others.

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While living in Greenwich Village, New York, in the early 1970s, Laucke became interested in the French music of Eric Satie, "the world's first hippie". At that time, only simplified arrangements of Trois Gymnopédies (Three Gymnopédies) existed for the guitar, so Laucke set out to transcribe Satie's three works from the piano score. Determined to fit all of the notes from the original piano version using the guitar's six strings, over the course of three weeks he calculated the number of times open strings would occur per note.

In 1979, Laucke signed with the Waterloo Music Publishing Company, which that year published the sheet music of his transcription of Trois Gymnopédies, the first of many of his transcriptions to be published by Waterloo and arguably the only version for guitar to include all of the notes of the original piano composition. In 1985, the company created The Michael Laucke Series of guitar arrangements and transcriptions.

In the introductory notes to his sheet music for Trois Gymnopédies, Laucke comments: "The characteristic harmonies of much of the music of Erik Satie belong to the impressionist period and, though originally written for the piano, are extremely well-suited to the natural idiomatic expression of the guitar. This has led me to make these transcriptions which will enrich the repertoire of the guitar while remaining faithful to Satie's intentions."

After giving many concert performances of these works, Laucke recorded them on his CD entitled Flamenco Road which held the number one position on video charts across Canada for six{{nbsp}}weeks. The liner notes read: "My arrangements of {{'}}{{sic|T|he}} Three Gymnopédies{{'}} comprise ALL the notes of the original piano versions: a most complex process since all the piano sounds must fit comfortably, or uncomfortably, onto the six strings of the guitar." He continues to say: "The present recording is done as it is in concert, on one classical guitar, without overdubbing. My tempo is a little quicker than when the pieces are played on the piano, due to the shorter resonance time of notes played on the Spanish guitar. Now and then, I use a 'vibrato' and slides, which, of course, can't be done on the piano but which add warmth of expression to this undeniably charming, exotic and mystic music."

Laucke had at least 25 original, Canadian atonal works written for him, among them the Flamenco Concierto for guitar and full symphonic orchestra by [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michel-georges-bregent-emc/ Michel-Georges Brégent], Me duele España by François Morel, Exploration by Jean Papineau-Couture and Pour guitare, Claude Vivier's only work for the guitar. Laucke performed all 25 works in major halls, on CBC radio and on his record albums; all of them were commissioned by, and dedicated to, Laucke.

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In 1984, critics began to take note of the growth of new Canadian guitar works energized by Laucke. In La Presse, a Canadian newspaper, music critic Claude Gingras found in Laucke "an interpreter who could not be more convincing". Canadian composer Claude Vivier expressed his appreciation to Laucke. In his letters, Vivier states that he had: "hardly ever met a musician as committed and dedicated, of such great quality and, above all, of such great completeness and intense capacity for work".

Laucke's career spans over 50{{nbsp}}years, with concert and television appearances in 25{{nbsp}}countries, including England (Wigmore Hall), the United States (Carnegie Hall, and the White House), as well as China, on the Great Wall of China. Other countries where Laucke performed include Bulgaria, Hungary, Hong Kong, Spain, Israel, India, Japan, Morocco, Pakistan, and Russia. In Canada, he gave annual concerts at Montreal's Place des Arts from 1986. Following a concert in 1990 in Quebec City's Grand Théâtre de Québec, the French-language newspaper Le Soleil wrote a review entitled "Michael Laucke makes one fall in love with the guitar", stating: "More than a virtuoso, charismatic Michael Laucke is pure talent! For him playing is instinctive, just like breathing ...irresistible Michael Laucke." Critics have often written about Laucke's stage presence. A Chicago music critic described how: "His relaxed manner, beaming smile and gracious speaking voice won the hearts of the audience before he even played a note."

He performed many concerts in Washington, DC, under the auspices of U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell, including several at the National Gallery of Art. The Washington Post proclaimed that Laucke is: "one of the finest guitarists to have played in Washington in a long time." On another occasion, Laucke gave the premiere of Bregent's "Version of Sapho," written for him, an atonal work which received a less favorable critique. The Washington Post stated: "Since the mind can only respond to some sort of form, its essential formlessness precludes discussion. A triad out of the blue signaled the end, which the large audience recognized and applauded."

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In 1994, Laucke became a director of the Mac AIDS Fund{{nbsp}}(M·A·F) established by his friend Frank Angelo, the co-founder of MAC Cosmetics. After a fourteen-year tenure, he became honorary charter member of the board of directors and no longer participated in its activities. According to Laucke, MAF's directors helped coordinate the film Pandemic: Facing AIDS by Rory Kennedy, and MAF became a secondary sponsor while the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation became title sponsor.

In 2012, Laucke was nominated for the Order of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2015, he was again nominated for the same award.

Laucke died on 2 December 2021 in Montreal, aged 74. No cause of death was given.{{cite web |url = https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2021/12/09/music-news-digest-dec-9-2021 |title = Music News Digest, Dec. 9, 2021 |website = FYI Music News |date = 9 December 2021 |access-date = 21 March 2022 |archive-date = 14 December 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211214181025/https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2021/12/09/music-news-digest-dec-9-2021 |url-status = live }}{{cite web |url = https://www.snookercanada.ca/2021/12/canadian-snooker-icon-michael-laucke-passes/ |title = Canadian Snooker Icon Michael Laucke Passes |website = Snooker Canada |date = 14 December 2021 |access-date = 21 March 2022 |archive-date = 28 January 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220128024742/https://www.snookercanada.ca/2021/12/canadian-snooker-icon-michael-laucke-passes/ |url-status = live }}{{cite web |url = https://www.chesedshelemes.ca/en/funerals/michael-laucke-december-6-2021-2-teives-5782 |title = Michael Laucke |website = chesedshelemes.ca |date = 6 December 2021 |access-date = 21 March 2022 |archive-date = 16 January 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230116073313/https://www.chesedshelemes.ca/en/funerals/michael-laucke-december-6-2021-2-teives-5782 |url-status = live }}

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{{Main|Michael Laucke discography and filmography}}

• Flamenco Road (2001)
• Michael Laucke & Fiesta Flamenco: Live (1996)
• Spanish Guitar (1993)
• [http://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2010/07/23/the-nfb-and-world-fairs-pt-4-seville-and-expo-92/ Momentum] – IMAX Film (the music) (1992)
• Spanish Guitar Stories (1991){{Citation |title = Spanish guitar stories |date = 1 January 1991 |publisher = Intermède |oclc = 221246232 |df = dmy-all }}
• Light Classics (1990)

• Take A Short Cut (1989)
• Canadian Guitar Music (1987)
• Music For Jacques Cartier (1986)
• Canadian Guitar Quartet: Live From (1985)
• Com-Possession (1985)
• Divergences (1984)
• Jade Eyes (1980)
• Michael Laucke, Guitarist: Grand Prix du Disque-Canada, (1979)
• Trio 3 (1979)
• Transcription (1969)

• [http://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2010/07/23/the-nfb-and-world-fairs-pt-4-seville-and-expo-92/ Momentum] (IMAX film) (1992)
• I Won't Dance (1991)
• How to Play Solo Classical Guitar (1985)
• Michael Laucke: Guitar recital, CBC (1983)
• Segovia: Metropolitan museum: a master class, PBS (1982)
• Form & Fire: Michael Laucke (1981)
• Musique instrumentale: La guitare (1973)

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The following works have been performed by Laucke in Carnegie Hall (performing Jean Papineau-Couture), Wigmore Hall (Michel-Georges Brégent), and National Gallery of Art (Michel Gonneville). In Canada, the SMCQ honoured Laucke's contribution by featuring him in a two-hour-long concert.

• Départ by François Morel (1970)
• Iikkii by François Morel (1970)
• Pour Guitare by Claude Vivier (1976)
• Le Cercle gnostique by Walter Boudreau (1976)
• Me duele españa by François Morel (1979)
• Contrastare no 1 by David Eagle (1980)
• La Fille du Pecheur by Alan Crossman (1981)
• Calme en soi by Bruno Deschênes (1981)
• Quatre études, Anachorétisme, Quatre mouvements by Claude Lassonde (1982)
• Image et Sonoritéé, Silène pur Satyre, La Règne by Claude Lassonde (1982)
• Com-possession by John Rea (1983)
• ...ascends at full moon by John Burke
• Exploration by Jean Papineau-Couture (1983)
• Le Sommeil, le Regard, le Choix by Michel Gonneville (1983)
• Three Amerindian Songs, Prelude by Wolfgang Bottenberg (1983)
• Sapho by Michel-Georges Brégent (1983)
• Divergence by François Morel (1983)
• Pas de deux by Denis Dion (1983)
• Cobwebs in my Spanish castle by Leon Zukert (1983)
• Chamber Concierto for guitar by Donald Steven (1986)
• Concierto Flamenco by Michel-Georges Brégent (1991)

Laucke has published articles in music journals about the growth in popularity of the guitar in Canada including:

• "The Guitar in Canada" (five pages){{nsmdns}}Soundboard Magazine, California
• "Growth of the Guitar in Canada", by Michael Laucke (six pages){{nsmdns}}Guitar and Lute magazine, Hawaii
• "Michael Laucke Writes About the Canadian Guitar"{{nsmdns}}Waterloo Music Journal, Canada

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• 1976, he performed at Montreal's Olympic Games
• 1979, Laucke won the Grand Prix du Disque-Canada for Best Canadian Recording
• 1981, Laucke was invited to perform a Command performance for His Excellency the Right Honourable Edward Schreyer the Governor General of Canada and his wife, as winner of the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
• March 1982, Laucke's album Jade Eyes, for CBS records, was reviewed by Guitar and Lute magazine (Hawaii) as the best international classical guitar album of the year
• 1982, he was selected by Segovia to perform a 25-minute work by Manuel Ponce which was filmed by the PBS network at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, after which he became Segovia's pupil.
• 1985, 8 to 12 February{{nsmdns}}five days of interviews and career profile, two hours each day, on CBC Radio's Morningside with Peter Gzowski
• 1986, on the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's first voyage of discovery to Canada, Canadian Heritage requested that Laucke record a commemorative album. Laucke recorded music that Cartier would have heard on his voyage to the new world
• 1986, several musical publications mention Laucke's contribution to the guitar and its new repertoire. SOCAN, the Canadian copyright organization, stated in The Music Scene magazine, that they considered Laucke to be one of "five of Canada's best-known soloists"
• 1986, he created an instructional video series which was critically reviewed by Guitar Player magazine and Frets Magazine.
• May 1988, two years later, Canada's music Critic Emeritus Eric McLean wrote in the Montreal Gazette that Laucke was then recognized as: "the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else"
• 1991, Laucke performed the world premiere of the Flamenco Concierto with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Written for him by Michel-Georges Brégent, reviewers called it "Brilliant".
• 1992, Laucke performed in a Super IMAX film called Momentum, for the National Film Board of Canada; it was shown in the Canadian pavilion during the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92){{nsmdns}}a world's fair. The most popular pavilions for the visitors were those of Spain and Canada. Co-directed by Colin Low, it is the first film in 48 frames per second IMAX HD.

• 12 September 2001, Laucke's CD Flamenco Road reached number one on video charts across Canada for five consecutive weeks

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• Baron Byng High School Notable Alumni
• List of classical guitarists
• List of Concordia University Notable faculty
• List of flamenco guitarists
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* {{cite web |title = Former Aide to Pell Killed in Washington |url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/294100478 |website = Boston Globe |access-date = 8 February 2016 |quote = Pell's former campaign manager and close friend Raymond Nelson, an openly gay man, was brutally murdered in Washington D.C in 1981 in a still unsolved murder. Pell spoke eloquently of his former aide on the Senate floor a day after his murder. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306210234/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/294100478.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2002,%201981&author=Associated%20Press&pub=Boston%20Globe%20(pre-1997%20Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=&desc=FORMER%20AIDE%20TO%20PELL%20KILLED%20IN%20WASHINGTON |archive-date = 6 March 2016 |id = {{ProQuest|294100478}} |df = dmy-all }}

• Nelson helped organize U.S. President Jimmy Carter's inauguration and dedicated a photo of the event to Laucke [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Senator_Pells%27_right_hand_man%2C_Ray_Nelson%2C_who_discovered_Laucke_in_New_York%2C.jpg The photo's dedication] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414114428/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Senator_Pells%27_right_hand_man%2C_Ray_Nelson%2C_who_discovered_Laucke_in_New_York%2C.jpg |date=14 April 2016 }} says "To my Protege, Michael, from his mentor. 'And now Mr. President, say I do'... Ray Nelson.

* {{Cite magazine |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26465571211/in/album-72157667321938265/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Good Laucke |author = Dominique Olivier |date = 24 May 1990 |magazine = Voir magazine |quote = Faire de la musique et vivre aux côtés d'un tel être à donner à Laucke une tout autre vision de cette musique qui lui sembla auparavant trop facile pour quelqu'un qui avait suivi la formation classique. Cette cohabitation donna lieu... "Making music and living alongside such a being led Laucke to have a different view of this music that previously seemed too easy for someone who had a classical training background. His cohabitation with de Lucía led to a special and powerful musical exchange which Laucke continues to treasure. It is only this year (1990) that Laucke has managed to record works which de Lucía taught him. Laucke believes that: "For a guitarist, playing flamenco is most rewarding because this music is tailor-made for the guitar and allows the classical guitarist to move from one technique to another, although it is difficult." (English translation) |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201904/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26465571211/in/album-72157667321938265/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

• {{Cite journal |title = Encuentros 89 – El flamenco es su passion [flamenco is his passion] |author = Pesia Portnoy |date = 1 March 1989 |journal = Aurora (National Newspaper), Israel |quote = Michael Laucke a dos grandes maestros: Andrés Segovia en guitarra classica y Paco de Lucía para el flamenco. Segovia no apreciaba el flamenco a la que veía como "música de taberna". Laucke no comparte esa opinión y habla de "obras de arte de compositores populares como Sabica y Paco de Lucía, que él ha incorporado a su repertorio en una forma un tanto particular. ...esa auténtica expresión de la música española. "Michael Laucke had, above all, two great masters—Segovia on the classical guitar and de{{nbsp}}Lucía in flamenco. Segovia did not appreciate flamenco, and he often referred to it as tavern music. Laucke does not share this opinion and speaks of works of art in the compositions of Sabicas and de{{nbsp}}Lucía which contain the hidden secrets of this original, pure form of Spanish music expression."(English translation)}}

* {{cite news |author = Lajos Nagy |title = Kanada Premier Gitáros |trans-title = Canada's Premier Guitarist |work = The Workers' Paper |date = 17 August 1983 |language = hu }}

• {{Cite journal |title = Michael Laucke in Concert |author = Wei Heng |date = 27 July 1988 |journal = New Evening Post (Beijing, China) |quote = ...excellent skill and perfect musical expression. ...the concert was impressive and the music beautiful and flamboyant. }}
• {{Cite news |title = Canadian Flamenco |author = Yosi Vanono |date = 23 March 1989 |journal = Al-Hamishmar (The Daily Guardian) |quote = Laucke is a musician from Canada who plays flamenco with the heat, excitement and feeling of someone who has just descended from the hills of Andalusia. }}
• {{cite web |title = India Tour Program 1988, August 1, 1988 (Under the auspices of the Canadian Government) |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Michael_Laucke_~_India_Tour_Program_1988.jpg |date = 1 August 1988 |access-date = 7 November 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160220125658/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Michael_Laucke_~_India_Tour_Program_1988.jpg |archive-date = 20 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}
• {{Cite news |title = Masterly Guitar Recital |author = Dev Anan |date = 10 August 1988 |work = The Afternoon Despatch and Courier |quote = The music and the engrossing rhythmic élan of the playing had an intoxicating effect. Laucke's own 'Solitude' was most exquisite. }}
• {{cite news |author = Eric McLean |title = Guitarist Laucke bids temporary farewell to Montreal |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |work = Montreal Gazette |date = 21 May 1988 |quote = After that, Laucke travels to Pakistan, where he will meet Pakistani president Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq. He will perform concerts in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi before travelling to India for concerts in Bombay and New Delhi. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201906/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761 |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}
• {{Cite news |title = Classical Music – Montreal-born classical guitarist Michael Laucke enjoys his globe-trotting musical lifestyle |author = David Oancia |date = 27 May 1993 |work = Hour Montreal |quote = ...Laucke toured the world playing such places as India, Morocco, Israel, China (including a performance on the Great Wall of China) and various Eastern countries (before and after the fall of communism.) }}

{{cite book |title = Billboard |url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6wkEAAAAMBAJ |date = 11 October 1997 |publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6wkEAAAAMBAJ/page/n64 63] |issn = 0006-2510 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |url = http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/20/videos/1413792176_305731.html |title = Paco de Lucía cuenta cómo compuso 'Entre dos aguas' |date = 20 October 2014 |website = EL PAÍS |language = es |access-date = 20 June 2016 |quote = ...Entre dos aguas, "esa rumbita", como dice el maestro, que le dio popularidad y fama mundial inusual en un artista flamenco. "...this 'little rumba' which gave de Lucia world-wide fame, an unusual occurrence for a flamenco guitarist." (English translation) |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160616051932/http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/20/videos/1413792176_305731.html |archive-date = 16 June 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite book |title = The Michael Laucke series – Three Gymnopédies / Trois Gymnopédies |author = Michael Laucke |publisher = Waterloo Music Publishing Company |date = 24 June 1979 |location = Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |page = 3 }}

{{Cite web |url = http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/rqst_sb?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&r=2&i=TI&hdg=4984277&bc=13&t=%2522Michael+Laucke+series+for+classical+guitar%2522&rt=1&bill=1 |title = AMICUS – Michael Laucke series for classical guitar |last = Astier |first = Matthew |website = AMICUS – Canadian National Catalogue |access-date = 10 June 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{Cite web |url = http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/gymnopedie/ |title = Gymnopedie « The Word Detective |website = The Word Detective |access-date = 28 May 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171115210211/http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/gymnopedie/ |archive-date = 15 November 2017 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite web |url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-Gymnopdies.html |title = Gymnopédies |website = Encyclopedia.com |access-date = 28 May 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160612022253/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-Gymnopdies.html |archive-date = 12 June 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite magazine |title = In Review |author = Claude Gingras |date = Summer 1980 |magazine = MusiCanada |quote = Michael Laucke's admirable repertoire of contemporary works written especially for guitar is certainly praiseworthy, as are the performers' technique and sensitivity. The recording has already been awarded a Grand Prix du Disque-Canada. }}

{{Cite journal |date = 25 May 1990 |title = Fiesta Flamenco – Michael Laucke et son groupe |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Michael_Laucke_Place_Des_Arts_Program_1990.jpg |journal = Place des Arts, Montreal, Programme 1990 |access-date = 27 May 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160427224812/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Michael_Laucke_Place_Des_Arts_Program_1990.jpg |archive-date = 27 April 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite journal |date = 26 May 1991 |title = Fiesta Flamenco – Michael Laucke et son groupe |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Michael_Laucke_Place_Des_Arts_Program_1991.jpg |journal = Place des Arts, Montreal, Programme 1991 |access-date = 27 May 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160427225123/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Michael_Laucke_Place_Des_Arts_Program_1991.jpg |archive-date = 27 April 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26258413380/in/album-72157667231932761/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Yo-yo whiz masters all kinds of strings |author = Carl Urquhart |date = 2 May 1988 |work = The Montreal Daily News |quote = Eight years ago, he invented a small, wooden fingerboard, with six strings stretched across a bridge. ...the eight-by-four-inch device can be plucked during long flights and in airport lobbies. Laucke gets some odd stares from passers-by, but those extra hours of finger exercises pay off in handsome performance dividends. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201855/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26258413380/in/album-72157667231932761/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite AV media|title = Morningside |author = Peter Gzowski |date = 8 February 1985 |work = CBC Radio |quote = We welcome Michael Laucke about whom we are going to learn a lot over the next 5 days. He's rapidly becoming one of the significant guitarists in the concert world. He's involved in so many kinds of music and musical projects that it's hard to find a place to start. Over the next couple of days we are going to feature some of the mucial areas that he explores. }}

{{Cite news |title = SA spring collections: Fresh and wearable |date = 5 November 1976 |work = Women's Wear Daily |quote = The classical guitar played at Giorgio Sant'Angelo's collection set the pace for a more subdued Sant'Angelo--less hysterical but still idea-filled. }}

{{Cite news |title = Concert career clicks for guitarist: Guitarist and billiards champ Michael Laucke says the movement of billiard balls resembles music |date = 9 July 1988 |work = Brandon Sun Saturday }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26438970032/in/album-72157667231932761/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Guitarist Laucke: Color him competitive |author = Eric McLean |date = 16 January 1982 |work = The Saturday Gazette |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201900/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26438970032/in/album-72157667231932761/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Michael_Laucke_~_In_Every_Superhero_I_Saw_Myself_---London_Free_Press.jpg |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Guitarist at home in concert and pool halls |author = Maxine Ruvinsky |date = 29 June 1988 |work = The London Free Press |quote = In every superhero, I saw myself. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160806103714/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Michael_Laucke_~_In_Every_Superhero_I_Saw_Myself_---London_Free_Press.jpg |archive-date = 6 August 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite book |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/27266393222/in/album-72157659518026209/ |title = Flamenco Road (CD booklet) |author = Michael Laucke |publisher = Justin-Time Records |date = 1 November 2001 |location = Montreal, Quebec, Canada |pages = 4, 5 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201915/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/27266393222/in/album-72157659518026209/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite book |title = The Michael Laucke series – Three Gymnopédies / Trois Gymnopédies |author = Michael Laucke |publisher = Waterloo Music Publishing Company |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/27266393222/in/album-72157659518026209/ |date = 24 June 1979 |location = Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |page = 3 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201915/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/27266393222/in/album-72157659518026209/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |url = https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=osu1299643553&disposition=inline |title = The Reception of Erik Satie's Gymnopédies: Audience, Identity, and Commercialization |date = 2011 |website = etd.ohiolink.edu |publisher = The Ohio State University |author = Billie Eaves |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151121032421/https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=osu1299643553&disposition=inline |archive-date = 21 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite news |author = Eric McLean |title = Guitarist Laucke bids temporary farewell to Montreal |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |work = Montreal Gazette |date = 21 May 1988 |quote = It is Laucke's interest in flamenco that makes him special: He might be called the first interpreter of flamenco music |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201906/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761 |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Trois des plus formidables virtuoses de Montreal: Entrevue avec Le Trio 3 |author = John Plant |date = April 1980 |work = Virus Montreal |trans-title = Three of the most formidable virtuosos in Montreal:Interview with Trio 3 }}

{{cite web |title = Michael Laucke: Classical and Flamenco Guitar |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Michael-laucke-and-daddario-guitar-strings-sponsor.jpg |date = January 2007 |access-date = 15 November 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160220125639/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Michael-laucke-and-daddario-guitar-strings-sponsor.jpg |archive-date = 20 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26258782780/in/album-72157667321938265/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Au GTQ (Grand Théâtre du Québec): un fiesta flamenco avec Michael Laucke |author = Régis Tremblay |date = 20 October 1990 |trans-title = At the GTQ (Grand Théâtre du Québec) : a flamenco fiesta with Michael Laucke |quote = M. Laucke joue le flamenco depuis qu'il est enfant, "mais je n'avais jamais osé le jouer en public. C'était quelque chose pour moi seul. Il y a une rencontre qui a changé ma vie: on m'a demandé si je pouvais accueillir un guitariste du nom de Paco de Lucía que je ne connaissais pas à l'époque. On a donné des concerts ensemble et je l'ai hébergé |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201856/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26258782780/in/album-72157667321938265/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26258782780/in/album-72157667321938265/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Au GTQ (Grand Théâtre du Québec); une "Fiesta flamenco" avec Michael Laucke |author = Régis Tremblay |date = 20 October 1990 |work = Le Soleil |quote = Puisque la guitare classique est limitée, on finit par chercher autre chose. Je faisais du flamenco, et je aime ça. Il y a plus de diverses techniques en flamenco; juste à la main droite, nous en avons 20. |trans-title = At GTQ (Grand Théâtre du Québec); a "Fiesta flamenco" with Michael Laucke |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201856/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26258782780/in/album-72157667321938265/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/25926670834/in/album-72157667321938265/ |title = Michael Laucke, Star du Nouveau Flamenco |author = Régis Tremblay |date = 22 October 1994 |work = Le Soleil (Quebec) |trans-title = Michael Laucke, Star of Nouveau Flamenco |quote = Je voudrais que le flamenco devienne le nouveau jazz!Le flamenco a tout ce qu'il faut pour suivre les traces du jazz et devenir un langage pour les gens de tous pays et de toutes cultures. On oublie qu'avant d'être un courrant mondial, le jazz n'était que le mode d'expression des Noirs de La Nouvelle-Orléans! Comme le jazz, le flamenco est basé sur l'improvisation et le dialogue entre instrumentistes. Le flamenco a même quelque chose en plus, puisque les joueurs dialoguent aussi avec les danseurs. |access-date = 20 April 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201853/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/25926670834/in/album-72157667321938265/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite journal |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/21387435754/in/album-72157659574426841/ |access-date = 14 April 2016 |title = Michael Laucke : jouer pour faire aimer la guitare... (Michael Laucke makes one fall in love with the guitar.) |author = Régis Tremblay |date = 28 October 1990 |journal = |quote = Il joue comme par reflexe, comme il respire. Plus qu'un virtuose, Michael Laucke est un talent pur, par qui le charisme arrive! ...irresistible, ce Michael Laucke. "More than a virtuoso, charismatic Michael Laucke is pure talent! For him playing is instinctive, just like breathing ...irresistible Michael Laucke." (English translation) |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629165910/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/21387435754/in/album-72157659574426841/ |archive-date = 29 June 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Michael, le Magnifique |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26439312812/in/album-72157667321938265/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |author = Philippe Tétreau |date = 18 May 1996 |trans-title = Michael the Magnificent |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201903/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26439312812/in/album-72157667321938265/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Michael Laucke Poster from 1996 season at Place des arts |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Michael_Laucke_And_Fiesta_Flamenco_Poster.jpg |author = Vera Ambasiadis |date = 18 May 1996 |work = "Fiesta Flamenco" poster |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160221224033/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Michael_Laucke_And_Fiesta_Flamenco_Poster.jpg |archive-date = 21 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite report |author = Nancy Louden |date = 15 April 2004 |title = Minutes of MAC AIDS FUND Board meeting when Michael Laucke was one of the directors |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22497671367/ |website = Flickr – Photo Sharing! |publisher = MAC AIDS FUND |access-date = 6 April 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629165927/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22497671367/ |archive-date = 29 June 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite report |author = Hazelle Palmer |author2 = Nancy Louden |date = 15 April 2004 |title = Minutes of MAC AIDS FUND Board meeting when Michael Laucke was one of the directors |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22497703608/ |website = flickr.com |publisher = MAC AIDS FUND |access-date = 6 April 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160914174817/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22497703608 |archive-date = 14 September 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Michael Laucke da al Flamenco el Lugar que Merece |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Michael_Laucke_Da_Al_Flamenco_El_Lugar_Que_Merece---Toronto_Canada-Spanish.jpg |access-date = 20 April 2016 |author = Francisco Jose Vital |date = 14 June 1996 |work = El Popular |trans-title = Michael Laucke raises flamenco to the heights it deserves |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160806094634/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Michael_Laucke_Da_Al_Flamenco_El_Lugar_Que_Merece---Toronto_Canada-Spanish.jpg |archive-date = 6 August 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite magazine |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26465571211/in/album-72157667321938265/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Good Laucke |author = Dominique Olivier |date = 24 May 1990 |magazine = Voir magazine |quote = Faire de la musique et vivre aux côtés d'un tel être à donner à Laucke une tout autre vision de cette musique qui lui sembla auparavant trop facile pour quelqu'un qui avait suivi la formation classique. "Making music and living alongside such a being led Laucke to have a different view of this music that previously seemed too easy for someone who had a classical training background. His cohabitation with de Lucía led to a special and powerful musical exchange which Laucke continues to treasure." (English translation) |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201904/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26465571211/in/album-72157667321938265/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite magazine |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26465571211/in/album-72157667321938265/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Good Laucke |author = Dominique Olivier |date = 24 May 1990 |magazine = Voir magazine |quote = C'est cette année seulement (1991) qu'il a réussi à enregistrer les pièces qui lui a transmises de Paco de Lucia. "It is only this year (1991) that Laucke has managed to record works which de Lucía taught him. Laucke believes that: 'For a guitarist, playing flamenco is most rewarding because this music is tailor-made for the guitar and allows the classical guitarist to move from one technique to another, although it is difficult.'" (English translation) |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201904/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26465571211/in/album-72157667321938265/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = "Kid" woos audiences with musical prowess |author = Charles Abramovici |date = 5 July 1989 |work = The Beaconsfield Chronicle }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Guitarist bids temporary farewell to Montreal |author = Eric McLean |date = 5 May 1988 |work = Montreal Gazette |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201906/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761 |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite AV media |title = Michael Laucke in Interview (GuitarFest in St Trinity Church) |author = Alan Farley |date = 21 October 2004 |work = KALW Radio (Berkeley, California) |quote = So, for this film with Rory Kennedy (Pandemic:FACING aids), since we (MAF) give away 3 to 4 million a year, we couldn't afford to finance the whole film. So we contacted the Gates foundation and the financing came through, based on Rory's credibility. ...we lost title sponsorship. It (a showing) took place at the United Nations in that room with the name tags of each country on the seats. ...and later that month all of us (all the directors) were convened at the United Nations again to receive an award from Kofi Anan. ...Danny Glover was there, Elton (John) wasn't... It was amazingly successful, but of course so sad. Of the 5 countries portrayed in the film, only the wealthier countries did ok, and people survived. }}

{{cite web |title = Michael Laucke |url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michael-laucke-emc/ |author = François Bourgouin |date = 21 June 2007 |website = The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date = 30 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151102111119/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michael-laucke-emc/ |archive-date = 2 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |title = Library Search – Library and Archives Canada |url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/results/lib?FormName=AMICUS+Advanced+Search&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_amicus&Sources=amicus&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=Michael+Laucke&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&ParaUserView=&Publication=&SourceLanguage=+++&Format=&MaterialDateOperator=after&MaterialDate=&ResultCount=10&MaterialSource= |website = www.collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date = 12 October 2015 |author = Government of Canada, Library and Archives |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160313085128/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/results/lib?FormName=AMICUS+Advanced+Search&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_amicus&Sources=amicus&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=Michael+Laucke&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&ParaUserView=&Publication=&SourceLanguage=+++&Format=&MaterialDateOperator=after&MaterialDate=&ResultCount=10&MaterialSource= |archive-date = 13 March 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite encyclopedia |url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michel-georges-bregent-emc/ |title = Michel-Georges Brégent |author = Annick Poussart |date = 26 August 2008 |encyclopedia = The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date = 23 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025654/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michel-georges-bregent-emc/ |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |title = Michael Laucke: Richesse flamenco |date = 29 September 2005 |url = https://voir.ca/musique/2005/09/29/michael-laucke-richesse-flamenco/ |website = Voir.ca |access-date = 29 October 2015 |language = fr |quote = C'est aussi très influencé par mon background en classique. Donc, c'est un flamenco plus smooth |trans-title = Flamenco Richness |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022801/https://voir.ca/musique/2005/09/29/michael-laucke-richesse-flamenco/ |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26439307032/in/album-72157667321938265/ |title = Michael Laucke sert deux maîtres à la fois, le classique et le flamenco |author = Pascale Bréniel |date = 24 May 1988 |work = La Presse |quote = Je crois que le classique procure une détente aux spectateurs, tandis que le flamenco est stimulant; Les deux s'équilibre, se complètent, soutient le guitariste [Michael Laucke] ... Il n'y a pas d'interprètes de flamenco, car il est considéré comme quelque chose de très personnel... "Laucke maintains I believe that classical music relaxes and flamenco stimulates; both complement and complete each other. There are no flamenco interpreters because it is considered something very personal..." (English translation) |trans-title = Michael Laucke serves two masters at once, classical and flamenco |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201901/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26439307032/in/album-72157667321938265/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |title = Michael Laucke – Divergences |date = 23 June 1984 |url = http://www.discogs.com/Michael-Laucke-Divergences/release/6277299 |website = Discogs |access-date = 26 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160310232300/https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Laucke-Divergences/release/6277299 |archive-date = 10 March 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Disq |author = John Plant |date = December 1979 |work = Virus Montreal |quote = Few instrumentalists devote themselves with such vigor, enthusiasm, daring and mastery to the task of interpreting new literature for guitar. Morel has integrated guitar techniques (all the resources of the guitar) into a long twenty-minute work which, in Laucke's masterly interpretation, becomes very moving. The Bagatelles of Walton are, of course, of a lighter character; but their technical demands are still tremendous. Here again the clearness and élan of Laucke's playing are admirable. }}

{{Cite news |title = Record Reviews |author = George Warren |date = April 1980 |work = Guitar and Lute magazine |quote = One of the best in recent years is Michael Laucke's oddly misnamed album "Transcription", (which contains nothing but original guitar works) on Radio Canada international 457; the material includes the Walton Bagatelles and the Bennett Impromptus, splendidly presented. }}

{{cite web |url = http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=28411 |title = National Film Board of Canada, Momentum |date = May 1992 |website = National Film Board of Canada |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031907/http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=28411 |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite magazine |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26279151823/in/album-72157667231932761/ |title = Recordings in Brief |author = George Warren |date = October 1981 |magazine = Guitar and Lute magazine (Hawaii) |access-date = 20 April 2016 |quote = Laucke is a wizard of a player and makes easy work of the hardest stuff... one of the best voice and guitar albums you will ever hear...No kidding there is magic at work here. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201858/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26279151823/in/album-72157667231932761/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |date = 4 November 1981 |title = Canadian composer Claude Vivier letter |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Renowned_Canadian_Composer_Claude_Vivier_~_Letter_For_Michael_Laucke_---%22Most_Dedicated_Musician%22.jpg |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160221224821/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Renowned_Canadian_Composer_Claude_Vivier_~_Letter_For_Michael_Laucke_---%22Most_Dedicated_Musician%22.jpg |archive-date = 21 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite book |title = Music for Jacques Cartier: performer's edition of four works by Pierre Attaignant (1494–1552) and Adrien LeRoy (1520–1598) |url = http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=5497512 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20151130082757/http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=5497512 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 30 November 2015 |publisher = Waterloo Music |date = 1 January 1985 |location = Waterloo, Ont |series = Michael Laucke series for classical guitar |language = en,fr |editor-first = Pierre |editor-last = Attaingnant |editor-first2 = Michael |editor-last2 = Laucke |editor-first3 = Adrian |editor-last3 = Le Roy }}

{{Cite book |author = Michel-Georges Brégent |date = 30 May 1986 |title = Letter from Michel-Georges Brégent referencing several works written for Laucke |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Renowned_Canadian_Composer_Br%C3%A9gent_~_Letter_For_Michael_Laucke_---%22Most_Dedicated_Musician%22.jpg |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160220125302/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Renowned_Canadian_Composer_Br%C3%A9gent_~_Letter_For_Michael_Laucke_---%22Most_Dedicated_Musician%22.jpg |archive-date = 20 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite book |author = François Morel |date = 27 February 1977 |title = Letter from Canadian composer François Morel |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Renowned_Canadian_Composer_F._Morel_~_Letter_For_Michael_Laucke_---%22Most_Dedicated_Musician%22.jpg |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160220130034/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Renowned_Canadian_Composer_F._Morel_~_Letter_For_Michael_Laucke_---%22Most_Dedicated_Musician%22.jpg |archive-date = 20 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |title = SMCQ Concerts / 12th Season (1977–78) / Concerts / Concert 107 – SMCQ – World Premiere |date = 4 May 1978 |url = http://smcq.qc.ca/smcq/en/montreal/12/concerts/21599/ |website = SMCQ (Société de musique contemporaine du Québec) |access-date = 18 October 2015 |trans-title = Quebec Contemporary Music Society |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015200/http://smcq.qc.ca/smcq/en/montreal/12/concerts/21599/ |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/21389057843/in/album-72157659574426841/ |access-date = 14 April 2016 |title = Les sons délicats de la musique actuelle |author = Claude Gingras |date = 16 November 1984 |journal = |quote = Elle (la pièce pour guitare seule de Jean Papineau-Couture) a d'ailleurs un interprète on ne peut plus convaincant en Michael Laucke, qui lui a accordé assez de respect pour la mémoriser. Si tous les guitaristes étaient aussi musiciens que Laucke, la guitare aurait meilleure réputation! ... [It (the solo guitar work by Jean Papineau Couture) has furthermore found in Michael Laucke an interpreter who couldn't be more convincing... If all guitarists played as musically as Laucke, the guitar would have a better reputation!] |trans-title = The delicate sounds of modern music |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629165913/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/21389057843/in/album-72157659574426841/ |archive-date = 29 June 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite book |title = Claude Vivier: A Composer's Life |author = Bob Gilmore |date = 1 June 2014 |publisher = University of Rochester Press |isbn = 978-1-58046-485-7 |location = Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data |page = 266 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tEAlBQAAQBAJ&q=vivier+pour+guitare&pg=PA266 |access-date = 24 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171115124330/https://books.google.com/books?id=tEAlBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA266&lpg=PA266&dq=vivier+pour+guitare#v=onepage&q=vivier%20pour%20guitare&f=false |archive-date = 15 November 2017 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |title = Light Classics (Intermède Music) :: INTCD4002 |url = http://intermedemusic.com/language/english/albums/intcd4002/ |date = June 1990 |website = intermedemusic.com |access-date = 26 October 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150227002551/http://intermedemusic.com/language/english/albums/intcd4002/ |archive-date = 27 February 2015 }}

{{cite web |title = Intermède Music :: INTCD1004 |url = http://intermedemusic.com/language/english/albums/intcd1004/ |date = April 1989 |website = intermedemusic.com |access-date = 26 October 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104949/http://intermedemusic.com/language/english/albums/intcd1004/ |archive-date = 4 March 2016 }}

{{cite web |url = http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=5497512 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20151130082757/http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=5497512 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2015-11-30 |title = Music for Jacques Cartier. Waterloo, Ont. : Waterloo Music, c1985. Michael Laucke series for classical guitar |date = June 1985 |website = Library and Archives Canada }}

{{cite web |title = Jade eyes |url = http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2197698&R=2197698 |date = March 1981 |website = Toronto Public Library |access-date = 26 October 2015 |author = Michael Laucke |author2 = Riki Turofsky |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032420/http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2197698&R=2197698 |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |url = http://www.smcq.qc.ca/smcq/en/montreal/19/concerts/21651/ |title = SMCQ Concerts / 19th season (1984–85) |date = 15 November 1984 |website = SMCQ (Société de musique contemporaine du Québec) |trans-title = Society of Contemporary Music of Quebec |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020734/http://www.smcq.qc.ca/smcq/en/montreal/19/concerts/21651/ |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |author = David Eagle |date = 23 September 1980 |url = http://musiccentre.ca/node/37403 |title = David Eagle, Showcase – Canadian Music Centre – Centre de Musique Canadienne |work = musiccentre.ca |access-date = 23 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117034111/http://musiccentre.ca/node/37403 |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |author = Alan Crossman |date = 28 October 1981 |url = https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37540/showcase |title = Allan Crossman: Showcase – Canadian Music Centre – Centre de Musique Canadienne |work = musiccentre.ca |access-date = 23 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160120224320/http://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37540/showcase |archive-date = 20 January 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |url = https://independent.academia.edu/BrunoDesch%C3%AAnes |title = Bruno Deschênes – Academia.edu |author = Bruno Deschênes |date = 5 March 1981 |work = academia.edu |access-date = 23 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120126211419/http://independent.academia.edu/BrunoDesch%C3%AAnes |archive-date = 26 January 2012 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |author = Claude Lassonde |date = 25 February 1982 |url = http://www.centremusique.ca/fr/node/37789/vitrine-des-compositeurs |title = Claude Lassonde: Vitrine – Canadian Music Centre – Centre de Musique Canadienne |work = centremusique.ca |access-date = 23 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032706/http://www.centremusique.ca/fr/node/37789/vitrine-des-compositeurs |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite book |title = Compositional Crossroads: Music, McGill, Montreal |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=m-G6-idNiZoC&q=%2522Com-possession%2522%2520%2522John%2520Rea%2522%2520-wikipedia&pg=PT285 |publisher = McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP |date = 12 February 2008 |isbn = 978-0-7735-7743-5 |author = Eleanor V. Stubley |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171115124330/https://books.google.com/books?id=m-G6-idNiZoC&pg=PT285&lpg=PT285&dq=%2522Com-possession%2522+%2522John+Rea%2522+-wikipedia#v=onepage&q=%2522Com-possession%2522%2520%2522John%2520Rea%2522%2520-wikipedia&f=false |archive-date = 15 November 2017 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |url = https://www.library.yorku.ca/find/Author/Home?author=Laucke%2C%20Michael. |title = Author Search Results – York University Libraries |author = John Rea |date = 16 April 1982 |work = yorku.ca |access-date = 14 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185427/https://www.library.yorku.ca/find/Author/Home?author=Laucke,%20Michael. |archive-date = 4 March 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite encyclopedia |date = 1 August 2007 |url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wolfgang-bottenberg-emc/ |title = Wolfgang Bottenberg |author = Alfred Fisher |encyclopedia = The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date = 23 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024307/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wolfgang-bottenberg-emc/ |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite encyclopedia |url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/denis-dion-emc/ |title = Denis Dion |author = Claire Métras |date = 7 February 2006 |encyclopedia = The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date = 23 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023540/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/denis-dion-emc/ |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite encyclopedia |url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/leon-zuckert-emc/ |title = León Zuckert |author = Nancy McGregor |date = 7 February 2006 |encyclopedia = The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date = 23 October 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020553/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/leon-zuckert-emc/ |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite news |author = Eric McLean |title = Guitarist Laucke bids temporary farewell to Montreal |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |work = Montreal Gazette |date = 21 May 1988 |quote = Laucke was very much part of the jet set in New York of the 70s – a friend of Andy Warhol, Calvin Klein and Giorgio di Santangelo. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201906/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761 |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Guitarist Laucke bids temporary farewell to Montreal |author = Eric McLean |date = 21 May 1988 |work = Montreal Gazette |quote = Both the Canada Council and the Quebec Ministry of Cultural Affairs are giving him full recognition as the person who has done more for the guitar in this country than anyone else |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201906/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761 |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |title = Guitarist Laucke bids temporary farewell to Montreal |author = Eric McLean |date = 21 May 1988 |work = Montreal Gazette |quote = Early in his career, he delighted international visitors to Montreal's Olympic Games in a concert performance that was also transmitted live to a TV audience around the world. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201906/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505328416/in/album-72157667231932761 |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite news |author = Myron Galloway |title = From Montreal's Waverly Street to a castle in Spain |work = The Suburban |date = 19 May 1990 |quote = During those years [the early 1970s] he was also taken up by New York's jet set. Through Peretti, he became friendly with ... Andy Warhol, and designers Giorgio di Santangelo, Halston and Calvin Klein, and was frequently hired to play at the launching of their new lines. }}

{{Cite news |title = Snooker champ shows stuff |date = 3 December 1963 |work = Montreal Star |quote = Georges Chenier, professional North American snooker champion, played ...a local youth, Michael Laucke, who shows promise of becoming the next Canadian amateur Champion. (Laucke won after two nights of play). }}

{{cite web |url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michael-laucke-emc/ |title = Michael Laucke |date = 21 June 2007 |website = The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher = Anthony Wilson-Smith |author = François Bourgouin |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151102111119/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michael-laucke-emc/ |archive-date = 2 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Classical guitarist has flair for flamenco |author = Carl Urquhart |date = 21 May 1988 |work = Montreal Daily News |page = 27 |quote = Last year, he played 238 concerts, ...there are limits even for someone of his voracious musical appetite. }}

{{Cite news |date = 26 October 1983 |title = Michael Laucke Carnegie Hall Program : World Premiere of "Exploration" by Canadian composer Jean-Papineau Couture |work = Michael Laucke Carnegie Hall program |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Michael_Laucke_program-Carnegie_Hall_New_York_26-10-83.jpg |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160220131051/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Michael_Laucke_program-Carnegie_Hall_New_York_26-10-83.jpg |archive-date = 20 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |date = 3 January 1980 |title = Program for concert sponsored by the U.S. Senate Staff Club, Washington DC 1980 |work = U.S. Senate program |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Michael_Laucke_~_US_Senate_Program%2C_Washington_DC_1980.jpg |access-date = 16 November 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160221223250/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Michael_Laucke_~_US_Senate_Program%2C_Washington_DC_1980.jpg |archive-date = 21 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |title = Program Given at Wigmore Hall, London, England |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Program_Given_At_Wigmore_Hall%2C_London_England.jpg |date = 22 September 1983 |access-date = 16 November 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160220125819/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Program_Given_At_Wigmore_Hall%2C_London_England.jpg |archive-date = 20 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = It's all in the hands |author = Bill Brownstein |date = 14 July 1991 |work = Montreal Gazette |quote = he gives about 150 concerts a year and has performed in 25 countries, often in front of some very important royal and politico types. }}

{{cite web |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22038871198/ |title = United States Senate Committee |author = Ray Nelson |date = 23 February 1977 |website = Flickr – Photo Sharing! |publisher = Senate Committee on Rules and Administration |access-date = 6 April 2016 |quote = (Laucke) has been acclaimed in several concerts I have been instrumental in arranging for him in the Washington area. He has played at the National Gallery of art, the Corcoran Gallery and the Senate Office Building in programs sponsored by the United states Senate Staff Club last year when I was Club President. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629165924/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22038871198/ |archive-date = 29 June 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Fine Guitar at the Gallery |author = Joan Reinthaler |date = 7 June 1971 |newspaper = The Washington Post |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22010231475/in/album-72157659574426841/ |access-date = 14 April 2016 |quote = I was one of the lucky ones with a seat up front because Laucke is one of the finest guitarists to have played in Washington in a long time... He projected the music rather than the virtuosity and to do so is the highest form of virtuosity. He commanded a world of expressiveness... He also brought an unerring sense of rhythmic timing and the nimble fingers necessary to produce beautifully even ornaments... Throughout the concert, Laucke's playing was a model of clarity, evenness, control and good sense |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629165918/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22010231475/in/album-72157659574426841/ |archive-date = 29 June 2016 |df = dmy-all }}{{Ref|7}}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/12/31/michael-laucke/3e6f6765-9dd9-4436-ba76-6018082ad57b/ |title = Michael Laucke |author = Joan Reinthaler |date = 31 December 1979 |newspaper = The Washington Post |access-date = 12 November 2015 |quote = Going to one of these concerts is a little like eaves-dropping, and when the performance is as good as Michael Laucke's was at the National Gallery last night, it is worth the effort. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151118053719/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/12/31/michael-laucke/3e6f6765-9dd9-4436-ba76-6018082ad57b/ |archive-date = 18 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite journal |title = Paco de Lucía in Montreal |author = Ramon Lorca |date = 27 March 1998 |journal = El Popular |quote = (English translation)[With Michael Laucke, the virtuoso flamenco guitarist from Quebec. Paco de Lucía remembered his time spent together with Laucke in New York, saying, "what beautiful memories from this time in our youth, and when we were so alive!"] }}

{{Cite news |title = Maestro Segovia and the guitar: an inseparable duo |author = Eric McLean |date = 6 June 1987 |journal = Montreal Gazette |quote = To the best of my knowledge, his only Canadian pupil was the Montrealer Michael Laucke, who studied with him in Los Angeles and New York. }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22213964002/in/album-72157659942008961/ |title = Impressing guitar maestro was Laucke's toughest test |author = Steve Pyle |date = 9 March 1983 |work = Powell River News |page = A3 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201842/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22213964002/in/album-72157659942008961/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite magazine |title = Classical Guitar Instructional Video Series with Michael Laucke |author = Dan Forte |date = 1 July 1986 |magazine = Guitar Player magazine |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26986396864/in/album-72157667231932761/ |access-date = 12 November 2015 |quote = (Laucke's) enthusiasm is infectious. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201912/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26986396864/in/album-72157667231932761/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/27523897531/in/album-72157667231932761/ |title = How to Play Classical Guitar by Michael Laucke |author = Mark Hanson |date = 1 May 1987 |work = Frets Magazine |quote = ...thoughtful, and thorough instruction. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201917/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/27523897531/in/album-72157667231932761/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite journal |title = The Guitar in Canada – Michael Laucke |author = Jim Forest |date = 11 April 1979 |journal = Soundboard Magazine USA }}

{{Cite journal |title = Growth of the Guitar in Canada by Michael Laucke |author = Michael Laucke |date = 1 September 1982 |journal = Guitar and Lute Magazine USA (Hawaii) }}

{{Cite journal |title = Guitarra Canadiense (The Canadian Guitar) |author = Michael Laucke |date = 1 November 1982 |journal = Waterloo Music for Everyone }}

{{Cite news |title = McGill wins recording prize |author = Andrew Culver |date = 29 May 1979 |work = Montreal Star |quote = The best recorded performance of a Canadian work was the guitarist Michael Laucke... which also took top honors in the jazz recording category for Jazz Canada Montreux 1978. }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22010232945/in/album-72157659574426841/ |title = Guitarist Michael Laucke brilliant in debut performance |author = Myron Galloway |date = 13 March 1991 |newspaper = The Suburban |access-date = 14 April 2016 |quote = Laucke's solo playing was no less than brilliant |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629165921/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/22010232945/in/album-72157659574426841/ |archive-date = 29 June 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite magazine |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505333216/in/album-72157667231932761/ |title = Commissioning: The Performer's perspective |author = Lynn Harting |date = 1 July 1986 |journal = The Music Scene |quote = [...five of the country's best-known soloists] |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201909/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26505333216/in/album-72157667231932761/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |title = Governor General of Canada Command Performance Program |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Michael_Laucke_~_Governor_General_Of_Canada_Command_Performace%2C_Program_1981.jpg |date = 29 November 1981 |access-date = 8 November 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160221224816/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Michael_Laucke_~_Governor_General_Of_Canada_Command_Performace%2C_Program_1981.jpg |archive-date = 21 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = G & L's Dozen Best Recordings of 1981 |author = George Warren |date = 1 March 1982 |work = Guitar and Lute magazine (Hawaii) |quote = ...a major contribution to the recorded song literature }}

{{Cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/24903332621/in/album-72157659518026209/ |title = Bravo! Countdown |date = 1 November 2001 |work = Bravo Network |access-date = 12 November 2015 |quote = The title track was number one on video charts across Canada for 5 consecutive weeks |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201850/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/24903332621/in/album-72157659518026209/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite AV media |url = http://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-telejournal-18h/2014-2015/episodes/360309/nouvelles-information-mercredi |title = Le Téléjournal 18h |author = Patrice Roy |date = 2 September 2015 |work = Radio-Canada |access-date = 12 November 2015 |quote = Le guitariste virtuose Michael Laucke a été nominé pour l'Ordre du Canada. Nous ne saurons pas s'il gagne jusqu'au début de 2016, mais nous lui souhaitons bonne chance! Il le mérite! |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171115124330/http://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-telejournal-18h/2014-2015/episodes/360309/nouvelles-information-mercredi |archive-date = 15 November 2017 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/25926334134/in/album-72157667231932761/ |title = When Laucke plays the guitar, he means business |author = Eric McLean |date = 1 November 1986 |work = Montreal Gazette |access-date = 7 November 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201851/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/25926334134/in/album-72157667231932761/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite news |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26438970032/in/album-72157667231932761/ |title = Guitarist Laucke: Color Him Competitive |date = 16 January 1982 |author = Eric McLean |work = The Montreal Gazette |access-date = 29 April 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201900/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26438970032/in/album-72157667231932761/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Yo-yo whiz masters all kinds of strings |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26258413380/in/album-72157667231932761/ |access-date = 20 April 2016 |author = Carl Urquhart |date = 2 May 1988 |work = The Montreal Daily News |quote = At an early stage, he discovered he got pleasure from exhibiting his talents while people watched. Out of 2000 people who had gathered to compete, Laucke emerged as the winner, taking home a $60 bicycle. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201855/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/26258413380/in/album-72157667231932761/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Building is his hobby |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Michael_Laucke%3B_First_newspaper_interview%3B_9-years-old.jpg |date = 26 January 1954 |work = Montreal Star |access-date = 12 November 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160220123933/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Michael_Laucke%3B_First_newspaper_interview%3B_9-years-old.jpg |archive-date = 20 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite magazine |url = http://classicalguitarmagazine.com/ |title = The Old Malthouse Music Society, Sawbridgeworth |author = Chris Dell |date = 17 September 1983 |journal = Classical Guitar |access-date = 12 November 2015 |quote = His stage presentation and his demeanor are near perfect..."Who could ask for anything more?" |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151108035408/http://classicalguitarmagazine.com/ |archive-date = 8 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite magazine |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/21997957942/in/album-72157659574426841/ |access-date = 14 April 2016 |title = Michael Laucke Performs in Preston Bradley Hall – Chicago |author = Norman Ruiz |date = 4 November 1985 |magazine = Guitarra magazine |quote = His relaxed manner, beaming smile and gracious speaking voice won the hearts of the audience before he even played a note. Laucke has the ability to communicate his great love for the music he plays, both in the music itself and in his stage manner – unimposing, expressive and always submissive to the message of the music. |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629165916/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/21997957942/in/album-72157659574426841/ |archive-date = 29 June 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |title = China Minister of Culture Letter For Michael Laucke during concert tour in China, 13 November 1982 |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/China_Minister_Of_Culture_Letter_For_Michael_Laucke_---%22High_International_Reputation%22.jpg |date = 13 November 1982 |access-date = 7 November 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160221221708/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/China_Minister_Of_Culture_Letter_For_Michael_Laucke_---%22High_International_Reputation%22.jpg |archive-date = 21 February 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |url = http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=10563596 |title = Spanish guitar stories [sound recording] / Michael Laucke |author = Matthew Astier |date = 1991 |website = amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca |publisher = Intermède Musique |access-date = 6 April 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{cite web |url = http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=9707674 |title = Light classics [sound recording] / Michael Laucke |author = Matthew Astier |website = amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca |publisher = Intermède Musique |access-date = 6 April 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{cite web |url = http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=32520034 |title = Winners of the Jules Léger Prize for new chamber music [sound recording] |author = Matthew Astier |date = 1985 |website = amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca |publisher = Montreal, McGill University Records |access-date = 6 April 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{cite web |url = http://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2010/07/23/the-nfb-and-world-fairs-pt-4-seville-and-expo-92/ |title = The NFB and World Fairs, pt. 4: Seville and Expo 92 |website = NFB/blog |publisher = National Film Board of Canada |access-date = 6 April 2016 |author = Carolyne Weldon |date = 23 July 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160104200114/http://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2010/07/23/the-nfb-and-world-fairs-pt-4-seville-and-expo-92/ |archive-date = 4 January 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{cite web |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/25926334134/in/album-72157667231932761/ |title = When Laucke plays the guitar, he means business |author = Eric McLean |date = 1 November 1986 |work = Montreal Gazette |access-date = 6 April 2016 |quote = He is a private enterprise—and an enterprise of some complexity. The name of it is Michael Laucke and Company, and it involves not only his concert career, but his recordings, his taped guitar lessons and his international negotiations |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104201851/https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-laucke/25926334134/in/album-72157667231932761/ |archive-date = 4 November 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Michael Laucke Da al Flamenco el Lugar que Merece |author = Francisco Jose Vital |date = 14 June 1996 |work = El Popular |trans-title = Michael Laucke raises flamenco to the heights it deserves |quote = Inspiración que le vino primero de su abuela, la qual se encargó de su educacion y le inspiró confianza en sí mismo. Michael Laucke nos habla con ternura de esta abuela que estuvo a punto de alcanzar los 100 años de edad, y que tan le ha aportado. "Inspiration that first came to him from his grandmother who raised him and who gave him self-confidence. When he speaks of his grandmother, who gave him so much and who nearly reached 100 years of age, it is with great tenderness." (English translation) }}

{{Cite AV media notes |title=Flamenco Road |others=Michael Laucke |year=2001 |author = Michael Laucke |page=3 |type=enhancedCD |publisher=Justin Time Records|location=Montreal|quote = Jacket Notes: The recording took place in five different studios in Montreal, each chosen for its particular acoustics. The 24 tracks employ; 5 guitars (flamenco, Spanish, classical and electric guitars), a rhythm section consisting of bongos, 4 congas and a rock drum set blended with other percs such as claves, maracas and castanets, 3 dancers performing typical "palmas" (hand-clapping) in synchronization, 3 trumpets, 3 pianos and a "country-style" violinist.}}

{{Cite AV media notes |title=Flamenco Road |others=Michael Laucke |year=2001 |author = Michael Laucke |page=3 |type=enhancedCD |publisher=Justin Time Records|location=Montreal|quote = My arrangements of the "Three Gymnopedies" comprise ALL the notes of the original piano versions: a most complex process since all the piano sounds must fit comfortably, or uncomfortably, onto the six strings of the guitar. Nevertheless, the present recording is done as it is in concert, on one classical guitar, without overdubbing. My tempo is a little quicker than when the pieces are played on the piano, due to the shorter resonance time of notes played on the Spanish guitar. Now and then, I use a "vibrato" and slides, which, of course, can't be done on the piano but which add warmth of expression to this undeniably charming, exotic and mystic music.}}

{{cite magazine |date = 30 December 1979 |title = National Gallery of Art, Michael Laucke, Classical Guitar |magazine = National Gallery of Art Concert Program |url = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Michael_Laucke_Program%2C_Wash._DC_1979.jpg |access-date = 14 April 2016 |location = Washington, D.C. |publisher = National Gallery of Art |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160616231103/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Michael_Laucke_Program%2C_Wash._DC_1979.jpg |archive-date = 16 June 2016 |df = dmy-all }}

{{Cite news |title = Yo-yo whiz masters all kinds of strings |author = Caral Urquhart |date = 2 May 1988 |work = The Montreal Daily News |quote = No fewer that 25 Canadian composers, including Claude Vivier, John Rea, Francois Morel, Walter Boudreau and Michel-Georges Bregent have composed works expressly for his talents.The guitarist has record each of the works.... }}

{{cite web |title = Celebrity Snooker Fans – Snooker Canada |author = Patrick Guigui |date = 24 April 2014 |url = http://www.snookercanada.ca/snooker-101/celebrity-snooker-fans/ |website = Snooker Canada |access-date = 8 November 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023847/http://www.snookercanada.ca/snooker-101/celebrity-snooker-fans/ |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |df = dmy-all }}

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