Chronology
Life and work year by year. Every entry is documented; we welcome additions and corrections.
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1950s
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1952
First instrument: the accordion
Vienna
At about the age of seven (the earlier website says eight), Pepl was given an accordion and played Viennese songs, Schubert, Mozart, opera arias and Schlager hits. Attending an accordion competition gave him the „Kick zum Improvisieren“ [“the kick to improvise”]; playing from sheet music soon lost its appeal.
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1960s
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1960
The first guitar
Vienna
Pepl took up the guitar, at the age of 15 according to Kohler; in 1988 the Kleine Zeitung put it at 13. He learned mainly by listening to records, including those of Tal Farlow and Johnny Smith.
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1960s
Wes Montgomery becomes a role model
Romania
On a holiday in Romania, a bar-band guitarist showed him chords and recommended Wes Montgomery. Pepl learned Montgomery's solos by listening and transcribing, not through lessons.
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1963
Guitar studies with Karl Scheit
Vienna
Pepl studies classical guitar in Karl Scheit's class at the Vienna music academy; at the entrance examination he plays Mozart's “Turkish March” with a plectrum. The year 1963 is given in the obituary published by the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.
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