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New Publication: The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe, 1800–1840

Keywords

guitar history, the guitar in western europe, guitar in 19th century

The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe, 1800 to 1840, edited by Christopher Page, Paul Sparks and James Westbrook, has just been published. It is available in both hardcover and digital format.

The Contents:

  • Foreword - Richard Savino
  • Introduction - Christopher Page, Paul Sparks and James Westbrook
  • Eighteenth-century precedents: the role of Paris - Damián Martín Gil and Erik Stenstadvold
  • The Great Vogue for the guitar: an overview - Christopher Page
  • The instrument and its makers - James Westbrook
  • Printing and publishing music for the guitar with Appendix: Matteo Carcassi - Erik Stenstadvold
  • Amateurs and professionals - Christopher Page
  • Teaching and learning the guitar - Erik Stenstadvold
  • Early-nineteenth-century guitars in the saleroom, private hands and public collections - James Westbrook
  • Music for early-nineteenth-century guitars in the saleroom, private hands and public collections - Kenneth Sparr
  • Accompanied song - Jelma van Amersfoort
  • Chamber music for the guitar - Jukka Savijoki
  • Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841) - Mario Torta
  • Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829) - Gerhard Penn
  • Fernando Sor (1778–1839) - Erik Stenstadvold
  • Dionisio Aguado (1784–1849) - Luis Briso de Montiano
  • Emilia Giuliani (1813–1850) - Nicoletta Confalone
  • Giulio Regondi (1822/23–1872) and Catharina Pratten née Pelzer (1824–1895) - Sarah Clarke
  • Appendix: A note on string-making - Jenny Nex
  • Bibliography



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