Recent Posts Recent PostsGuitar NewsNovember 30, 2019Guitar News was published from June-July 1951 to January-March 1973 by Wilfrid Appleby in Cheltenham, England. The issues started with the subtitle “The Official Organ of the Classic Guitar Association,” changed to “The Official Organ of the Classic Guitar Association (International)” in October-November 1952 and then to “The Official Organ of the International Classic Guitar Association” in June-July 1953. I will post the issues list first with a few contents. Digital files and more tables of content will be forthcoming.... Frets 「マンドリン•ギター研究誌フレット」November 13, 2019The Japanese guitar journal Frets 「マンドリン•ギター研究誌フレット」was published from 1958 until at least 1987. While I own 21 original issues, most are not out of copyright yet so I will only post the covers of what I have.... Guitar Friend 「ギターの友」November 13, 2019The Japanese guitar journal Guitar Friend 「ギターの友」was published monthly from 1955 to at least 1963. I have not been able to find any issues past 1963 although they may exist. There was a pamphlet published in 1952 with the same title as this journal. I don’t have any information connecting the two other than the title, but since this pamphlet included a postcard from Jiro Nakano, receipts and other items I will post it alongside the full list of journals.... Revue Musicale des Mandoline et Guitares (R.M.G.)「マンドリン•ギター評論」November 1, 2019The Japanese guitar journal R.M.G. “マンドリン•ギター評論” was published from February 1927 until September 1929.... Armonia 「アルモニア」- new seriesOctober 22, 2019The original Armonia アルモニア was published in Japan by Chuzaemon Sawaguchi 澤口忠左衛門 from 1927 to 1941 (see my post dedicated to this journal). Isao Takahashi 高橋功 began publishing under this same Armonia name from January 1954 and continued until the last issue in November 1959. I only own a few issues of this journal. Many of the rest are in the Bickford Collection, sent to Vahdah Bickford by Isao Takahashi. I will add full scans of these when I am able to obtain them. Some letters written by Takahashi to Bickford have been made available at the Oviatt Library website.... Armonia 「アルモニア」October 6, 2019The Japanese guitar journal Armonia “アルモニア” was published from January 1927 to October 1941 by Chuzaemon Sawaguchi 澤口 忠左衛門 in Sendai, Japan. Known locations of issues, besides those in my collection, are the Nakano Collection at Doshisha University, Kyoto and microfiche at Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo. The guitarist Setsuo Yushita 湯下節男, who passed away June 2, 2016, wrote extensively about Armonia online. According to his articles the Armonia archive is currently housed at the Sendai Literature Museum 仙台市文学館 but I have not been able to find out any details about its current status. Yushita’s online articles form the basis of most of the Japanese tables of content and I will complete them based on issues in my collection. All digital files are sourced from my collection.... Guitar Japan 「ギター日本」September 15, 2019The Japanese guitar journal “Guitar Japan” or “ギター日本” was published from April 1966 to March 1970. All issues are in my collection. The tables of content will be added at a later date, but digital files I will make available right now.... Luigi Castellacci worksJuly 23, 2019Below is the current state of my research on the works for guitar by Luigi Castellacci (1797-1845). It is still very rough with a number of duplicated opus numbers. Any rows without a library location have been found via printed references either in journals, newspapers or publishers’ lists. Any rows with only opus numbers have not been found or perhaps might be music for harp which I have not researched yet. If you can add to this list please let me know.... Revista de la Guitarra 「ギター専門誌 ギタルラ」July 21, 2019The Japanese guitar journal “Revista de la Guitarra” or “ギター専門誌 ギタルラ” was published from perhaps 1947 to at least 1953. The tables of content will be added at a later date, but digital files of the issues I own I will make available right now....
