Journal of the Japan Guitar Society
“Journal of the Japan Guitar Society” was published by from 1983 until July 1987 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Bundesmitteilungen des Bundes Deutscher Gitarren- und Lautenspieler in der Tschecho-Slowakei
The Bundesmitteilungen des Bundes Deutscher Gitarren- und Lautenspieler in der Tschecho-Slowakei was published by Prof. Franz Klinger (Reichenberg) and Prof. Max Klinger (Rumsberg) [source: Zuth Handbuch].
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Early Japanese guitar records
I recently acquired a few recordings by Morishige Takei, Shun Ogura and Yoshie Okawara I would like to share.
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A. T. Huerta plagiarizing Sor
After the publication of the book “A. T. Huerta Life and Works” in 2006 by Javier Suárez-Pajares and myself, we continued researching Huerta references and music. Recently I discovered an edition in Harvard Library with an unusual twist.
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The Study of Mandolin and Guitar 「マンドリンとギター研究」
The Japanese journal “The Study of Mandolin and Guitar” 「マンドリンとギター研究」was published by Morishige Takei from March 1924 until October 1941. This journal started after a publishing pause from his first journal “Mandolin and Guitar” 「マンドリンとギター」caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake in September 1923. In October 1941 Takei paused publication again, then restarted in January 1942 with “Material for the Study of Mandolin and Guitar” 「マンドリンギター研究資料」.
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Mandolin and Guitar 「マンドリンとギター」
The Japanese journal “Mandolin and Guitar” 「マンドリンとギター」was published by Morishige Takei from April 1916 until August 1923. The series was interrupted by the Great Kanto Earthquake in September 1923. Takei restarted the journal under a new title in 1924, “The Study of Mandolin and Guitar” 「マンドリンギター研究」.
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The Takei Music Library
Below are translations from the Japan Mandolin Union bulletins in 1990 and 1991 detailing the depositing of the Takei Music Library in the Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo, Japan. Please see my earlier articles on Morishige Takei, an incomplete listing of the contents while it was held by others, and some additional details I learned from Kunitachi librarians.
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Alphonse Meurger: Musician, Composer, Publisher
I’m pleased to announce that I have published in a digital edition the monograph “Alphonse Meurger: Musician, Composer, Publisher” by Jan W.J. Burgers. It is a fascinating history of a musician’s life in the very early 19th century along with a detailed list of 173 prints of his songs. The Read more…
Münchener Bote für Stadt und Land. N.184, 4 August 1856 (page 808)
A rich Russian, Nikolas Makaroff, has offered significant prizes of 800 and 500 Frcs. for the two best guitar compositions, and the same amount for the two best made guitars of large dimensions and 10 strings. Compositions and instruments must be sent to the Russian Legation in Brussels by Read more…
Bohemia. N.118, 19 May 1856 (page 671)
*** A Mr. Nicolaus Makarov in St. Petersburg has announced as “lover of music and especially of the guitar,” in order to lift this latter instrument and “snatch the musical Baria from the humiliation in which she languished during the last fifteen years,” 4 prizes, namely one of 200 and Read more…