A. T. Huerta Life and Works: new research
With the book “A. T. Huerta Life and Works” I wrote with Javier Suárez-Pajares in 2006 out of print (digital edition still available) and no current plans for a second edition, I will post information here about new music and information that has been discovered about Huerta.
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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…