[Ed: This same article is repeated in the October 2nd issue. Because of other corroborating articles it appears the concert actually took place in October and not in August. No other references to a concert in August have been found.] *In our June 19 issue, we reported on a Read more
—Petersburg. A certain Mr. Nicolas Makaroff, an amateur of music and particularly of guitar, has offered four prizes in a competition in order to give this instrument a higher place; two prizes, the first of 200 silver rubles, the second of 135, are destined for the best compositions for Read more
Monsieur Nikolai Makaroff, a musical amateur in St. Petersburg, who devotes his attention principally to the guitar, has just offered two prizes, one of 200 silver roubles, and one of 125, for the best compositions for that instrument, and similar sums as prizes for the best constructed guitars, which must Read more
SAINT PETERSBURG. —A guitarenthusiast has just opened a competition for two prizes, one of 200 rubles and the other of 125 silver rubles, which will be awarded to the author of the two best compositions for this instrument; he has also awarded two other prizes of 200 and 125 Read more
For Friends of the Guitar. Among the number of instruments struck by strict ostracism is the guitar, whose former popularity in our day has given way to the most humiliating indifference or even the most bitter contempt. Once the inseparable companion of song and poetry, she was soon accused Read more
Brussels. This year so many festivals, congresses, meetings and exhibitions have already been announced in Brussels that one hardly thought that anything new could be added. We will, however, have a very special competition in which an excellent music lover from the realm of the Czar, Mr Nikolas Makaroff, who Read more
Miscellaneous. —An excellent Russian music lover, Mr. Nikolas Makaroff, who has a special fondness for the guitar, wants to honor this almost forgotten instrument again. In order to bring the guitar back to an honorable rank among the salon instruments where possible, Mr. Makaroff has offered prizes. The competition will Read more
An excellent Russian music lover, Mr. Nikolas Makaroff, who has a special fondness for the guitar, wants to honor this almost forgotten instrument again. In order to bring the guitar back to an honorable rank among the salon instruments where possible, Mr. Makaroff has offered prizes. The competition will Read more
Guitars.While in our country the study of this sweet instrument, which in other times had the same role that the piano represents today in the salons, is declining every day, it manages to achieve more fortune in some foreign countries. We do not know on whose behalf, but it Read more
—For this year so many festivals, congresses, meetings and exhibitions have already been announced in Brussels that I hardly thought that anything new could be added. We will, however, have a very special competition in which an excellent music lover from the realm of the Czar, Mr. Nikolas Makaroff, who Read more