The Seven-String Guitar in Russia: Its Origins, Repertoire, and Performance Practice, 1800-1850
A wonderful new book by the world’s foremost expert on the history of the Russian seven-string guitar has recently been published.
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Historical Archive of the Music Publishing House Schott: Production Archive
The production archive from B. Schott’s Söhne, Mainz is now located in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. It contains about 80,000 sources, consisting of about 60,000 items of printed music and 20,000 music manuscripts.
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The Guitar à la Sagrini
Erik Pierre Hofmann has a wonderful article on the “Guitar à la Sagrini” available for free from his website:
https://www.fine-antique-and-classical-guitars.com/editions-des-robins-en/
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Luigi Legnani’s Missing Opus 9
An updated English version of my article on Luigi Legnani’s missing opus 9 has been published by Soundboard Scholar. The original version was first published in Italian in il Fronimo n. 194 in April 2021 and in Japanese in Gendai Guitar n. 696 September 2021. A full facsimile of the original Legnani opus 9 edition is included with the article.
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Otto Feder – Articles on the Guitar, 1856
Otto Feder (1820-??), a native of Germany, was a guitarist active in the United States from the mid-1850s to 1869.
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The Works of Justin Holland and Justin Minor Holland
The complete known published and unpublished compositions of Justin Holland (1819-1887) and his son Justin Minor Holland (1848-1917) are listed here.
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Soundboard Scholar online
The Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) has decided to put Soundboard Scholar and make it open access.
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New book on Francesco Molino
Jan Burgers has just published a new book on Francesco Molino (1768-1847).
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Eleuterio F. Tiscornia “Catalogo de su Archivo de Guitarra 1897-1945”
Eleuterio F. Tiscornia (1879-1945) was a collector of guitar music in Buenos Aires, starting his collection in 1897. After his death in 1945 a catalog of his collection was published in 1948 by Ricordi Americana.
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New books on Luigi Sagrini from DGA Editions
Two new volumes from DGA Editions are now available. The first volume is In Search of Sagrini, written by Bernard Lewis and Robert Coldwell. The second volume is The Music of Luigi Sagrini which presents 24 editions published by Sagrini from 1825 to 1850. Each volume is available in print and digital format. The digital editions were released 2/2/2022, and the print editions were released 2/16/2022.
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