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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Journals for Sale
Below is a list of duplicate journals I have which are available to purchase. I need the room on my shelves and I would rather someone else enjoy these extra copies
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Early US editions of Fernando Sor
I will present here two different sets of publications of music by Fernando Sor published in the United States in the 19th century. While there may be other editions published in the US in the 19th century, I will focus on these two sets because it appears there is little to no information written about them before now.
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Segovia in Russia 1926
I recently came into possession of a number of programs and articles from 1926 and one article from 1927 regarding Segovia’s concerts in Russia. In Matanya Ophee’s 2017 article “Segovia and the Russians” he included some of these items. I’m sure the book by Vaisbord includes the details from the programs and articles but I don’t have a copy of the book to compare. Hopefully this information will be of interest to others so I make them available here.
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IARGUS 2021 THE RUSSIAN GUITAR REVIVAL AROUND THE GLOBE
Wednesday, May 19 through Sunday, May 23. Held this year as a virtual event. All concerts and lectures can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/Timofeyev63.
The Renewed Guitar – the Instrument’s Evolution seen through Period Pictures (1775-1925)
An exciting new book from Erik Pierre Hofmann and Stefan Hackl currently in pre-order status. Visit the Les Éditions des Robins website of Erik Hofmann for more details.
J. K. Mertz – Johann or Joseph? – research by Masami Kimura
On the question of the actual name of Mertz, around the turn of the 20th century guitar writers made assumptions about the initials “J. K.” While in the 1980’s Astrid Stempnik discovered the birth name of Mertz to be “Caspar Joseph,” the earlier writers used either “Joseph Kaspar” or “Johann Kaspar.” Somehow “Johann” became the definitive reading of his initial “J.” and has been repeated over the past 100 years. Repetition does not always make information correct. Mertz never used his full first or second name in promoting himself either in concerts or publications. In fact, even after he died his widow posted advertisements to sell his instruments by using his performing name “J. K. Mertz.”
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