ETUDE February 1939 volume LVII number 2 page 136 The Guitar in Chamber Music By George C. Krick IF YOU SHOULD HAPPEN to visit the “rare book” room in the Congressional Library in Washington, do not fail to pause before the glass case containing some of the greatest musical treasures Read more
ETUDE June 1939 volume LVII number 6 page 414 The Mandolin By George C. Krick “WHAT METHODS AND EXERCISES do you recommend to a young student, seventeen years of age, anxious to become a real mandolinist with ability to play all the high grade mandolin solos especially written for this Read more
ETUDE July 1939 volume LVII number 7 page 480 Ferdinand Sor By George C. Krick FERDINAND SOR, one of the most renowned guitarists of all history, has been acknowledged as also the greatest composer of original music for guitar. Born in Barcelona, February 17, 1780, he died in Paris, July Read more
ETUDE August 1939 volume LVII number 8 page 540 The Guitar – Fingers or Plectrum By George C. Krick WHENEVER GUITARISTS come together it is inevitable that eventually the conversation drifts towards the question: Will the plectrum guitar supplant its classic predecessor? And in frequent letters to this department it Read more
ETUDE September 1939 volume LVII number 9 page 610 The Guitar and Modern Music By George C. Krick NOT LONG AGO the writer received a letter from a former pupil, now residing in a large western city, describing an interview he had with a guitar teacher, on whom he called Read more
ETUDE October 1939 volume LVII number 10 page 678 Tone Production By George C. Krick ON MANY OCCASIONS, after listening to a rendition of a guitar solo, the writer was unfavorably impressed with the tone quality the player extracted from his instrument. In trying to analyze the shortcomings in this Read more
ETUDE November 1939 volume LVII number 11 page 750-751 William Foden By George C. Krick DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS the guitar world has been dazzled by the playing of Andres Segovia, Martinez Oyanguren, Sainz de la Maza and other Spanish virtuosos of the instrument. A great portion of the Read more
ETUDE December 1939 volume LVII number 12 page 822 Ensembles of Fretted Instruments By George C. Krick MOST OF US, when taking up the study of a musical instrument, do so with the desire of playing for the pleasure to be derived from it, and perhaps of adding to the Read more
ETUDE January 1940 volume LVIII number 1 page 60-61 Artistic Effects on the Guitar By George C. Krick A GUITARIST, HAVING ATTAINED a fair amount of technical proficiency on his instrument, will find it quite enjoyable and profitable to make a study of the many ornamental effects possible on the Read more
ETUDE February 1940 volume LVIII number 2 page 131, 135, 139 Francisco Tarrega By George C. Krick SPAIN MIGHT WELL BE PROUD , of having given to the world one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Francisco Tarrega. Unrivaled as composer of original music for the guitar, he also Read more