Revue Musicale des Mandoline et Guitares (R.M.G.)「マンドリン•ギター評論」
The Japanese guitar journal R.M.G. “マンドリン•ギター評論” was published from February 1927 until September 1929.
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Armonia 「アルモニア」- new series
The original Armonia アルモニア was published in Japan by Chuzaemon Sawaguchi 澤口忠左衛門 from 1927 to 1941 (see my post dedicated to this journal). Isao Takahashi 高橋功 began publishing under this same Armonia name from January 1954 and continued until the last issue in November 1959.
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Armonia 「アルモニア」
The Japanese guitar journal Armonia “アルモニア” was published from January 1927 to October 1941 by Chuzaemon Sawaguchi 澤口 忠左衛門 in Sendai, Japan.
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Japan Guitar 「ギター日本」
The Japanese guitar journal “Japan Guitar” or “ギター日本” was published from April 1966 to March 1970.
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The Musical Gazette. N.28, 2 August 1856 (page 332)
BRUSSELS.— M. Makaroff, a great guitar amateur, has just offered two prizes of two hundred and one hundred and twenty-five silver roubles for the best compositions, and the same amounts for the best constructed guitars, of full size, and with Read more
Luigi Castellacci works
Below is the current state of my research on the works for guitar by Luigi Castellacci (1797-1845). It is still very rough with a number of duplicated opus numbers. Any rows without a library location have been found via printed references either in journals, newspapers or publishers’ lists. Any rows with only opus numbers have not been found or perhaps might be music for harp which I have not researched yet.
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Revista de la Guitarra 「ギター専門誌 ギタルラ」
The Japanese guitar journal “Revista de la Guitarra” or “ギター専門誌 ギタルラ” was published from perhaps 1947 to at least 1959.
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Nakano Collection
Since I originally posted in 2012 about the Nakano Collection (original post below) I have been working to add it to my Archive Search feature. It is finally available! Follow this link to show all items from the collection.
Scheit Archive
The Scheit Archive as cataloged by Stefan Hackl is now available in the Archive Search. Details about the rare items in the archive are available on his site Gitarre-Archiv Österreich and some good background on Scheit and the archive is available in this Classical Guitar article. The Scheit Archive is currently housed at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (MdW).
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Le Guide Musical. N.35, 30 October 1856 (page 2)
* The guitar is not dead, as is commonly believed. First of all, it is still very vibrant in Spain where it will keep as long as there are balconies, beautiful ladies with black eyes on these balconies and Read more