ETUDE August 1942 volume LX number 8 page 567, 569 Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti By George C. Krick ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE personalities in guitar history was Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, guitar virtuoso, composer and man of Read more
ETUDE February 1943 volume LXI number 2 page 135, 139 The Tarrega Guitar Method By George C. Krick THE SPANISH SCHOOL of guitar playing may be said to have had its beginning with the advent of Ferdinand Sor, 1780-1839, and Read more
ETUDE January 1943 volume LXI number 1 page 63, 66 Mandolin Music By George C. Krick AMONG the musical instruments of the present day, which especially commend themselves to public esteem and general consideration, is the mandolin. Indeed, its possibilities Read more
ETUDE January 1942 volume LX number 1 page 63, 66 Special Exercises for the Guitar By George C. Krick WHEN SPEAKING of right hand technic on previous occasions, we have repeatedly stressed the necessity of using the third finger as Read more
DGA Editions published in November 2025 the first accurate modern edition of Luigi Legnani’s Scherzo a Chitarra sola intitolato Dialogo tra una vecchia ed una giovane, an unpublished manuscript first performed by Legnani in 1818.
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A wonderful new book from Catherine Marlat and Erik Pierre Hofmann. Visit the Les Éditions des Robins website of Erik Hofmann for more details.
Matanya Ophee gathered microfilm reels from many libraries worldwide to support his research and publishing work. The reels were not originally part of the collection which went to Appalachian State University. Through the efforts of Oleg Timofeyev and Robert Coldwell, all the reels were gathered and cataloged. The reels have been donated to Appalachian State University to become part of the Matanya Ophee Collection.
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A new book by Christopher Page has been published recently by Cambridge University Press.
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DGA Editions has published on June 21, 2025 the first modern edition of Luigi Legnani’s Euridice, Opera di Sentimento per Violino e Chitarra, originally published by Cipriani in Firenze around 1826.
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An edition of five newly discovered chamber pieces for the highly unusual combination of guitar, flute and strings, made by the London violinist George Pigott (1795-1853) edited by Christopher Page.
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