The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe (EPDF) von Christopher Page

The first book devoted to the composers, instrument makers and amateur players who advanced the great guitar vogue throughout Western Europe during the early decades of the nineteenth century.

Foreword - Richard Savino
Introduction - Christopher Page, Paul Sparks and James Westbrook
Eighteenth-century precedents: the role of Paris - Damián Martín Gil and Erik Stenstadvold
The Great Vogue for the guitar: an overview - Christopher Page
The instrument and its makers - James Westbrook
Printing and publishing music for the guitarwith Appendix: Matteo Carcassi - Erik Stenstadvold
Amateurs and professionals - Christopher Page
Teaching and learning the guitar - Erik Stenstadvold
Early-nineteenth-century guitars in the saleroom, private hands and public collections - James Westbrook
Music for early-nineteenth-century guitars in the saleroom, private hands and public collections - Kenneth Sparr
Accompanied song - Jelma van Amersfoort
Chamber music for the guitar - Jukka Savijoki
Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) - Mario Torta
Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) - Gerhard Penn
Fernando Sor (1778-1839) - Erik Stenstadvold
Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849) - Luis Briso de Montiano
Emilia Giuliani (1813-1850) - Nicoletta Confalone
Giulio Regondi (1822/23-1872) and Catharina Prattennée Pelzer (1824-1895) - Sarah Clarke
Appendix: A note on string-making - Jenny Nex
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