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Soundboard Scholar No. 2: Editor's Letter, Thomas Heck
Soundboard Scholar No. 2: Editor's Letter, Thomas Heck
Soundboard Scholar
An introduction to the contents of this issue.
Soundboard Scholar No. 2 (Complete)
Henry Worrall (1825–1902): Anglo-American Guitarist, Robert Ferguson
Henry Worrall (1825–1902): Anglo-American Guitarist, Robert Ferguson
Soundboard Scholar
Anglo-American guitarist Henry Worrall appeared on the American scene just as the guitar reached a plateau of popularity. As vital as the guitar itself, the prevailing social, philosophical, and aesthetic tenets of Worrall's era also wove a unifying thread through his life, career, and oeuvre. His immersion in both the graphic and musical arts; his straddling of vernacular and high culture; his connection to nature and especially agriculture; his nationalist and regionalist sympathies; and his fondness for folk, popular, and heroic musical themes all drew from and evinced a Romantic worldview. Here, Ferguson discusses Worrall's professional life.
Return With Us Now... Featured Facsimile: Henry Worrall’S Spanish Retreat, Robert Ferguson
Return With Us Now... Featured Facsimile: Henry Worrall’S Spanish Retreat, Robert Ferguson
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Ferguson examines Henry Worrall's Spanish Retreat. Its origins go back to London, specifically to two guitar prints published there in the mid-1820s. Though the earliest of these (c.1826) states that the piece was "arranged for guitar" by Alexander Sosson, this does not necessarily indicate that it was originally written for a different instrument, such as piano. "Arranged" could mean the piece was already in circulation among guitarists, or another guitarist created or popularized it, and Sosson merely reworked it (and wrote it down). Moreover, imitating other instruments, at which the guitar proved particularly adroit, constituted the essence and charm of …