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“An Attractive And Varied Repertoire”: Full-Data List, Christopher Page
“An Attractive And Varied Repertoire”: Full-Data List, Christopher Page
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This document presents the complete set of data analyzed in Christopher Page, “‘An Attractive and Varied Repertoire’: The Guitar Revival of 1860–1900 and Victorian Song,” Soundboard Scholar, no. 8 (2022), https://digitalcommons.du.edu/sbs/vol8/iss1/3.
“An Attractive And Varied Repertoire”: The Guitar Revival Of 1860–1900 And Victorian Song, Christopher Page
“An Attractive And Varied Repertoire”: The Guitar Revival Of 1860–1900 And Victorian Song, Christopher Page
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Most modern histories of the classical guitar are devoted to solo playing. They therefore forego a different kind of history based upon the guitar used as an accompaniment for a singer. This article explores how that alternative history might be framed with reference to England during the long reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). This is the ideal laboratory for such an experiment, not least because the compositions of Catharina Pratten (1824–1895), the most influential guitar player of the day, are often thought to reveal a late-Victorian public with little interest in the guitar as a solo resource. Yet the newspaper …
On The Need For A Scholarly Edition Of Tárrega’S Complete Works, David J. Buch
On The Need For A Scholarly Edition Of Tárrega’S Complete Works, David J. Buch
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In this guest editorial, the author provides evidence of the unreliable nature of the majority of Tárrega’s first editions, and the substandard quality of most modern editions. The author argues that in light of the recent availability of formerly inaccessible primary sources, the time is right for a scholarly edition of Tárrega’s complete works with state-of-art editorial methods.
Of Self And Circumstance: Music And Representation In The Works Of Rodrigo, Walter Aaron Clark
Of Self And Circumstance: Music And Representation In The Works Of Rodrigo, Walter Aaron Clark
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Though Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-99) is renowned for his guitar works, especially the Concierto de Aranjuez, less well known is the fact that his compositions embrace a wide variety of genres, styles, and media, from piano solos to art songs and from orchestral tone poems to film scores. This article proposes a novel way of organizing and comprehending the roughly 200 works in his catalogue. Rather than the standard method of organization by chronology or medium, it surveys his oeuvre through multiple lenses, including literary, folkloric, virtuosic, sacred, historical, theatrical and descriptive. Each of these categories represents the salient dimension …
"For Andrés Segovia": Francisco De Lacerda’S Suite Goivos (1924), Pedro Rodrigues
"For Andrés Segovia": Francisco De Lacerda’S Suite Goivos (1924), Pedro Rodrigues
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Suite goivos by Francisco Lacerda (1869–1934) stands out not only as one of the first examples of symbolist literature for guitar but also as the first work written for guitar by a Portuguese non-guitarist composer. So far, however, it has remained in relative obscurity. In this article, I first explore the suite’s context and history: its origin in meetings and correspondence between Lacerda and the work’s dedicatee, Andrés Segovia; its place among new works commissioned by Segovia from non-guitarist composers; and available manuscript sources for the work. I then argue for the work’s importance as music, highlighting its innovative features, …
“So That The Soul Would Dance In You,” By Jukka Savijoki, Kenneth Sparr
“So That The Soul Would Dance In You,” By Jukka Savijoki, Kenneth Sparr
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Un Angelo Senza Paradiso, By Nicoletta Confalone, Richard M. Long
Un Angelo Senza Paradiso, By Nicoletta Confalone, Richard M. Long
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A review of Nicoletta Confalone, Un angelo senza paradiso: La chitarra alla ricerca di Schubert (Bologna: Ut Orpheus, 2017).
The Guitar In Tudor England: A Social And Musical History, By Christopher Page, Richard Long
The Guitar In Tudor England: A Social And Musical History, By Christopher Page, Richard Long
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Long reviews The Guitar in Tudor England: A Social and Musical History by Christopher Page.
Henry Worrall (1825–1902): Anglo-American Guitarist, Robert Ferguson
Henry Worrall (1825–1902): Anglo-American Guitarist, Robert Ferguson
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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.
The Guitar As An "Open-Air" Instrument In The Early Romantic Era, Panagiotis Poulopoulos
The Guitar As An "Open-Air" Instrument In The Early Romantic Era, Panagiotis Poulopoulos
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In the first decades of the nineteenth century, playing music outdoors became a popular trend in Europe and North America. This largely reflected the Romantic ideal of coming closer to nature, whose allure played a significant role in contemporary education, literature, art, fashion, and music. By investigating a wide variety of written and pictorial sources, as well as surviving instruments in museum collections, this article discusses the development of the guitar as an “open-air” instrument as epitomised by the invention of guitar variants for use “on the go”. Moreover, the article sheds new light on the guitar’s connections to other …