The art and times of the guitar : an illustrated history of guitars and guitarists
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Published
[New York] : Macmillan, [1969].
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm
Status
Ellinwood Libraries - ANONFIC - Adult Nonfiction
781.9 GRU
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781.9 GRU
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Published
[New York] : Macmillan, [1969].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-334) and index.
Description
In a lively narrative, filled with historical anecdote and the texts of songs and ballads, Frederic Grunfeld traces the guitar's evolution through the ages, in the hands of the people who played it: stone-age hunters who twanged the forerunner of all stringed instruments, the mouth bow; Hittites, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans; the Moorish minstrels of Spain and the medieval troubadours; sixteenth-century Spanish court composers; rococo French voluptuaries; Romantic virtuosos like Sor and Giuliani (as well as Berlioz and Paganini): and the many important modern exponents of the guitar, ranging from Andrés Segovia and Julian Bream to Leadbelly, Charlie Christian, and George Harrison. Woven through the pages of this social history are details of the instruments technical development--the continuing changes in its physical form and the various styles of playing and notation that have produced drastically different sounds and moods from the sixteenth century to the electronic twentieth.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Grunfeld, F. V. (1969). The art and times of the guitar: an illustrated history of guitars and guitarists . Macmillan.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grunfeld, Frederic V.. 1969. The Art and Times of the Guitar: An Illustrated History of Guitars and Guitarists. Macmillan.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grunfeld, Frederic V.. The Art and Times of the Guitar: An Illustrated History of Guitars and Guitarists Macmillan, 1969.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Grunfeld, Frederic V.. The Art and Times of the Guitar: An Illustrated History of Guitars and Guitarists Macmillan, 1969.
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