A Collection of Fine Spanish Guitars from Torres to the Present - Second Edition
- A must for those who love the Spanish Guitar.
- Indispensable for collectors
- Essential for luthiers
- Fascinating for players
- A library-quality, hardcover, 224 page book
- Includes three audio CDs
This book catalogs the 80-plus Classical and Flamenco guitars in, likely, the finest collection of Spanish guitars existent. A fine collection should include world-class examples and, fittingly, the Collection?s crown jewel, among others, is the 1888 Torres guitar once owned, composed on and played by Francisco Tárrega, probably the most collectible of all guitars.
The Collection spans from the mid-nineteenth century, when the seminal guitar maker Antonio de Torres began the modern era of Spanish guitar making, to the present. All of the great Old Masters through those decades are represented. Each guitar has a chapter containing a detailed physical description, comments, insights, anecdotes, notes on its maker and an array of photographs. For the first time readers will be able to enjoy, compare, and critically listen to the collection?s guitars, individually, on three accurately produced audio CDs recorded by virtuoso guitarists Kenton Youngstrom and Richard Bruné.
All of the great masters are represented including:
Antonio de Torres - Soto y Solares - F. González dynasty - Arias - Ramírez dynasty - E. García - Esteso
S. Hernández - Borreguero - Sanfeliu - Viudes - Simplicio - Galán family - Carzoglio - Hauser dynasty
Barbero family - Mönch - Bouchet - Arcángel Fernández - Fleta - Miguel Rodríguez dynasty
Hernández y Aguado - Velázquez - Friederich - Rubio - Bernabé family - Belezar - Raponi - Ruck - Gilbert
Bruné - Smallman - Reyes - Humphrey - Elliott - Field and many more.Sanfeliu - Viudes - Simplicio - Galán family - Carzoglio - Hauser dynasty
Barbero family - Mönch - Bouchet - Arcángel Fernández - Fleta - Miguel Rodríguez dynasty
Hernández y Aguado - Velázquez - Friederich - Rubio - Bernabé family - Belezar - Raponi - Ruck - Gilbert
Bruné - Smallman - Reyes - Humphrey - Elliott - Field and many more.
