July 4th, 2010 5:30 am
The Classical Guitar Book – A Complete History (Softcover)
- ISBN13: 9780879307257
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Offering essays by the worldÕs top experts in a full-color, coffee-table quality book, this is the first work to tell the complete story of the classical guitar and its repertoire, players and makers – from its 19th century European roots to modern international interpretations. This handsome softcover volume features lavish photography of classical guitars made by the best luthiers in the world. Additional essays cover use of the classical guitar in pop muisc, different playing and teaching techniques, the collectorsÕ market, and the science of the guitar. It also features profiles of legendary artists such as AndrÂŽs Segovia, Julian Bream and John Williams, plus a full discography, a glossary, an index, a bibliography, and a gui
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July 4, 2010 at 6:05 am
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Any lover of the classical guitar cannot help but appreciate this gorgeous collection of instruments, as well as the way in which they are displayed on the pages. Filled with information about the guitars and their construction, the luthiers, and which players’CDs you can hear them on, I highly recommend this fine edition. I take issue only with the subtitle “A Complete History”, as the guitars are based on a single collection of instruments, owned by Russell Cleveland, and not necessarily what any other person would consider “Complete”. That fact does not diminish my enjoyment of this exquisite book one bit.
July 4, 2010 at 6:28 am
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This is an amazing book. It has a lot of information of todays luthiers and past luthiers. The photographs are beautiful and I would recomend this book to anyone who loves the classical guitar. It is however on the expensive side.
July 4, 2010 at 6:43 am
Review by G. TEPPER for The Classical Guitar Book – A Complete History (Softcover)
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Though I like the book, the highlights are more about the luthiers and not so much on the quality of the guitars they make. The book is layed out in a chronological order, and focuses on just one luthier and guitar per year.. This is confusing, as many luthiers produce guitars across 40,50 even 60 years. So, this approach doesn’t really work for me.
The book could have benefited from a comparison of major achievements introduced by each luthier, and focused on broad comparisons of different guitars. It instead focuses on the personalities of the luthiers.
If the reason you want to purchase the book is to help you find a concert guitar, this book will provide a good reference to the major luthiers operating today. However, if you are looking to find distinguishing features about the guitars, you will be hard pressed to do so, as the book provides just a few tidbits of information in that regard.
July 4, 2010 at 7:32 am
Review by Raymond Hume for The Classical Guitar Book – A Complete History (Softcover)
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For people interested in a detailed discussion of different types of guitar it may be just the ticket, but I was looking for something more general. There is precious little information about players, composers, repertoire, etc.
This book is for people interested in the construction of guitars and it’s not really a “History of the Classical Guitar” as I understand the expression.
It’s all very well for Amazon to say we can have a refund. What they don’t tell you is that you have to post it back to America – and it’s a large and heavy book!
July 4, 2010 at 8:16 am
Review by Richard J. Ellis for The Classical Guitar Book – A Complete History (Softcover)
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A mouthwatering book for any amateur classical guitarist. Large paperback format with fold-out double pages to enable full length illustrations of historic classical guitars. The book is in the form of a series of essays by several writers on the early development of the guitar, on guitar construction, and detailed chapters on the leading guitar makers from Antonio Torres to the present day. These are illustrated by watercolour sketches of the luthiers (guitar makers) and of the guitars. There are text boxes about the leading classical guitarists and their (changing) guitar preferences over the years, and even details about which guitars were used on which records or CD’s – Julian Bream played two Bouchets on “Popular Classics for the Spanish Guitar” (one was stolen from the trunk of his car), a Rubio on “Twentieth Century Guitar” and on more recent discs a Romanillos.
Recommended background reading for any student about to buy an expensive instrument. Apart from anything else it unravels the intricacies of the Ramirez dynasty!