Name |
Page |
Portrait page |
Instrument Played |
Trivia
|
Abreu, Don A. |
9 |
|
guitar |
wrote Method for playing perfectly the guitar, with five or six strings
|
Abt, Valentine |
10 |
11 |
mandolin, harp, guitar |
Duo Method
|
Aguado, Dionisio |
9 |
10 |
guitar |
|
|
Aibl, Joseph |
12 |
|
guitar |
|
|
Aichelburg |
12 |
|
mandolin |
|
|
Aimon, Pamphile Leopold François |
12 |
|
guitar, violin |
|
|
Albaneze |
13 |
|
guitar |
|
|
Albrechtsberger |
13 |
|
organ |
teacher to Beethoven
|
Alday |
14 |
|
mandolin, violin |
|
|
Allix |
14 |
|
guitar |
executed 1664 for sorcery
|
Ambrosche, Joseph Charles |
14 |
|
guitar |
|
Duchess Amelia, Anna |
15 |
|
guitar |
|
Amon, Johann Andreas |
15 |
|
guitar, violin, horn, piano |
|
Anelli, Joseph |
16 |
|
guitar |
author of New Method for the Guitar and History of the Guitar
|
Araciel, Don Diego, |
17 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Armanini, Pietro |
17 |
16 |
mandolin |
|
Arnold, Johann Gottfried |
18 |
|
cello, guitar |
|
Arnold, Friedricii Wilhelm |
19 |
|
piano, guitar |
|
Arnold, Charles |
20 |
|
piano, guitar |
|
Arrevalo, Miguel S. |
20 |
|
|
|
Asioli, Bonifacio |
20 |
|
piano, mandolin, bass, guitar |
|
Baillon, Pierre Joseph |
20 |
|
guitar |
author of New Method for the Guitar
|
Baillot, Pierie Maria Francois de Sales |
20 |
|
violin |
|
Barco, Va |
21 |
|
guitar |
|
Bathioli, Francois |
21 |
|
guitar |
|
Bertioli, Alex |
22 |
|
guitar |
author of Complete Method for the Guitar and Forty-four Progressive Lessons
|
Baumbach, Frederick August |
22 |
|
guitar, mandolin |
|
Bayer, Anton |
22 |
22 |
flute, guitar |
|
Bayer, Edward |
23 |
22 |
guitar, zither |
pseudonym A. Caroli
|
Beethoven, Ludwig van |
25 |
|
piano, mandolin, violin |
picture of Beethoven’s mandolin page 26
|
Bellenghi, Giuseppe |
33 |
32 |
violincello, mandolin |
published Method for the Mandolin in four languages
|
Beniezki, S. |
35 |
|
guitar, harp-guitar |
invented the “harpolyre” (harp-guitar) and the “aclipolyra” (double-bass guitar)
|
Benzon, Siegfried |
35 |
|
guitar, violin |
|
Berard, Jean Batiste |
35 |
|
guitar, singer |
|
Berggreen, Andreas Peter |
36 |
|
guitar, voice |
|
Berlioz, Hector |
36 |
36 |
guitar, cello, violin |
picture of Berlioz/Paganini guitar page 40
|
Bevilaqua, M. |
40 |
|
guitar, flute |
|
Birnbach, Henry August |
40 |
|
guitar, violincello, piano |
created a guitar with detachable neck and fingerboard
|
Blum, Carl Ludwig |
42 |
|
guitar |
Composer to the Court of the King of Prussia
|
Borowicz, J. N. |
45 |
|
guitar |
|
Boccherini, Luigi |
47 |
|
violincello |
|
Boom, Jan van |
50 |
|
flute |
|
Bornhardt, J.H.C. |
50 |
|
guitar, piano |
|
Bortolazzi, Bartolomeo |
51 |
50 |
mandolin |
|
Bott, J.J. |
52 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Boulley (Du), Aubery Prudent Louis |
53 |
|
guitar |
|
Bracco C.A. |
55 |
54 |
mandolin, violin |
|
Brand, Alexander |
56 |
56 |
guitar |
|
Brand J.P. de |
56 |
|
|
author of Sonata in C. major for guitar and violin
|
Branzoli, Giuseppe |
57 |
|
violin, mandolin, guitar |
Theoretical and practical method for the mandolin (1875)
|
Brecneo, Luis |
58 |
|
guitar |
|
Bremner, Robert |
58 |
|
guitar |
|
Brunet, Pierre |
59 |
|
mandore, mandola, mandolin |
author of Tablature de Mandore
|
Burgmuller, Frederick |
59 |
|
piano, guitar |
|
Butignot, Alphonse |
59 |
|
guitar |
|
Buttinger, Charles Conrad |
60 |
|
violin, flute, guitar, piano |
|
Calegari, Francesco |
60 |
|
guitar |
|
Caliginoso |
60 |
|
guitar |
Stage name Caliginoso has been identified as Giovanni Paulo Foscarini.
|
Call, (De) Leonard |
61 |
|
mandolin, guitar |
|
Call, Thomas |
62 |
|
guitar, harpsichord, organ |
|
Camerloher, Placidus von |
62 |
|
guitar, violin |
|
Campion, Francois |
63 |
|
guitar, lute |
|
Carbonchi, Antonio |
63 |
|
guitar |
|
Carcassi, Matteo |
63 |
62 |
guitar |
|
Carulli, Ferdinando |
67 |
66 |
guitar |
picture of Carulli’s guitar, page 70
|
Castellacci, Luigi |
72 |
|
mandolin, guitar |
|
Chevesailles |
73 |
|
|
author of New Method for the Guitar and Petite Méthode de Violin
|
Chrysander, William Christian |
73 |
|
guitar |
|
Cifolelli, Giovanni |
73 |
|
mandolin |
|
Corbetti, Francisco |
74 |
|
guitar |
|
Cornet, Julius |
74 |
|
guitar, vocalist |
|
Costa, Pasquale Mario |
76 |
|
playwright |
|
Coste, Napoleon |
77 |
|
guitar |
Picture of his guitar, page 78
|
Craeijvanger, Karel Arnoldus |
78 |
|
guitar, violin |
|
Cristofaro, Ferdinando, de |
78 |
80 |
mandolin |
|
Darr, Adam |
81 |
82 |
guitar, zither |
|
Della Maria, Domenico |
83 |
|
mandolin |
|
Denis Pierre |
85 |
|
mandolin |
Also known as Pietro Denis
|
Denza, Luigi |
85 |
|
mandolin, voice |
|
Derosiers, Nicolas |
86 |
|
guitar |
|
Derwort, George Henry |
86 |
|
guitar |
|
Diabelli, Anton |
86 |
|
guitar, piano |
|
Doche, Joseph Denis |
90 |
|
guitar, violin, double bass |
vaudeville composer
|
Doisy, Charles |
90 |
|
guitar, violin |
also known as Doisy Lintant
|
Dorn, James |
91 |
|
horn, guitar |
|
Dotzauer, Justus Johann Friedrich |
92 |
|
guitar, piano, double bass, violincello, violin |
|
Dragonetti, Domenico |
93 |
|
double bass, guitar, violin |
|
Drouet, Louis François Philippe |
95 |
|
guitar, flute |
|
Dubez, John |
95 |
|
mandolin, harp, guitar, zither |
|
Edel, George |
96 |
|
guitar, violin |
|
Ehlers, William |
96 |
|
guitar, voice |
|
Ellis, Herbert J. |
96 |
96 |
mandolin, guitar |
books Tutor for Mandolin, Thorough School for Guitar, Thorough School for Mandolin
|
Ernst, Franz Anton |
98 |
|
violin, guitar |
performer, instrument maker, composer Franz_Anton_Ernst Franz Anton Ernst
|
Eulenstein, Carl |
99 |
100 |
violin, guitar, flute, jewsharp, French horn |
Karl Eulenstein (Musiker)
|
Farbach, Joseph |
101 |
|
guitar |
Joseph Fahrbach
|
Ferandiere, Don Ferdinando |
102 |
106 |
guitar |
Fernando Ferandier
|
Ferranti, Marc Aurelio Zani de |
102 |
|
guitar |
|
Ferrer, Manuel Y |
106 |
|
guitar |
Born in California. Played Spanish guitar
|
Fiorillo, Federigo |
108 |
|
mandolin, violin |
|
Fischof, Joseph |
109 |
|
guitar, piano |
|
Fouchetti, Giovanni |
110 |
|
|
Also known as Fouquet
|
Fridzeri, Alexandro Marie Antoin |
110 |
|
|
Also known by last name “Frixer”
|
Fürstenau |
112 |
|
|
A family of musicians, including Kaspar Fürstenau, Anton Bernhard Fürstenau, Moritz Fürstenau
|
Gade, Niels Wilhelm |
114 |
|
guitar, violin, pianoforte |
|
Gambara, Carlo Antonio |
114 |
|
mandolin |
|
Gansbacher, John |
114 |
|
organ, piano, guitar, cello |
|
Garat, Pierre Jean |
117 |
|
guitar, voice |
|
Garcia, Manuel del Popolo–Vicente |
117 |
|
voice, guitar |
Father of a family of musicians, including Manuel García (baritone)
|
Gassner, Ferdinand Simon |
119 |
|
voice, violin, guitar |
|
Gatayes, Guillaume Pierre Antoine |
119 |
|
guitar, harp |
|
Gaude, Theodore |
120 |
|
guitar, flute |
|
Geminiani, Francesco |
121 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Genlis, Félicité Stephanie, Countess de |
122 |
|
harp, guitar |
|
Giardini, Felice de |
122 |
|
voice, violin, guitar |
|
Gilles, Henri Noel |
123 |
|
oboe, guitar |
Brother to Peter Gilles
|
Giuliani, Mauro |
124 |
124 |
guitar |
“one of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar virtuoso the world has ever known”
|
Glaeser, Charles Gotthilf |
131 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Gollmick, Carl |
131 |
|
voice, guitar, piano |
Carl Gollmick
|
Göpfert, Carl Andreas |
132 |
132 |
piano, organ, guitar, clarinet, other woodwinds |
|
Götz, Alois Joseph |
133 |
134 |
guitar, violin |
|
Gouglet, Pierre Marie |
134 |
|
organ, guitar |
|
Gounod, Charles |
134 |
|
piano, guitar |
Picture of Gounod’s guitar, page 136
|
Graeffer, Antoine |
136 |
|
guitar |
|
Gragani, Filippo |
137 |
|
guitar |
|
Granata, Giovanni Battista |
|
|
|
|
Grétry, André Ernest Modeste |
137 |
|
|
|
Gruber, Franz |
140 |
|
organ, guitar |
|
Guichard, Francis |
141 |
|
guitar |
|
Handel, George Frederick |
141 |
|
spinet, organ, violin, oboe, harpsichord |
|
Harder, August |
144 |
|
guitar, piano |
|
Haslinger Tobias |
145 |
|
guitar |
music publisher and composer. Tobias Haslinger
|
Hauptmann, Moritz |
146 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Hauschka, Vincent |
147 |
|
mandolin, violin |
Last name also “Hauska”. Composed for mandolin, violincello
|
Held, Bruno |
147 |
|
flute, guitar |
|
Held, John Theobald |
147 |
|
voice, guitar |
|
Henkel, Michel |
148 |
|
guitar, organ, piano |
|
Himmel Friedrich Heinrich |
148 |
|
guitar |
|
Holland, Justin |
149 |
|
guitar |
African-American music teacher
|
Horetzky, Felix |
149 |
|
guitar |
|
Hucke, George H. |
152 |
152 |
mandolin |
|
Huerta, y Katurla Don A. F. |
152 |
154 |
guitar, voice |
|
Hummel, Johan Nepomuk |
155 |
160 |
pianoforte, guitar, mandolin |
|
Hünten, Franz |
160 |
|
piano, guitar |
|
Hünten, Peter Ernest |
161 |
|
piano, guitar |
brother to Franz Hünten
|
Janon, Charles De |
161 |
162 |
guitar, violin, piano |
agent for C.F. Martin & Co.
|
Jansa, Leopold |
162 |
|
violin, guitar, glute |
|
Joly |
162 |
|
guitar, violin |
Joly’s great tutor for the guitar published 1793. Died 1819.
|
Kapeller, Johann Nepomuk |
163 |
|
guitar, flute |
|
Keller, Karl |
163 |
|
flute, guitar |
|
Klage, Charles |
163 |
|
guitar, piano |
|
Klier, Josef |
164 |
|
guitar |
|
Klingenbrunner, Wilhelm |
164 |
|
guitar, flute |
|
Knize, Franz Max |
164 |
|
guitar |
|
Kohler, Henry |
165 |
|
flute, guitar, piano |
|
Korner, Theodore |
165 |
168 |
poetry, guitar |
|
Kraus |
168 |
|
guitar, violin |
|
Krebs, Franz Xaver |
168 |
|
voice, guitar |
|
Kreutzer, Conradin |
168 |
|
guitar |
|
Kreutzer, Joseph |
169 |
|
guitar |
|
Krumpholz, Wenzel |
169 |
|
mandolin |
brother to Johann Baptist Krumpholz (harpist and composer)
|
Kucharz, Johann Baptist |
170 |
|
organ, mandolin |
|
Kuffner, Joseph |
170 |
172 |
guitar, violin |
|
Kuhnel, Frederick |
174 |
|
guitar |
|
Kummer, Gaspard |
174 |
|
guitar, flute, voice |
|
Labarre, Trille |
175 |
|
guitar |
|
Lang, Alexander |
175 |
|
guitar, piano |
|
Laurentiis, Carmine de |
175 |
|
Mandolin |
|
Lebedeff, Vasiliĭ Petrovich |
176 |
176 |
guitar |
VIAF 47189366
|
Ledhuy, Adolf |
176 |
|
guitar |
|
Leduc, Alphonse |
177 |
|
guitar, bassoon, piano |
part of a musical family and music publish business
|
Legnani, Luigi |
177 |
|
guitar |
friend to guitarist and music publisher Maximilian Josef Leidesdorf
|
Leidesdorf, Maximilian Joseph |
179 |
|
guitar, piano |
music publisher, friend of Franz Schubert and Beethoven
|
Leite, Antonio da Silva |
179 |
|
guitar |
|
Lemoine, Antoine Marcel |
180 |
|
guitar, violin, viola |
music publisher
|
Lenau, Nicolas |
181 |
|
poetry, guitar, violin |
picture of his guitar page 182
|
Leone |
182 |
|
mandolin, violin |
|
Le Roy, Adrian |
182 |
|
lute, guitar, voice |
wrote A short and easy instruction book for the guiterne or guitar 1578
|
Lfleche |
183 |
|
guitar |
|
L’Hoyer, Antoine |
183 |
|
guitar |
|
Lickl, Aegidius Carl |
183 |
|
guitar, piano |
|
Light, Edward |
184 |
|
guitar |
invented a harp-lute and a dital-harp
|
Lincke, Joseph |
184 |
|
violincello, guitar |
|
Lintant, Charles |
185 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Litzius, C |
186 |
|
guitar |
|
Lorenz, Friedrich August |
186 |
|
violin, guitar, bassoon |
|
Lully, Jean Baptiste |
187 |
|
guitar, violin |
|
Magnien, Victor |
187 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Mahler,Gustav |
189 |
|
|
|
Malibran, Maria Felicita |
189 |
|
voice, guitar, piano |
|
Mara, Gertrude Elisabeth |
190 |
|
violin, guitar, voice |
|
Marschner, Heinrich |
191 |
|
voice, guitar |
|
Mascheroni, Angelo |
193 |
|
mandolin, guitar, voice |
|
Matiegka, Wenzel |
194 |
|
guitar |
|
Mattera, Belisario |
194 |
|
mandolin |
|
Mayseder, Joseph |
194 |
196 |
violin, guitar |
|
Meissonnier, Antoine and Joseph |
196 |
|
guitar |
brothers, music publishing and guitar players; incorrect names (!), correct are Jean-Antoine and Jean-Racine.
|
Merchi, Giacomo |
198 |
|
mandolin, guitar |
|
Merk, Joseph |
199 |
|
violincello, violin, guitar, voice |
|
Merrick, Arnold |
199 |
|
guitar, organ |
|
Mertz, Johann Kaspar |
200 |
|
guitar |
|
Methfessel, Albert Gottlieb |
207 |
|
guitar |
|
Miksch |
208 |
|
voice, guitar |
|
Mirecki, Francois |
208 |
|
piano, guitar |
|
Molino, Don Francois V. |
209 |
|
guitar, violin |
|
Molitor, J. |
210 |
|
guitar |
not Molitor, Simon J. (1766–1848)
|
Montesardo, Giacomo |
210 |
|
guitar |
|
Moscheles, Ignaz |
210 |
|
piano, guitar |
|
Mounsey, Elizabeth |
213 |
|
guitar, organ |
|
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
214 |
|
mandolin |
|
Munier Carlo |
218 |
220 |
mandolin |
grand nephew of Pasquale Vinaccia of naples “the perfector of the modern Italian mandolin”
|
Mussini, Noël |
222 |
|
guitar, violin, voice |
|
Naumann, Johann Gottlieb |
222 |
|
guitar |
|
Nava, Antonio Maria |
223 |
|
guitar, voice |
|
Neuhauser, Leopold |
224 |
|
guitar, mandolin |
|
Neuland, W. |
224 |
|
guitar |
|
Neuling, Vincent |
225 |
|
mandolin |
Sonata for mandolin & piano in G major
|
Niedzielski, Joseph |
225 |
|
guitar, violin |
|
Nüske, J. A. |
225 |
|
guitar |
|
Oberleitner, Andrew |
225 |
|
mandolin, guitar |
|
Padovetz, Johann |
226 |
|
guitar |
|
Paganini, Nicolo |
226 |
228 |
violin, mandolin, guitar |
|
Paisiello, Giovanni |
236 |
|
mandolin, voice |
|
Payer, Hieronimous |
238 |
|
piano, guitar, mandolin |
|
Pelzer, Ferdinand |
239 |
240 |
guitar |
Ferdinand_Pelzer
|
Petterletti, Pierre |
240 |
|
guitar |
|
Petzmayer, Johann |
240 |
|
zither, guitar |
|
Picchianti, Luigi |
241 |
|
guitar |
|
Pleyel, Ignaz Joseph |
242 |
|
violin, piano, guitar |
music publisher; “first to publish Hayden’s quartets”
|
Präger, Heinrich Aloys |
243 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Pratten, Mdm. Sidney |
244 |
244 |
guitar |
nee Catherina Josepha Pelzer, married Robert Sydney Pratten. Catherina Josepha Pratten
|
Pugnani, Gaetano |
245 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Radziwil, Anton Heinrich |
246 |
|
guitar, violincello |
nobility:Prince of, “Statthalter” of Posen
|
Regondi, Giulio |
247 |
250 |
guitar, concertina |
|
Rode, Jacques Pierre Joseph |
253 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Rolla, Alessandro |
254 |
|
piano, violin, guitar, viola |
|
Romberg, Bernhard |
255 |
|
violincello |
at least one composition that includes guitar
|
Romero, Luis T |
256 |
|
guitar |
studied under Miguel S. Arrevalo
|
Roser von Reiter, Franz de Paula |
256 |
|
guitar |
|
Rossini, Gioachino Antonio |
256 |
256 |
guitar |
inspired by Paganini’s guitar playing
|
Rudersdorff, Joseph |
258 |
|
violin, guitar |
|
Rugion, Beuclair |
258 |
|
guitar |
|
Sagrini, Luigi |
259 |
|
guitar |
|
Salieri, Antonio |
259 |
|
Composed with mandolin parts |
|
Salomon, M. |
261 |
|
guitar, harp-lyre, harpolyre |
|
Salvayre, Gervais Bernard |
261 |
|
organ, mandolin, guitar, piano |
|
Scheidler, Christian George |
262 |
|
guitar |
|
Schenk Decker, F. |
262 |
|
guitar |
guitar maker, son of Friedrich Schenk (a guitar luthier, forman in the workshop of Johann Georg Stauffer).
|
Schlick, Johann Conrad |
263 |
|
cello, mandolin |
husband of Regina Strinasacchi
|
Schnaebel, Joseph Ignaz |
264 |
|
violin, guitar, organ
|
Schneider, Charles Adam |
265 |
266 |
guitar |
|
Schubert, Franz Peter |
265 |
|
guitar, violin, piano |
|
Schulz, Leonard |
268 |
|
guitar |
his brother Edward Schultz played piano for Beethoven as a child
|
Schumann, Frederic |
270 |
|
guitar |
|
Sczepanowski, Stanislous |
270 |
|
guitar, cello |
|
Sellner, Joseph |
272 |
|
guitar, oboe |
|
Percy Bysshe Shelley |
272 |
|
guitar |
entry titled “Shelley’s Guitar,” includes his poem “With a Guitar”
|
Sivori, Ernesto Camillo |
275 |
|
violin |
|
Carlo Sodi |
275 |
|
mandolin |
operatic composer
|
Sokolowski, Markus Danilowitsch |
276 |
276 |
guitar |
friend of Nicolas Rubenstein
|
Sola, Charles Michel Alexis |
277 |
|
guitar, flute |
|
Ferdinand Sor |
278 |
282 |
guitar
|
Sotos, Andre |
286 |
|
guitar |
|
Soussmann, Henry |
287 |
|
flute, violin, guitar |
|
Spina, Andre |
287 |
|
guitar |
|
Spinelli, Niccola |
287 |
|
|
composed for mandolin in opera A basso porto, the part called Intermezzo for mandolins and orchestra
|
Spohr, Louis |
288 |
|
violin |
composed for violin, guitar, viola, cello, bass
|
Stegmayer, Ferdinand |
290 |
|
guitar, violin, piano |
|
Steibelt, Daniel |
290 |
|
piano, harpsichord, guitar |
|
Stoessel, Nicolas |
291 |
|
voice, piano, organ, flute, violin, guitar |
|
Stoll, Franz Paul |
292 |
|
guitar |
|
Straube, Rudolph |
292 |
|
guitar, harpsichord |
|
Strauss, Franz |
292 |
|
guitar, French horn
|
Strobel, Valentin |
293 |
|
lute, mandolin |
|
Sussmayer, Franz Xaver |
293 |
|
guitar |
|
Sychra, Andreas Ossipovich |
293-294 |
|
guitar |
Method for the guitar of seven strings
|
Tarrega, Francisco |
294 |
294 |
Method for the guitar of seven strings, |
taught the virtuosi Pujol and Llobet
|
Thompson, Thomas Perronet |
|
294-295 |
guitar |
enharmonic guitar
|
Triebensee, Joseph |
|
295 |
oboe, guitar |
|
Vailati, Giovanni |
296 |
295-296 |
Lombardy mandolin |
|
Verdi, Giuseppe |
|
296 |
composer |
mandolin and guitar…manifested an active interest in the advancement
of these instruments
|
Verini, Phillipe Raphael Jean Baptiste |
|
297 |
guitar, vocalist, composer |
method: First riders of a Spanish guitar
|
Vidal, B. |
|
297 |
guitar, composer |
|
Vimercati, Pietro |
|
298 |
mandolin |
early mandolin virtuoso, toured Europe early 1800s
|
Wanczura, Joseph |
|
299 |
guitar, piano, composer |
|
Wanhall, John Baptist |
|
299 |
violin, guitar, composition |
alt. Vanhall. no less
than a hundred symphonies, a like number of quartets, numerous
masses and other church music, much piano music and many
compositions for the guitar
|
Wassermann, Heinrich |
|
300 |
violin, guitar |
|
Weber, Carl Maria |
300 |
300-306 |
guitar, piano, composer |
founder of German opera. author of more than ninety songs with guitar accompaniment, and in addition, many compositions for the guitar in combination with other instruments.
|
Weber, Gotfried |
|
306-308 |
composer, musical theorist, guitar, flute, piano, violin-cello |
close friend of Carl Maria Weber
|
Wyssotzki, Michael Th. |
308 |
308 |
7-string guitar |
pupil of the great virtuoso Sychra,
|
Zumsteeg, Johann Rudolf |
|
308 |
violin-cello, guitar |
|
Bertucci, Constantino |
310 |
309 |
mandolin, guitar |
method: Method for the mandolin, in three parts
|
Donizetti, Gaetano |
|
310 |
opera composer |
wrote for the guitar
|
Hummel, J. N. |
|
310-312 |
opera composer |
writes for guitar; Concerto for the mandolin
|
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