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- Title
Being a guitarist in late Georgian England.
- Authors
Page, Christopher
- Abstract
Late Georgian England has long been a poor relation to other countries in modern histories of the guitar. Yet in England, as elsewhere, the guitar enjoyed a considerable vogue in the early 19th century that only began to wane in the 1840s. In London, as in Paris or Vienna, the guitar was widely agreed to be a very serviceable instrument for accompanying the voice, and a substantial number of method books and songs for the instrument were issued. In addition to these primary materials of the guitar vogue there is a wealth of ancillary evidence in the form of anecdotes, caricatures, reviews and newspaper advertisements. This material is difficult to gather--or indeed to use--in a systematic manner. This article organizes the results of a protracted search in relation to two fundamental questions: what was it like to play the guitar in early Georgian England, and who was doing the playing?
- Subjects
ENGLAND; GUITARS; MUSICAL instruments; GEORGIAN aesthetics (British); MUSIC industry in literature; SOCIAL conditions in England; NINETEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Early Music, 2018, Vol 46, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0306-1078
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/em/cax111