Classical Guitar and Lute Resources

By Olav Thu

 

B.M.G. ("Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar "- monthly magazine) London 1902-

BACHORIK, J. E. - Lute Making. A Survey of Historical and Modern
Construction. New York 1974.

BACON, TONY - The Ultimate Guitar Book. London 1991.
Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 0-86318-640-8
New York 1991, Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0-394-58955-6.

BACON, TONY & DAY, PAUL - The Fender Book.
GPI Books, Miller Freeman. 600 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA.

BACON, TONY & DAY, PAUL - The Gibson Les Paul Book.
GPI Books. San Francisco, CA, 1993.

BAESE, GEARY L. - Classic Italian Violin Varnish, its History, Materials,
Preparation and Application.
Fort Collins, 1985 - ISBN 0 9615510 0 3.

BAINES, ANTHONY - Musical Instruments through the Ages.
London 1961.

BALDINI, UGO - Note di tecnologia costruttiva su la chitarra.
Bologna, Rivista "La Chitarra" Editrice 1934. XIII. 24 p.

BALTICUM - a Coherent Musical Landscape in 16th and 18th Centuries.
Helsinki 1994

BARCELÓ, RICARDO - La Digitación Guitarrística. Real Musical. Madrid, 1995

BARCELÓ, RICARDO - Adiestramiento Técnico para Guitarristas. Real Musical. Madrid, 2000

BARON, E. G. - Study of the Lute. Redondo Beach 1976.

BARONE, CARLO - Catalogo generale delle opere per e con chitarra...
URFM, AGIF. Milano 1993.

BARTOLINI, W. & BARTOLINI, P. A. - "Experimental Studies of the Acoustics
of Classical and Flamenco Guitars"
Journal of Guitar Acoustics - Vol . 6, 1982 7p. 4

BARTUSCH, MANFRED. - Die linke Hand des Gitarristen.
Eine physiologische Studie. Bramsche 1981.

BATCHELOR, A. - A Batchelor's Delight. Beverley 1990.

BEHN, F. - Die Laute im Altertum und frühen Mittelalter. ZfMW 1918.

BELLOW, ALEXANDER - The Illustrated History of the Guitar.
Franco Colombo Publications. USA 1970.
Belwin/Mills Publishing Corp. Long Island, NY, 1976.

BELLSON, JULIUS - The Gibson Story. Kalamazoo, MI, 1973.

BERLINER - Lautentabulaturen in Krakau. Mainz 1992.

BERMUDO, J. - Declaracion de Instrumentos Musicales... 1555.
Faksimile Madrid 1982.

BERTAZZI, M. - Ferdinando Carulli, chitarrista - compositore...
Genova 1984.

BEVAN, CLIFF - Musical Instrument Collections in the British Isles.
Winchester, Piccolo Press, 1990. ISBN 1 872203 10 8.

BIERNATH, ERNST - Die Guitarre seit dem III. Jahrtausend vor Christus.
Berlin 1907.

BISHOP, IAN C. - The Gibson Guitar from 1950.
A Guitar Magazine Project.
Musical New Services, Ltd., London England, 1977.

BISHOP, IAN C. - The Gibson Guitar from 1950, Vol 2.
The Bold Strummer Ltd.
20 Turkey Hill Circle Westport, CT 06880, 1990.

BLACKBURN, Ph.D., BILL - Old Guitar Mania, A Guide to Vintage
Guitar Collecting. Centerstream Publishing / Hal Leonard.
Fullerton, CA, 1992.

BLACKBURN, Ph.D.,BILL - The Strange Case of Dr. Vintage.
Guitar World. July, 1987 pp. 62-64, 72.

BLANCHARD, HENRI - "Les Guitaristes," Revue et Gazette Musicale de Paris.
Paris 1842.

BLETSCHACHER, R. - Die Lauten- und Geigenmacher des Füssener Landes.
Hofheim am Taunus 1978.

BLÜMML, E. K. - Beiträge zur Geschichte der Lautenmacher in Wien. ZfMW 1919-20. STMw 1918.

BOBRI, VLADIMIR - The Segovia Technique.
The Macmillan Company, 866 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 77-152285.
New York 1972.

BOETTICHER, WOLFGANG - Bibliographie des sources de la musique pour luth.
Le luth et sa musique. Paris 1957.

BOETTICHER, WOLFGANG - Handschriftlich Überlieferte Lauten- und
Gitarrentabulaturen...München 1978.

BOETTICHER, WOLFGANG, and HICKMANN, HANS - "Gitarre,"
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Blume F. ed. Kassel and Basel 1949.

BOETTICHER, WOLFGANG - Studien zur solistichen Lautenpraxis des 16. und
17. Jahrhunderts (Habilítationsschrift), Berlin 1943.

BONE, PHILIP JAMES - The Guitar and Mandolin.
London: Schott & Co., 1954 ( 2nd. edition).

BOSMAN, LANCE - Harmony for Guitarists.

BOYDEN, D. - The Hill Collection. Oxford 1979.

BOYE, GARY R. - Giovanni Battista Granata and the Development of Printed
Music for the Guitar in Seventeenth-century Italy: With a Transcription of
His Works for Solo Guitar.
Dissertation. Duke University, 1995. 2 vols.

BRAGARD, ROGER and DE HEN, FERDINAND J. - Musikinstrumente aus
zwei Jahrtausenden. Stuttgart 1967.

BREAM, JULIAN - "How to Write for the Guitar,"
The Score & IMA Magazine no.19. London, March 1957.

BREDVAD-JENSEN, C. - Solistiskt gitarrspel i Sverige. Lund, Sweden 1972.

BRENET, M. - Notes sur l'histoire de luth en France. 1899.
Faximile Genève 1973.

BROJER, ROBERT. - Der Weg zur Gitarre. Wien 1973.

BRONDI, MARIA RITA - Il Liuto e la Chitarra.
Torino 1926. Faximile Bologna 1979.

BROWN, H. E. - Classic Guitar Maker’s Guide.
Second Edition. Tulsa, Oklahoma 1967.

BROWN, HOWARD MAYER - Embellishing 16th - century Music. London 1976.

BROWN, HOWARD MAYER - Instrumental Music printed before 1600:
A Bibliography - Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1965/1969.

BROZMAN, BOB - The National Guitar.
Centerstream Publishing. Fullerton, CA, 1992.

BROZMAN, BOB -The History and Artistry of National Resonator Instruments.
Centerstream Publishing. Fullerton, CA, 1993.

BRUGER, HANS DAGOBERT - Alte Lauten-Kunst aus drei Jahrhunderten,
Berlin 1923.

BRUNE, R. E. - "Soundboard Bracing and the Development of the Classic Guitar"
Guild of American Luthier's Quarterly - Vol . 8, No. 1, 1980 p. 14.

BRUZUAL, ALEJANDRO - The Guitar in Venezuela / A Concise History to the End of the 20th Century.
Les Éditions Doberman-Yppan
c.p. 2021 Saint-Nicolas QC G7A 4X5 Canada, 2005.

BRÖGGER, K. - Klassisk Guitar Bygning.
Køpenhamn, Denmark, 1990.

BUCHNER, ALEXANDER - Colour Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments.
London 1980.

BUCHNER, ALEXANDER - Musikinstrumente im Wandel der Zeiten. II Auflage.
Prag 1956.

BUCHNER, ALEXANDER - Musikinstrumente von den Anfängen bis zur
Gegenwart. Prag 1971.

BUCHNER, ALEXANDER - Musical Instruments Through the Ages.
London c. 1955.

BUEK, FRITZ - Die Gitarre und ihre Meister. Berlin 1926.
2. Auflage 1935. Robert Lienau / Vormals Schlesinger, Berlin -
Lichterfelde, Lankwitzer Strasse 9.

BUSTAMENTE, JUAN ANTONIO PEREZ - Tras la huella de Andres Segovia.
Universidad de Cadiz, 1990.

BUTTON, STEWART - The Guitar in England 1800-1924.
New York, London: Garland, 1989. - ISBN 0 8240 0189 3.

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