----- Original Message ----- From: Arthur Ness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2005 4:04 am Subject: Re: OT: Mozart for guitar
> ...There's no factual basis for the belief common in the > guitar world that Giuliani influenced Beethoven. They may never > even have spoken to one another. However, another contemporary guitarist, Anton Diabelli, certainly did. I'm not aware of any evidence that Diabelli's guitar playing ever entered Beethoven's perception, but their interaction is undeniable (consider Beethoven's op. 120, e.g.). There were also many period arrangements of Beethoven songs for guitar. > Oh yes, I also doubt that Schubert had a guitar hanging on the > wall above his bed. Having never seen a photo of him in his living quarters, I don't know, but Schubert certainly played and loved the guitar. I believe a fair number of his songs were published with guitar accompaniment before the piano accompaniment became available. It would be hard to argue against the fact that guitar enjoyed a wave of popularity in Viennese parlors around this time. There is no read to give this notion any more or less weight than it deserves. I like guitar as much as any other plucked string. There is no need to exaggerate its various historical appearances, but no need to belittle them either. Best, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
