There is an "English guitar" sitting on Thomas Jefferson's harpsichord at Monticello.
Joseph Mayes On 1/31/13 8:07 AM, "Gary R. Boye" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Bill, > > I think I can (briefly) answer your questions: > > There is a HUGE amount of music that survives for this instrument. If > you check my web page for the 18th century and do a CTRL-F for "english > guitar" there are at least 274 publications: > > http://applications.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/C18/1700.html > > More of these sources now labeled "guitar" are probably for this > instrument as well. > > The quality? It varies . . . it is an amateur instrument and much of the > music is just an arrangement of a melody--a single line at the end of a > publication really for piano and voice. But I must admit that the piece > Rob played and his playing was disarmingly effective; hearing one of > these instruments always makes me want to play one . . . > > There is a nice sonata by J.C. Bach: > > J.C. Bach c1775 > Bach, Johann Christian. A sonata for the guitar with an accompaniment > for a violin (London, [England]: Longman, Lukey, and Co.) [BUC] > English guitar and violin in staff notation > > The second question is easy: to my knowledge, this instrument was NEVER > called the "English guitar" in the 18th century. Always "guittar" or > even "guitar" with various other spellings/other names in German and > French. > > Gary > > On 1/31/2013 5:00 AM, William Samson wrote: >> (Semi) serious question. What music was composed for this instrument >> outside Scotland? - Is it any good? (- the music from outside Scotland, >> that is). >> >> Second question - What did they call this instrument back in the day? >> Specifically, was it ever called "The English Guitar"? >> >> Bill >> From: Rob MacKillop <[email protected]> >> To: Lute <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2013, 8:50 >> Subject: [LUTE] The English Guitar >> I'm no fascist, so if you want to discuss the so-called English >> Guitar, >> I suggest you do so here, not in the thread of my video performance >> (which everyone except Martyn seems to have seen). I only ever said >> don't use my video thread to discuss the wider issues of the guittar. >> My reason for creating a separate thread is that it makes it easier >> for >> me to avoid. The reason for avoiding the discussion is that there are >> a >> few regulars here who cannot discuss anything without killing the >> subject for anyone who has a love for it. >> So, what is an English Guitar? >> Rob (exits stage left...) >> -- >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>
