https://www.gresham.ac.uk/short/dickens-steamships-and-guitars-popular-music-in-the-age-of-dickens/
On 5 November 2018, at 17:22, Leonard Williams <[email protected]> wrote: I know this isn't exactly lutistic, but perhaps someone has some info to share: In Dickens' "Dombey & Son" (1848), a young man is advised to learn to play the guitar (or flute!) to express himself to a particular young lady. What kind of guitar would have been popular at the time? What tunes might he play? Improv to his own ingenious romantic lines? Thanks! Leonard Williams -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
