Manuel Ygnacio Ferrer
Manuel Ygnacio Ferrer (May 1832 – June 1, 1904) was a american musician from California, regarded during his lifetime as one of the United States’ finest virtuoso guitarists. Biography see Wikipedia
Johann Decker-Schenk
Johann Decker-Schenk (born 1826 in Vienna; died 23 August/4 September 1899 in St. Petersburg) was an Austrian guitarist, singer (tenor) and composer. Johann Decker-Schenk learned to play the guitar from his father, the violin and… Read More »Johann Decker-Schenk
José Viñas
Josep Viñas i Díaz (Barcelona, 27 September 1823 – 2 September 1888) was a Catalan guitarist, composer, music teacher and conductor. He began his musical training at the choir school of the Basilica de la… Read More »José Viñas
Leonhard Schulz
Leonhard Schulz, also known as Leonard Schulz in England (born 12 November 1813 in Vienna; died 27 April 1860 in London) was an Austrian guitarist and composer. As a guitar virtuoso, he was well known… Read More »Leonhard Schulz
Antonio Cano
Antonio Cano Curriela (Lorca, 1811–Madrid, 1897) was a Spanish guitarist and composer. He studied guitar with the maestros Ayala and Soriano in the capital of Murcia. From 1847 onwards, he gave several concerts in Madrid,… Read More »Antonio Cano
Henrik Rung
Henrik Rung (31 March 1807 in Copenhagen – 12 December 1871 in the same place) was a Danish composer, singing teacher and conductor, father of Frederik and Georg Rung and Sophie Keller. Rung was born… Read More »Henrik Rung
Adolphe Le Dhuy
Adolphe Le Dhuy, or Ledhuy, (1803 – …), was a 19th-century French composer and music theorist. In 1833, he wrote a Traité de Musique and in 1835, together with composer and pianist Henri Bertini, he… Read More »Adolphe Le Dhuy
Victor Magnien
François Victor Antoine Magnien (21 November 1802 – 8 June 1885) was a French violinist, guitarist, conductor, teacher and composer. Magnien was born in Épinal. According to Bone (1914/54), Magnien’s father was an administrator of the province… Read More »Victor Magnien
Ivan Padowetz
Ivan Eugen Padovec (17 July 1800 – 4 November 1873), commonly known as Johann (Ivan) Padowetz, born in Varaždin in Croatia (known for its festivals of baroque music), was a guitar virtuoso, who gave concerts in Zagreb, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Hamburg, London, etc. He constructed a ten-string guitar. Also,… Read More »Ivan Padowetz
Luigi Castellacci
Luigi Castellacci (1797 in Pisa – 1845) was an Italian virtuoso on the mandolin and guitar, an instrumental composer and the author of popular French romances with guitar and piano accompaniments. He was the son of musical parents and as soon as he… Read More »Luigi Castellacci