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Carlo Munier

    Carlo Gennaro Pasquale Munier (Naples, July 15, 1859 – Florence, February 10, 1911) was an Italian mandolinist and composer. A highly regarded instrumentalist, he first married Luisa De Fonseca (who died when he was still… Read More »Carlo Munier

    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

      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

            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

                Pietro Pettoletti

                  Pietro Pettoletti (ca. 1795 – ca. 1870) was a composer of Italian origins. The dates of birth and death are not known. His father Carl Johan (1758–1801) was “Kapellmeister” in Christiania (Norway). At first he lived in Germany, then, from… Read More »Pietro Pettoletti

                  Philip Ernst

                    Philip Ernst (February 29, 1792 – August 5, 1868) was born in Mainz and was a flutist at the French court in the late 1820s. When Charles X of Bourbon was overthrown by the July… Read More »Philip Ernst

                    Giovanni Navone

                      Giovanni Navone (Villanova d’Asti, 1839 – Turin, May 30, 1907) was a guitarist, composer, and music teacher. The son of Domenico, he came from a well-known family of musicians, and was himself the father of… Read More »Giovanni Navone

                      Antoine de Lhoyer

                        Antoine de Lhoyer [L’Hoyer] (6. September 1768 – 15. März 1852) war ein französischer Virtuose auf der klassischen Gitarre und ein bedeutender Komponist der Frühromantik, der sich vor allem der Kammermusik für klassische Gitarre widmete.… Read More »Antoine de Lhoyer

                        Joseph Küffner

                          Joseph Küffner (* 31. März 1776 in Würzburg; † 9. September 1856 ebenda) war ein deutscher Musiker und Komponist. Joseph war das fünfte Kind der fränkischen Musikerfamilie Küffner. Vater Wilhelm war Hofmusiker und Komponist am Würzburger Hof, Mutter Katharina die Tochter des Hof-Kapellmeisters Johann Franz Georg Wassmuth.… Read More »Joseph Küffner

                          Giulio Regondi

                            Giulio Regondi (1822 – 6. Mai 1872) war ein in der Schweiz geborener klassischer Gitarrist, Konzertpianist und Komponist, der in Frankreich und (hauptsächlich) im Vereinigten Königreich tätig war. Regondi wurde als Sohn einer deutschen Mutter… Read More »Giulio Regondi

                            Mertz, Romanze Op. 13

                              Caspar Mertz wuchs in einer armen Familie auf. Bereits mit 12 Jahren gab er Gitarren– und Flötenunterricht. In Wien, wo er, seit Herbst 1840 lebte und als geschätzter Gitarrenvirtuose auftrat, war Mertz als Lehrer wie als Konzertmusiker tätig.… Read More »Mertz, Romanze Op. 13

                              Carl Mietzke

                                Er lebte etwa zwischen 1800 — 19. Oktober 1871. Leiter des Kapellorchesters am mecklenburgischen Hof in Neustrelitz. Mit 60 kam er 1869 zum Friedensjubiläum nach Boston und spielte Geige im Orchester. Er war ein bedeutender… Read More »Carl Mietzke

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