Forgotten Guitars of History
Forgotten Guitars of History – The 19th Century: The Peak of Innovation – The First Guitar Part 2
Author: Jeff Wells
Marin Magazine June 2024
The Austin-Marie Collection of historical guitars is featured in the June 2024 issue of Marin Magazine.
2024 Cambridge Consortium for Guitar Research symposium
The Cambridge Consortium for Guitar Research held its 2024 symposium on April 12th–15th with members presenting on topics related to the history of the guitar prior to the twentieth century. This year’s event was held at Magdelene College in the University of Cambridge and concluded with a concert at the Round Church, opposite St. John’s […]
The Cambridge Consortium for Guitar Research
The Cambridge Consortium for Guitar Research is a select group of internationally recognized experts on all matters related to the guitar and its history, with an emphasis on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Consortium holds a four-day symposium every other year in the University of Cambridge featuring academic presentations and live performances on historical […]
Christopher Page performs Progressive Study by Fernando Sor
In late September 2021, I traveled to Cambridge, England to attend a four-day symposium held by the Cambridge Consortium for Guitar Research. During my stay, I videoed Dr. Christopher Page performing Fernando Sor’s, Progressive Study at Sidney Sussex Chapel.
Exploring Three centuries of Guitar
In the fall of 2023, an event showcasing the Austin-Marie Collection of historical guitars was held at the Marin Art & Garden Center in Ross, California. Guitar curator Jeff Wells spoke about the collection and was joined by guitarists Jon Mendle, Christopher Mallett, Carolyn Smith, and Richard Savino. The artists performed period music on selected […]
Guitar Making in Nineteenth-Century London
Guitar Making in Nineteenth-Century London by Dr. James Westbrook is now available! https://www.classicalguitar.co.uk/shop/guitar-making-in-nineteenth-century-london/ Guitar Making In Nineteenth-Century London
The Austin-Marie Collection featured in Marin Living Magazine
The Austin-Marie Collection of historical guitars featured in the November issue of Marin Living Magazine (pages 40 & 42 or 42 & 44 in the search bar): https://issuu.com/marinliving/docs/de_10231001_marin_living_nov
Annika Wells at Seatgeek Stadium July 22nd
Annika Wells with Illenium, Chase Center June 3rd
Erik Pierre Hofmann. Master craftstman, luthier, publisher, and more . . .
One of my favorites websites with an eclectic assortment of historical guitars from the leading makers of their day.
THE GREAT VOGUE FOR THE GUITAR
The guitar craze that began with the Folk Revival Movement in the late 1940s and transitioned into the rock and roll bands of the 1950s-’70s is familiar to most everyone old enough to remember. But there was another craze for the guitar born in Western Europe over two centuries ago at the dawn of the […]