- Romantic guitar
The Romantic guitar is the guitar of the Romantic period of
classical music (c.1815-1910). It is the immediate precursor of the modernclassical guitar , and was the first significant period of classical guitar repertoire. By this time guitars were standardised as six-string instruments (compared to, for example, theBaroque guitar with nine or ten strings paired to make five courses).History
The earliest extant six string guitar was built in
1779 by Gaetano Vinaccia (1759 - after1831 ) ["The Classical Mandolin" by Paul Sparks (1995)] [ [http://www.earlyromanticguitar.com Early Romantic Guitar] ] inNaples, Italy . The Vinaccia family of luthiers is known for developing themandolin . This guitar has been examined and does not show tell-tale signs of modifications from a double-course guitar. [ [http://www3.uakron.edu/gfaa/stalking.html Stalking the Oldest Six String Guitar] ] Authenticity of guitars before the 1790's is often in question. This also corresponds to when Moretti's 6-string method appeared, in 1792.Notable Composers
Composer-guitarists.
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Mauro Giuliani 1781 -1829
*Johann Kaspar Mertz 1806 -1856
*Giulio Regondi 1822 -1872
*Fernando Sor 1778 -1839 External links
* [http://www.sfRomanticGuitar.com/ San Francisco Romantic Guitar]
* [http://www.romanticguitar.com/ The Romantic Guitar Agency]References
* [http://www.romanticguitaragency.com/ The Romantic Guitar Agency Ltd (UK) ]
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