This illustrated history traces the evolution of the guitar from the mouth bow to the Fender Stratocaster. Hittites, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Moorish minstrels and medieval troubadours adopted and reinvented the guitar. Romantic virtuosos like Sor and Giulinai further developed its identity, while contemporary masters like Segovia, Bream, and Williams have taken the guitar to the concert stages of the world. Blues, jazz, and rock-and-roll have each added distinctive qualities to the technique and look of both player and instrument. In his fascinating panorama of guitar history, Frederick V.Grunteld has brought together musical and art scholarship - there are more than 200 paintings here by such figures as Velasquez, Vermeer, Watteau, Goya, Manet and Ricasso - and provided a literary and visual concert for every music lover. Frederic V.Grunfeld, who trained in both music and art at the University of Chicago, was a critic whose work apeared in numerous publications. He contributed several volumes to the Time Life Great Music Series and wrote the books Music and Recordings and the recently acclaimed Rodin - a biography.
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"THE ART AND IMES OF THE GUITAR: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GUITARS AND GUITARISTS" BY FREDERIC V. GRUNFELD,
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THIS IS NOT AN ORDINARY HISTORY BOOK. IT IS SO ENTERTAININGLY WRITTEN THAT ONE IS NOT AT ALL AWARE OF LEARNING THE HISTORY OF THE GUITAR, ITS EVOLUTION THROUGH THE VARIOUS HUMAN EPOCHS, ITS USES AND IMPORTANCE IN VARIOUS CULTURES THROUGH THE AGES. ITS HISTORY IS TRACED FROM ITS EARLIEST PREHISTORIC INCEPTION (ILLUSTRATED WITH QUAINT GUITAR PREDECESSORS AND PROTOTYPES) AND CONTINUES UP TO AND INCLUDING THE GUITAR'S ROLE IN MODERN TIMES.THE BOOK IS RICHLY ILLUSTRATED, WELL-WRITTEN AND SCHOLARLY BUT NEVER DRY OR STUFFY. ON THE CONTRARY, IT IS FREQUENTLY PUNCTUATED WITH DROLLERY AND HIGH HUMOR. THIS WRITING WILL STIMULATE, AMUSE, EDUCATE, AND ENLIGHTEN. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ALL WHO LOVE MUSIC, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN THE GUITAR. REGINA CLARK
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