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Music
for the Guitar Printed in Sweden 1800-1860
A bibliography of music for the guitar
printed in Sweden with locations of the works. This bibliography can also be found in
Guitar and Lute Issues published by Matanya Ophee. In English.
The Swedish version: Musik
för gitarr utgiven i Sverige 1800-1860.
The
Guitar in Sweden to the mid 19th Century
A short history of the guitar in
Sweden. In English.
Gitarren i
Sverige under tidigt 1800-tal - om svenska gitarrskolor och instrumentmakare
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An article in Swedish about two
early Swedish guitar methods and about a preserved Swedish Guitar by Lorents
Mollenberg.
Music for the Guitar in
the Collection of Kenneth Sparr, Nynäshamn, Sweden
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A catalogue of early prints and
manuscripts for the guitar in the collection of Kenneth Sparr. The catalogue spans the
period 1760-1900. The collection contains many Swedish and French prints. The pages are
regularly updated.
Literature and Prints Concerning the
Guitar and the Lute in the Collection of Kenneth Sparr
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A catalogue of books and prints
concerning the guitar and the lute in the collection of Kenneth Sparr.
Daniel Fryklund - A Bibliography over His Works And an
Introduction to His Biography
A biography over the
Swedish musicologist and music collector Daniel Fryklund.
Daniel
Fryklund - a Translation of His "Bidrag till gitarristiken" (Contributions to
Guitar Studies). Part One
A
commented English translation of Daniel Fryklund's important article about the guitar,
first published in Swedish in 1931. This article has been neglected and overlooked by most
researchers on the guitar although it contains a lot of interesting information
particularly about rare early prints. The article is in two parts:
Part Two
Daniel
Fryklund - samlare, forskare och pionjär inom svensk gitarrforskning
About Daniel Fryklund as collector,
researcher and pioneer in Swedish research about the guitar. In Swedish.
An
unknown French song by Fernando Sor in Sweden
About a recently discovered French song by
Fernando Sor, now housed in the Music Library of Sweden.
Handbok
för instrumentbyggaren (gitarr) av J-C Maugin
A translation into Swedish of the guitar
chapter in J-C Maugin's handbook for instrument builders. The original French edition was
published in 1834. In Swedish.
Étienne Jean
Baptiste Pastou - Violinist and Guitarist
A short article about a lesser
known French guitar composer and with his lithographed portrait.
A
Guitar by Etienne Perrin fils a Mirecourt
A short description and some
pictures of an interesting guitar, made in France in the early 19th century,
probably imported to the USA in the 1820-1830s and somewhat changed with
some typical American features.
This guitar has been restored
at the Carl
Malmsten Centre of Wood Technology & Design, Department of guitar making
as a project in a course for repairing and restoring of plucked instruments. A report on and a documentation of the restoring process has been
made by Mats Nordwall: Restoration of a plucked
string instrument TMTR08 - Guitar by Perrin fils ā Mirecourt
and in Swedish as Restaurering av
knäppinstrument TMTR08 - Gitarr av Perrin fils ā Mirecourt (in Swedish)
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Jost Amman Der
Lautenmacher - The Lutemaker
An article about the two
versions of Jost Amman's famous wood-engraving of a lutemaker from 1568 and
1574 respectively based on two originals in the collection of Kenneth Sparr.
With some information about the biography of Jost Amman. ![]()
David
Kellner
A biographical survey of the life of
David Kellner, composer for the lute, organist, carilloneur etc. together with a
bibliography of his works. In English.
"The
improved cittern" Printed and Manuscript Music for the Swedish Lute and
a List of Swedish Lutes.
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A catalogue of music for and an
introduction to the unique Swedish lute (or theorbo), a musical instrument in vogue c.
1780-1820. Also in a Swedish version as
"Den förbättrade sittran" Musik i tryck och handskrift för den svenska
lutan samt förteckning över svenska lutor.
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Israel
Pourel - Lutenist and Musician in 17th Century Stockholm.
About the Swedish lutenist and musician
Israel Pourel active in the late 17th and the early 18th centuries. Also in
a Swedish version as
"Israel
Pourel - Lutenist och musikant i stormaktstidens Stockholm" The
English version of the article was first published in Luths et luthistes en Occident - actes du colloque 13-15
mai 1998. Paris 1999, pp. 217-233.
French Lutenists and French
Lutemusic in Sweden.
About French lutenists and French
lutemusic in Sweden during the 17th and the early 18th centuries.
Lutenists
at the Royal Court of King Gustavus I of Sweden
About the lutenists employed at the
Swedish court in the mid 16th century.
Hinrich
Niewerth - Lutenist at the Royal Swedish Court
About the lutenist Hinrich Niewerth
employed at the Swedish court in the late 17th century.
A Poet's Description of the Lute
Playing of Silvius Leopold Weiss, and a Possible Link Between Weiss and David Kellner
About a poem by Johann Ulrich von
König on the lute playing of Silvius Leopold Weiss and also about a possible link between
Weiss and David Kellner.
Some unobserved information about
John Dowland, Thomas Campion and Philip Rosseter
About the 'Stammbuch' of Hans von
Bodeck (1582-1658) and the entries made by Dowland, Campion and Rosseter in the early 17th
century.
An
Early 18th-Century Swedish Lute Tutor
About the anonymous manuscript Swedish
baroque lute tutor in the Lund University Library.
An
Unknown and Unique Broadside Lute Instruction
About the the unique 16th century
broadside lute instruction published by Mateo Pagano and now in The Royal Library,
Stockholm.
A
Lute by Raphael Mest in Sweden
About the twelve-course lute by Raphael
Mest, now housed in the Diocesan and County Library of Linköping, Sweden.
A Swedish version of
the article
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Charles de Lespine Lutenist and Composer
About the French lutenist
and composer, together with a catalogues of his known works and concordances. ![]()
Musik för luta i Kalmar. Tabulaturhandskriften KLM 21.072 i länsmuseet
0,9 MB
About the large lute
tablature manuscipt in the county museum of Kalmar, Sweden. In Swedish
Den svenska
lutan i en anonym målning från 1800-talets början
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An article about a unique
painting from the beginning of the 18th century showing a Swedish lute being
played. Published in Dokumenterat 34 - Bulletin från Statens musikbibliotek,
Stockholm 2003. In Swedish.
Johan
Gabriel Högwall - fortepianomakare i Göteborg
An article (in Swedish)
by Mats Krouthén about the piano maker Johan Gabriel Högwall in Gothenburg, active the
late 18th and early 19th century.
Report on Making a Clavichord after NM 264.785 in Musikmuseet
at the Instrument-building Course at Marholmen, July 26 - August 12, 1999
A report translated by Stuart Frankel
about building a copy of a small clavichord (NM 264.785) in Musikmuseet, Stockholm at the
musical instrument building course at Marholmen on 26 July -
12 August 1999.
A drawing of and soundclip from
this clavichord can be found at
Musikmuseet.
This report also available in Swedish:
Rapport
angående tillverkning av klavikord
(ritning och ljudexempel på detta klavikord finns på
Musikmuseet)
Daniel
Fryklund - A Bibliography of His Works And an Introduction to His Biography
The most comprehensive biography about Daniel
Fryklund, the Swedish collector of musical instruments, musicalia and musicologist.
Musikaliesamlingen i Skottorps slott,
Halland
The collection of music at the castle of
Skottorp, in Halland, Sweden. An introduction to the collection and a list of the works in
it. In Swedish
Musical
Instrument Building Courses at Marholmen, Sweden - Unique in the World
A personal view of the musical instrument
building courses where you can build a lute, a guitar, a clavichord etc. after historical
models and using traditional materials and woodworking processes. Also in a Swedish
version as
Instrumentbyggkurserna på Marholmen - unika i världen
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Sale catalogues with books about and
music for the lute and the early guitar as well as drawings. Both new, second-hand and
antiquarian titles are offered. Perhaps one of the more complete listings of books and
music concerning these instruments. Other antiquarian music is also offered. ![]()
Literature about music in the
collection of Kenneth Sparr
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A
catalogue of literature about music in Kenneth Sparr's collection, including literature
about the guitar and the lute.
Luttabulatur i svenska bibliotek 1. Skoklostertabulaturerna [SGLS 8/1975 No. 2, pp. 40-42]
Luttabulatur i svenska bibliotek 2. Uppsala universitetsbibliotek [SGLS 9/1976 No. 1, pp. 44-48]
Luttabulaturer i svenska bibliotek 3. Musikmuseet, Stockholm [SGLS 9/1976 No. 2 pp. 38-40]
Luttabulaturer i svenska bibliotek 4. Norrköpings stadsbibliotek [SGLS 10/1977 No. 1 pp. 30-33]
Luttabulaturer i Sverige 5. Kalmar läns museum [SGLS 10/1977 No. 2 pp. 29-35]
Musik för luta i Kalmar. Tabulaturhandskriften KLM 21.072 i länsmuseet
0,9 MB [Kalmar län 1977, pp. 50-73]
Luttabulaturer i Sverige 6. Stiftelsen Musikkulturens främjande, Stockholm [SGLS 11/1978 No. 1 pp. 32-36]
Tabulatur för gitarr [SGLS 11/1978 No. 2 pp. 27-42]
En svensk lutinstruktion
[SGLS
11/1978 No. 2 pp. 50-54]. Also on Internet and in English as
An
Early 18th-Century Swedish Lute Tutor
Tabulatur för gitarr [Musikrevy 1978 pp. 138-139]
Margareta Fridstrand - lutmakare [SGLS 12/1979 No. 1 pp. 26-27]
Franska lutenister och fransk
lutmusik i Sverige
[SGLS 13/1980 No. 2 pp. 17-29]
Fernando Sor-autografer i
Sverige
[[SGLS 13/1980 No. 2 pp. 40-46]
Losy, Jan Antonín. Zwei Suiten für Barocklaute herausgegeben von Stefan Lundgren. München. 1983. Einführung von Kenneth Sparr
Mouton, Charles. Suite in g-Moll für Barocklaute herausgegeben von Stefan Lundgren. München. 1983. Einführung von Kenneth Sparr
Lutan i Sverige - tiden intill
1520
[[SGLS 16/1983 No. 2 pp. 26-37]
L'illustre Mr Mouton
[SGLS
16/1983 No. 1 pp. 2-8]
Hinrich Niewerth - Lutenist at the Royal Swedish Court [The Lute XXIV Part 2, 1984-].
Raphael Mests luta
[Linköpings biblioteks handlingar Ny serie band 10, 1984, pp. 4-23].
An updated Swedish version of this article can be found
here. An updated English
version of this article can be found
here. ![]()
French Lutenists and French Lutemusic in Sweden [Le luth et sa musique II, Paris 1984 pp. 59-67].
Den lutspelande Greve Losy
[SGLS 17/1984 No. 1 pp. 14-18]
Lutenists at the Royal Court of King Gustavus I of Sweden [The Lute XXV Part 2, 1985, pp. 69-80].
Konsten att bygga luta på 14
dagar
[SGLS 18/1985 No. 3 pp. 14-26]
Lutan i Sverige - tiden
1520-1560
[SGLS 19/1986 No. 1 pp. 18-36]. ]. Also in English as
Lutenists
at the Royal Court of King Gustavus I of Sweden.
A Poet's Description of the Lute Playing of Silvius Leopold Weiss, and a Possible Link Between Weiss and David Kellner [Journal of the Lute Society of America 19/1986 pp. 58-67].
Charles de Lespine -
Sverigeresenär, poet, dramatiker, lutenist och kompositör
[Bokvännen XXXXII/1987 pp.
107-112; Gitarr och Luta 21/1988 No. 1 pp. 53-58].
An Early 18th-Century Swedish Lute Tutor [The Lute 26/1986, Part 2, pp. 75ff].
Hinrich Niewerth - lutenist
vid det svenska hovet
[Gitarr och Luta 20/1987 No. 1 pp. 101-]. Also in
English as
Hinrich Niewerth - Lutenist at the Royal Swedish Court
Die Kunst von Silvius Leopold Weiss im Spiegel der zeitgenössischen Literatur [Gitarre & Laute 9/1987 Heft 6 pp. 15-17]
An Unknown and Unique Broadside Lute Instruction [The Lute 27/1987 pp. 31-35] .
Some Unobserved Information about John Dowland, Thomas Campion and Philip Rosseter [The Lute 27/1987 pp. 35-38] -].
Gitarrbygge sommaren 1987
[Gitarr och Luta 21/1988 No. 1 pp. 34-50]
"Es soll nur Sylvius die
Laute spielen" - en okänd dikt om Weiss spel på luta och ett möjligt samband
mellan Weiss och David Kellner
[Gitarr och Luta 21/1988 No. 1 pp. 14-19 samt Tidskrift
för tidig musik 10/1988 No. 1 pp. 3-7]
Gitarren i
Sverige under tidigt 1800-tal - om svenska gitarrskolor och instrumentmakare
[Gitarr och Luta 21/1988 No. 3 pp. 46-55].
Un foglio sconosciuto e unico di istruzioni per il liuto [il Fronimo No. 68 1988 pp. 60-62]
En samling äldre gitarrmusik
från Skottorps slott
[Gitarr och Luta 22/1989 No. 1 pp. 9-16]
An Unknown Lute Manuscript in
Poland
[Lute Society of America Quarterly 25/1989 No. 1]
Luitisten aan het hof van
koning Gustavus I van Zweden
[De Tabulatuur 6/1989 No. 23 pp. 8-14] ]. Also in
English as
Lutenists at the Royal Court of King Gustavus I of Sweden.
En 250-årig "Trogen Underrättelse Uti General=Basen..." (Bokvännen 44/1989 pp. 119-130)
En 250-årig "Trogen Underrättelse Uti General=Basen..." och dess författare David Kellner [Tidskrift för tidig musik 11/1989 No. 4 pp. 3-10]
Musik för gitarr utgiven i Sverige 1800-1860 [Svenskt musikhistoriskt arkiv Bulletin 24, Stockholm 1989 s.20-40]. Also in English as Music for the Guitar Printed in Sweden 1800-1869 or in Guitar and Lute Issues.
Gitarren i Sverige till
1800-talets mitt
[Gitarr och Luta 24/1991 No. 1 pp. 3-11] Also
in English in an updated version:
The
Guitar in Sweden
David Kellner: A Biographical Survey [The Lute 29/1989 pp. 3-36]. A German version of this article appeared in Wolkser Wasserturmbote - Liebertwolkwitzer freies Informations- und Nachrichtenblatt Nr. 124-127, 2001.
La chitarra in Svezia fino alla metā del XIX secolo [il Fronimo No. 78 1992 pp. 8-17] Also on Internet as The Guitar in Sweden
The Guitar in Sweden to the
mid 19th Century
[Soundboard 17/1990 No. 1 pp. 16-23].
Die Gitarre in Schweden bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts [Gitarre & Laute 14/ 1992 Heft 2, pp. 57-64] Also on Internet as The Guitar in Sweden
Åke Högman - lutenist
[Gitarr och Luta 25/1992 No. 1 pp. 7-10]
La suédoise - Music in Baroque Sweden. Introduction & Commentary. Musica Rediviva MRCD 003
Israel Pourel - lutenist och musikant i stormaktstidens Stockholm [Gitarr och Luta 25/1992 No. 2 pp. 49-57]. An English version of this can be found in Luths et luthistes en Occident - actes du colloque 13-15 mai 1998. Paris 1999, pp. 217-233.
David Kellner: Ein biographischer Überblick Teil 1-3. [Gitarre & Laute 14/1992, Heft 6, pp. 13-18; 7/1993, Heft 1 pp. 17-21; Heft 2 pp. 17-21] Also in English as David Kellner
David Kellner - lutenist,
klockspelare och organist.
[Gitarr och Luta 26/1993 No. 1 pp. 3-13] Also
in English as
David Kellner
I concertsalar skulle
guitarren aldrig våga sig...
[Gitarr och Luta 26/1993 No. 3 pp. 23-24]
Musicerande ensemble från tidigt 1600-tal [Tidskrift för tidig musik 15/1993 No. 3 pp. 3]
Gitarrbygge på Marholmen 1993
[Gitarr och Luta 27/1994 No. 1 pp. 3-6]
En fransk gitarrbyggbeskrivning från 1830-talet [Gitarr och Luta 27/1994 No. 1 pp. 22-31].
David Kellner - A Biographical Survey. [Balticum - a Coherent Musical Landscape in 16th and 18th Centuries. Ed. by Irma Vierimaa. Studia musicologica universitatis helsingiensis VI. Helsinki 1994. pp. 63-90].
Ein unbekanntes französisches Lied von Fernando Sor. [Gitarre & Laute 26/1994, Heft 4 pp. 39-43]. Also in English as An unknown French song by Fernando Sor in Sweden
En okänd sång av Fernando
Sor i Sverige.
[Gitarr och Luta 27/1994 No. 4 pp. 23-25]. Also in English as
An
unknown French song by Fernando Sor in Sweden
En viola da mano-spelare från tidigt 1500-tal [Tidskrift för tidig musik 16/1994 No. 4 pp. 4-5].
Den äldsta gitarrtidskriften
- The Giulianiad
[Gitarr och Luta 28/1995 No. 1 pp. 9-11]
En viola da mano-spelare [Gitarr och Luta 28/1995 No. 1 pp. 23-24].
An unknown French song by Fernando Sor in Sweden [Soundboard Vol. XXII, No. 1 pp. 39-43].
Una canzone sconociuta di Fernando Sor in Svezia [il Fronimo No. 93 1995 pp. 37-40]. Also in English as An unknown French song by Fernando Sor in Sweden
Magazin för Guitarre-spelare.
1. Joachim Pettoletti, "Six Walzes instructives"
[Gitarr och Luta 28/1995 No. 4 pp. 17-22]
Mamsell med gitarr
[Gitarr och
Luta 28/1995 No. 4 pp. 24]
Ett dataprogram för lut- och gitarrtabulatur [Gitarr och Luta 28/1995 No. 4 pp. 23-25]
Magazin för Guitarre-spelare.
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Ah perdona al primo affetto"
[Gitarr och Luta
28/1996 No. 2 pp. 16-20]
Gitarristen Georg Gulyas i prestigefylld solistfinal [Gitarr och Luta 28/1995 No. 2 pp. 25-26]
Josabeth Sjöberg -
gitarrmamsell på utställning i Stockholms stadsmuseum
[Gitarr och Luta 28/1996 No. 2 p.
26]
Gitarrspelarna
[Gitarr och
Luta 28/1996 No. 2 pp. 28]
Instrumentbyggarkurs på Marholmen 1996 [Gitarr och Luta 29/1996 No. 3 p. 4]
Instrumentbyggkurserna på Marholmen - unika i världen. [Birkagårdens folkhögskola 80 år. Stockholm 1997 pp. 25-40. An English version of this.
Daniel Fryklund - samlare, forskare och pionjär inom svensk gitarrforskning [Gitarr och Luta 30/1997 No. 1 pp. 11-14].
Robert Spencer (1932-1997) [Gitarr och Luta 30/1997 No. 3 p. 6]
Lutkonferens i Paris
[Gitarr
och Luta 31/1998 No. 2 pp. 6-7]
Israel Pourel - lutenist och musikant i stormaktstidens Stockholm [Vallonättlingen 1998 No. 3 pp. 14-19, No. 4 pp. 24-27].
A
Lute by Raphael Mest in Sweden [The Lute XXXVIII/1998 pp. 1-28].
In Swedish as
Raphael Mests luta i
Linköping [Gitarr och Luta 36/2003 No. 4 pp. 32-43].
An Internet version of
the article in Swedish
1Mb.
Israel Pourel - Lutenist and Musician in 17th-Century Stockholm. [Luths et luthistes en Occident - actes du colloque 13-15 mai 1998. Paris 1999, pp. 217-233.]
Den ryska gitarrens historia - apropå en aktuell avhandling [Gitarr och Luta 33/2000 No. 3 pp. 6-8]
Per Kjetil Farstads avhandling om den galanta tyska lutmusiken under 1700-talet [Gitarr och Luta 33/2000 No. 3 pp. 21-22]
Charles de Lespine - Lutenist and Composer
[Die Laute 3(2001) pp. 42-63]
Den första sexsträngade
gitarren - finns den egentligen?
[Gitarr och Luta 34/2001 No. 4 pp. 25-30]
Lutor och lutspel i två målningar av Ferdinand Bol och Michael Dahl [Musiken i konsten - Det klingande 1600-talet. En konstbok från Nationalmuseum redigerad av Karin Sidén. Nationalmusei årsbok 47, Stockholm 2001 pp. 59-89]
Raphael Mests luta i
Linköping
[Gitarr och Luta 36/2003 No. 4 pp. 32-43].
Den svenska
lutan i en anonym målning från 1800-talets början [Dokumenterat 34 -
Bulletin från Statens musikbibliotek, Stockholm 2003, pp. 25ff. In Swedish.
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