The Guitar and Mandolin - Biographies of Celebrated Players and Composers for These Instruments #226666

These biographies, undertaken at the earnest suggestion of the late Dr. John Farmer, m.a., Baliol College, Oxford, were commenced to ascertain to what extent the greatest musicians had employed the guitar and mandolin. The research once begun, a revelation of the early and honourable position of these instruments dawned, unfolding facts hitherto undreamed of, and culminating in the present volume.