Bibliography of classical guitar


The following is a bibliography of classical guitar related publications.
The classical guitar is a six-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones. The classical guitar is well known for its comprehensive right-hand technique, which allows the soloist to perform complex melodic and polyphonic material, in much the same manner as the piano.

A

  • Annala, Hannu & Mätlik, Heiki: Handbook of Guitar and Lute Composers
  • Ansorge, Peter & Richter, Helmut : Die klassische Gitarre im 20. Jahrhundert. Beiträge zu ihrer Entwicklung im deutschsprachigen Raum
  • Appleby, Wilfrid M.: The Evolution of the Classic Guitar: a Tentative Outline
  • Azpiazu Iriarte, José de: ''The Guitar and Guitarists, from the Beginning to the Present Day''

B

  • Bacon, Tony: The History of the American Guitar. From 1833 to the Present Day
  • Bellow, Alexander: The Illustrated History of the Guitar
  • Bobri, Vladimir: The Segovia Technique
  • Bone, Philip J.: The Guitar and Mandolin. Biographies of Celebrated Players and Composers
  • Brondi, Maria Rita: Il liuto e la chitarra. Ricerche storiche sulla loro origine e sul loro sviluppo
  • Buek, Fritz: ''Die Gitarre und ihre Meister''

C

F

  • Fokken Alcazar, Miguel & Segal, Peter : The Segovia-Ponce Letters
  • Freeth, Nick & Alexander, Charles: ''The Guitar''

G

  • Grunfeld, Frederic V.: ''The Art and Times of the Guitar. An Illustrated History of Guitars and Guitarists''

H

  • Hacker-Klier, Ingrid & Klier, Johannes: Die Gitarre. Ein Instrument und seine Geschichte
  • Hackl, Stefan: Die Gitarre in Österreich. Von Abate Costa bis Zykan
  • Herrera, Francisco : Enciclopedia de la guitarra. Biografías, Danzas, Historía, Organología, Técnica, 6 volumes or CD-ROM
  • Hindrichs, Thorsten: Zwischen 'leerer Klimperey' und 'wirklicher Kunst'. Gitarrenmusik in Deutschland um 1800
  • Hoek, Jan-Anton van: Die Gitarrenmusik im 19. Jahrhundert: Geschichte, Technik, Interpretation
  • Huber, Karl: ''Die Wiederbelebung des künstlerischen Gitarrespiels um 1900. Untersuchungen zur Sozialgeschichte des Laienmusikwesens und zur Tradition der klassischen Gitarre''

I

J

  • Janssens, Robert: Geschiedenis van de luit en de gitaar
  • Jape, Mijndert: ''Classical Guitar Music in Print''

K

  • Kuronen, Darcy / Kaye Lenny / Tremblay, Carl: ''Dangerous Curves. The Art of the Guitar''

M

  • Maslen, J.: Guitars and Guitar Playing. A List of Selected References and Music
  • McCutcheon, Meredith: Guitar and Vihuela. An Annotated Bibliography
  • Monno, Johannes: ''Die Barockgitarre. Darstellung ihrer Entwicklung und Spielweise''

N

  • Nickel, Heinz: Beitrag zur Entwicklung der Giterre in Europa
  • Noonan, Jeffrey J.: The Guitar in America: Victorian Era to Jazz
  • Noonan, Jeffrey J.: ''The Guitar in American Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Periodicals, 1882-1933''

P

  • Päffgen, Peter: Die Gitarre. Grundzüge ihrer Entwicklung
  • Powroźniak, Józef: Gitara od A do Z
  • Prat, Domingo: Diccionario de Guitarristas
  • Emilio Pujol: ''El dilemma del sonido en la guitarra''

R

  • Ragossnig, Konrad: Handbuch der Gitarre und Laute
  • Radole, Giuseppe: Liuto, chitarra e vihuela
  • Regazzi, Roberto: The Complete Luthiers Library
  • Restle, Conny & Li, Christopher : Faszination Gitarre
  • Rodriquez, Manuel: ''Art and Craft of Making Classical Guitars''

S

  • Schmitz, Peter: Gitarrenmusik für Dilettanten. Entwicklung und Stellenwert des Gitarrenspiels in der bürgerlichen Musikpraxis der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts im deutschsprachigen Raum
  • Schneider, John: The Contemporary Guitar
  • Schwarz, Werner: Guitar Bibliography. An International Listing of Theoretical Literature on Classical Guitar from the Beginning to the Present / Gitarre-Bibliographie. Internationales Verzeichnis der theoretischen Literatur zur klassischen Gitarre von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart
  • Sharpe, A.P.: The Story of the Spanish Guitar
  • Summerfield, Maurice J.: The Classical Guitar. Its Evolution, Players and Personalities since 1800
  • Scott Tennant: ''Pumping Nylon''

T

  • Tosone, Jim: Classical Guitarists: Conversations
  • Turnbull, Harvey: The Guitar
  • Tyler, James: ''The Guitar and its Music. From the Renaissance to the Classical Era''

V

  • Viglietti, Cédar: Origen e historia de la guitarra
  • Villar Rodriguez, José: ''La guitara española. Caracteristicas y construcción''

W

  • Wade, Graham: A Concise History of the Classic Guitar
  • Wade, Graham: Traditions of the Classical Guitar
  • Wolff, Eduard & Zelton, Heinrich: ''Gitarren-Lexikon''

Z

  • Zuth, Josef: ''Handbuch der Laute und Gitarre''