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The English Guittar or Cittern – A popular Plucked String Instrument of the 18th Century

I am currently reading about the history of the English Guitar or Guittar, a kind of Cittern. Some time ago I have written a post about this instrument in my German blog www.gezupftes.de. The guittar was developed after 1753 in Great Britain. According to the very detailed paper by Jürgen Kloss it has first been […]

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Jethro Burns & Don Stiernberg (Mandolins ) with John Parrot (Guitar) – 1985 – Concert at Adler House

Anthony Hannagan has posted the following video at Facebook – a film from a concert with Jethro Burns, Don Stiernberg and John Parrot from 1985 at Adler House. This has been filmed by Paul Goelz who shows many more videos from the 80s in his youtube channel: And don’t forget to check out my YouTube

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Talentos – The Brazilian Guitarist Rogério Caetano – With Luís Barcelos (Bandolim) and Amoy Ribas (Percussion)

Three videos with the guitarist Rogério Caetano from Brazil from the Talentos series of the Brazilian TV. Rogério Caetano is one of the younger Brazilian guitarists, he has played together with Hamilton de Holanda. In those videos he plays with Luís Barcelos (bandolim) and Amoy Ribas (percussion) Enjoy the videos with Rogério Caetano! Talentos –

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Talentos – Trio Hamilton de Holanda (10-string mandolin), Marcos Suzano & Jaques Morelenbaum

Trio Hamilton de Holanda, Marcos Suzano e Jaques Morelenbaum A TV show from Brazil with Hamilton de Holanda (bandolim), Marcos Suzano (pandeiro and percussion) and Jaques Morelenbaum (violoncello). Hamilton de Holanda is one of the best bandolim players from Brazil. For this show he is accompanied by cello and percussion. I like the possibilities of

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Recordings and Videos with the Plucked Strings Quartet “Quartetto Cantarella” with Atsushi Fukuya – Mandolin

Some years ago I have found the website of the Japanese mandolin player Atsushi Fukuya and wrote about it in my blog. Yesterday again I landed on the website of Atsushi Fukuya and I have listened again to some of his recordings. On this occasion I searched for more information and I have found several

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