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Siegfried Behrend – An important German Guitarist of the 20th Century

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Siegfried Behrend was a musician who had a big influence as a guitarist, composer, teacher and conductor. Until his early death in 1990 he has especially initiated many new developements for the music of the plucked instruments and mandolin orchestras. Siegfried Behrend has founded and directed the German Mandolin Orchestra (Das Deutsche Zupforchester). Many of …

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Matteo Carcassi – 25 Studies op. 60 – Great Studies for the Classical Guitar

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The studies by Matteo Carcassi were the first bigger pieces for the classical guitar that I have learned. Those studies are great to develop a solid technique for the classical guitar, and at the same time they are great music too. I used an edition by Silvio Ranieri (Edition Crantz) who was a famous mandolin- …

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Lakewood Guitars – Martin Seeliger – Peter Finger (Fingerpicking Guitar)

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Martin Seeliger has started to build steelstring guitars in Germany in the earl 1980s. Today his brand Lakewood Guitars is known as a source for great guitars for fingerpickers, and many great artists are playing Lakewood guitars. On the website of the German guitar magazine Akustik Gitarre you can find a very interesting video with …

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