Looking for an excuse to go to southern Italy? Want to feed your love of classical guitar at the same time? Here's an exciting new destination: Casa Museo Mauro Giuliani. Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant guitarists and composers of guitar music of the early 19th century—he wrote more [...]

The little-known composer Pedro Ximenez de Abrill produced hundreds of pieces of music during the first half of the 19th century, both in his native Peru and in neighboring Bolivia. Most of his output didn’t make it out of South America, though some of his minuets for guitar turned up in Europe and found their [...]

The classical guitar world lost one of its most distinguished and accomplished educators and advocates when Hector Quine passed away on January 1, 2015, two days after his 88th birthday. Quine (known as “Bill” to many of his friends), was a key figure in the development of several college classical guitar programs in England, dating [...]