Nineteenth Century American Guitar Music

19^th Century American Guitar Music (Amaranth Publishing)

Commercial site with a very good collection of nineteenth century American guitar music

Guitar music in the Library of Congress

Donald Sauter’s guide to guitar music in the Library of Congress

Free 19th Century Parlor Guitar Music Downloads

Free (donations appreciated) nineteenth century guitar music downloads from David Allen Coester

Guitars and Guitar Makers

American Fretted Musical Instrument Makers: pre-Civil War to WWII

Michael Holmes’ Mugwumps list of American fretted musical instrument makers. A true labor of love!

Harpguitars.net

Gregg Miner’s excellent site on harp guitars

Stella Guitars

Neil Harpe’s fine commercial website about classic Oscar Schmidt guitars

James Ashborn: Innovative Entrepreneur

M.E. Bruné’s very interesting Vintage Guitar article on Ashborn guitars

Martin Guitar History

The official history of Martin guitars.

Identifying the Early C.F.Martin Brand

Essay by Bill Capel on identifying pre-Civil War Martins

J. Howard Foote Parlor Guitar

Nice Michael Wright Vintage Guitar article on Bini/Foote guitars.

Citterns and Guitars in Colonial America

Doc Rossi’s well researched and well written monograph on the English guitar

Guitar technology

Guitar Strings from the Nineteenth Century to the Advent of Nylon

Informative dissertation on gut strings

X-Bracing in the New World

Monograph on X-Bracing by Bill Capell

The Tilton Improvement

Bill Capell’s essay on William Tilton’s celebrated “improvements”

The phono collection of Stroviols and other horned string instruments

Fascinating page by Pamela Wilson on Stroh instruments, predecessors to resonator guitars

Hispanic American Guitar Music

Los californios.info

Spanish-Language Social Music of 19^th-Century Southern California

Nineteenth Century American Music

Burnt Cork and Tambourines

A bit disorganized, but tremendous details on antebellum minstrel troupes.

Hutchinson Family

Thorough history of the Hutchinson Family.

Stephen Collins Foster

Stephen Foster biography.

American Popular Music Before 1900

A good link list to American music sites.

Justin Holland

Justin Holland (1819-1887)

Brief Holland biography.

Justin Holland: Black Guitarist in the Western Reserve

Barbara Clemenson’s well researched Holland biography.

Justin Holland: Scraps from the Operas

Recordings of, and commentary about, Holland’s Scraps From the Operas.