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“DeMelliant”

The Boje Collection includes a work by “deMelliant.” Who deMelliant is, exactly when he lived, and whether he composed any other works is unknown or not documented online. The piece is a fantasia for lyre or guitar and is dedicated…

Jose Viñas

Josep Viñas i Díaz was a prominent Catalan musician of the Romantic era whose versatile career as a guitarist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue left a significant mark on the cultural landscape of Barcelona and Spain. He was a central figure…

Joseph Meissonnier

Joseph Meissonnier (1790–1856) Joseph Meissonnier, widely known as Meissonnier Jeune (to distinguish him from his older brother), was a prominent French classical guitarist, composer, and one of the most influential music publishers in 19th-century Paris. He played a central role in the…

Georg Meier

Georg Meier (1865–1942) was a German guitarist, pedagogue, and a central figure in the German Guitar Revivial at the turn of the 20th century. He is best known for his role in professionalizing guitar education in Germany and for his…

Anton Mehlhart

Anton Mehlhart (born April 5, 1861; died 20th century) was a German guitarist, composer, arranger, and society official. He belonged to the inner circle of the historic Munich Guitar School, which fundamentally revitalized classical guitar performance in the German-speaking world…

Nicolai Makaroff

Nikolai Petrovich Makaroff (1810–1890) was a Russian nobleman, Imperial Guard officer, lexicographer, and one of the most significant patrons and pioneers of 19th-century classical guitar music. While he was a self-taught guitar virtuoso who composed highly expressive character pieces, he…

William Morris

William Morris was an American guitarist, mandolinist, music educator, and composer born on November 22, 1884, in Chicago. He was an important regional figure in popularizing the classical guitar and salon music in North America during the “BMG Era” (Banjo,…

Domingo Prat

Domingo Prat Marsal was a prominent Spanish-Argentine guitarist, composer, music educator, and historian, born in Barcelona on March 17, 1886, and deceased in Haedo, Buenos Aires, on November 22, 1944. Alongside Julio Salvador Sagreras, he is considered the most influential…

Arling Shaeffer

Arling Shaeffer (1859–1943) was an American composer, arranger, music educator, and multi-instrumentalist. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential pioneers for plucked string instruments in late 19th- and early 20th-century America. Through his methodical instructional books and…

Miguel de Fuenllana

Miguel de Fuenllana (c. 1500–1579): The Blind Visionary of the Vihuela Miguel de Fuenllana was one of the most sophisticated Spanish composers of the Renaissance. Despite being blind from birth, he achieved the highest level of musical mastery, serving at…

Antoine Francisque

Antoine Francisque (c. 1570 – 1605) was a vital figure in the evolution of French lute music. Though his life was short, his sole surviving publication serves as a bridge between the Renaissance and the Baroque, marking the beginning of…

Alfred Heinrich Loreti

Alfred Heinrich Loreti (also known as Alfredo Enrico Loreti; 1870–1944) was an Italian-German composer, music educator, and multi-instrumentalist. His musical legacy, stylistically rooted in the late Romantic era, is closely tied to the early 20th-century revival of plucked string instruments.…

Léon, J.

There is no further information about him. Only one minuet was published by the “Free Association for the Promotion of Good Guitar Music” in Augsburg in December 1908. Like many other items, this one was also preserved in the Carl…

J. H. Lemmer

J. H. Lemmer is a historical composer known for classical guitar repertoire preserved in major collections like the Rischel & Birket-Smith Collection. Key works include Rondo and Thema mit Variationen “An Alexis send ich dich”. Compositions: Other than that, there…

Paul Lindner

Paul Lindner (active around the turn of the 20th century) was a German composer and arranger who earned recognition during the late Biedermeier aftermath and the early guitar renaissance. His surviving body of work focuses heavily on the intimate genre…

Otto Lindblad

Otto Lindblad (1809–1864) was one of the most influential Swedish composers of the Romantic era, widely celebrated for composing the Swedish Royal Anthem (Kungssången) and pioneering the Scandinavian male choir tradition. In the realm of guitar music, he holds a…

Benedictus de Drusina

Benedictus de Drusina (also known as Benedict de Drusina Elbingensis) was a prominent German lutenist, music editor, and composer of the Renaissance. He was born around 1520/1525 in Drusina near Elbing in what was then Royal Prussia (present-day Poland) and…

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