Annotations Book

These are the Home Page News Flash Archives relating to my work in Progress: "Annotations for the History of the Classical Guitar in Argentina, 1822-2000" by Héctor Garcia Martinez & Randy Osborne

10-20-00 I have just finished a 13,600 word Spanish translation of an article: "Annotations for the History of the Classical Guitar in Argentina, 1822-2000". This work is written by my colleague, the Argentine guitar historian, Héctor Garcia Martinez. It will be available for sale in English, Spanish, or Japanese. The value of this article is that it documents, in great detail, the period of time when Buenos Aires, Argentina was the "world center of classical guitar activity", to quote another colleague of mine, Richard Brune-who coined the phrase. Besides the text, there will be photos of as many artists possible, that are mentioned within this work. These photos are one of a kind, and in many cases, acquired from the familes of the artists mentioned, or through the treasured archives of collectors that have already passed from this earth.

2-2-01 "Annotations for the History of the Classical Guitar in Argentina, 1822-2000" UPDATE by Héctor Garcia Martinez & Randy Osborne
The book presently is over 100 pages and has 270 photos and illustrations which include: an 1880 Francisco Tarrega program, unseen photos of an 1858 Antonio de Torres (FE08) that won an award at a competition in Seville the same year, endorsements by Miguel Llobet & Regino Sainz de la Maza for Breyer Hermanos guitars, a May 7, 1908 Domingo Prat concert program, sheet music covers from the 1880's of the earliest of South American folkmusic, Andres Segovia concert programs from the period 1920-47 as well as newspaper listings and reviews of his concerts June 4, 8, 16 & 19 of 1920, etc.

2-16-01 In the "Annotations for the History of Classical Guitar in Argentina 1822-2000" there will be a full page advertisement of Simplicio by Romero y Fernandez in Buenos Aires in 1926, with a new photo, not recently found in the Simplicio family archives. As well to be included will be: Simplicio endorsements by Josefina Robledo and Domingo Prat, and Maria Luisa Anido's 1924 Simplicio set next to her 1864 Torres, 1917 Garcia, and Ramirez all on a couch and photgraphed by guitar historian Ricardo Muñoz c. 1945.

5-8-01 "Annotations for the History of the Classical Guitar in Argentina, 1822-2000" UPDATE by Héctor Garcia Martinez & Randy Osborne. The book is now at 200 pages with over 400 photos & illustrations, and will contain: the seven year course under the direction of Domingo Prat, interviews with Maria Herminia Antola de Gomez Crespo (first female classical guitarist to be fimed in color in 1941), Noemi Toulouse (child prodigy / Carmelo Rizzuti student), Atahualpa Yupanqui & Blanca Prat (daughter of Francisco Tarrega student, Domingo Prat). As a researcher, listening to the audio tapes is pretty breathtaking

2-18-02

Annotations for the History of the Classical Guitar in Argentina 1822-2000 Video $29.95
Multi-media lecture (145 images, 78 RPM discs) & Guitar Recital by Randy Osborne for the South Bay Guitar Society on February 15, 2002 at Santa Clara University Center of Performing Arts Recital Hall

Duration: 2 hours, 4 minutes
Music: 40 min., History of 51 personalities: 84 min.
$29.95

This is a thumbnail sketch of the book in progress "Annotations for the History of the Classical Guitar in Argentina 1822-2000" by Héctor Garcia Martinez & Randy Osborne.

This undertaking to do the recital and lecture was at a time when the size of the book is 400 pages with 800 or more photos & illustrations and still growing. Indeed the "World Center of Classical Guitar activity" cannot be fully documented so quickly.

There is a complete list of all songs & images in the link page.

5-4-02 On Mel Bay Publications "Guitar Sessions" web page this month is an article I was asked to write. It is a micro-thumbnail sketch of my book that is in progress: "Annotations for the History of the Classical Guitar in Argentina 1822-2000" by Héctor Garcia Martinez & Randy Osborne. The article is entitled:
How Buenos Aires became the World Center of the Classical Guitar.

If you love Classical Guitar history, you’ll find it fascinating.

5-24-03 The book in progress: "Annotations for the History of the Classical Guitar in Argentina 1822-2000" by Héctor Garcia Martinez & Randy Osborne is now at 735 pages with over 1,000 photos and illustrations.

 

How Buenos Aires Became the World Center of the Classical Guitar

(Update 9 / 26 / 03)

by Randy Osborne

The following is a micro thumbnail sketch of the book in progress "Annotations for the History of the Classical Guitar in Argentina 1822-2000" by Héctor Garcia Martinez and Randy Osborne. The book is 847 pages long at the present time, and will offer more than 1,100 photos and illustrations. By necessity, there are dozens of figures on the scene that are not mentioned in this article, whose translated biographies, photos, sheet music covers, and concert programs will be included in the book.

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