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C.F. Martin & his guitars, 1796-1873 / Philip F. Gura.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML424.M275 G8 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gura, Philip F., 1950-
- Series:
- H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- C.F. Martin & Co.
- Martin, C. F. (Christian Frederick), 1796-1873.
- Martin, C. F.
- Guitar makers--United States.
- Guitar makers.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 250 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
- Other Title:
- C.F. Martin and his guitars, 1796-1873
- Place of Publication:
- Chapell Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- In this valuable history of the 19th century, historian Gura chronicles the career of C.F. Martin, from his humble start as an importer and repairman of musical instruments in New York City in the 1830s through the founding of C.F. Martin & Company and its move to Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
- Contents:
- Guitarmania
- C.F. Martin in New York City, 1833-1839
- Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1839-1855
- Ashborn, Tilton, and the Battle for New York, 1852-1861
- Ensuring the legacy, 1857-1873.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-234) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807828017
- OCLC:
- 51752997
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