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[Guitar] Torp, Otto. [Carulli, Ferdinando. (1770-1841) & Molino, Francois. (1755-1847) & Giuliani, Mauro. (1781-1829)]. Instruction Book for the Spanish Guitar... by Otto Torp, Teacher of the Spanish Guitar. New York: Engraved, Printed and Sold by E. Riley. [1829]. Instruction Book for the Spanish Guitar, selected from the works of F. Carulli, F. Molino & M. Guiliane [sic], Professors to the Conservatory of Paris: Containing the first Rudiments of Music: the art of fingering the Instrument, with numerous Exercises, Variations, Duetts, an Explanation of the Harmonics & a number of French and English Songs. Compiled, Arranged, and Composed by Otto Torp, Teacher of the Spanish Guitar. Price $2 nett. [PN] 51. 51 pp. 4to. Softcover with plain paper covers and black tape on the spine. Large stain on the title page and through the next several pages; overall foxing; some wear to the binding, but intact and overall in very good condition. Together with an additional copy of the title page and of pp. 49-51.
One of the earliest guitar tutors to be published in the USA, this volume contains basic instructions on holding and tuning the instrument, a glossary of musical terms, several pages of scales, increasingly complex exercises and short pieces, and twelve songs in French and English with guitar accompaniments, as well as an attractive full-page engraving of a lady playing the guitar. Torp, a "professor," music publisher and piano manufacturer, issued another guitar tutor in 1834 under the title, "New and Improved Method for the Spanish Guitar."
[Guitar] Torp, Otto. [Carulli, Ferdinando. (1770-1841) & Molino, Francois. (1755-1847) & Giuliani, Mauro. (1781-1829)]. Instruction Book for the Spanish Guitar... by Otto Torp, Teacher of the Spanish Guitar. New York: Engraved, Printed and Sold by E. Riley. [1829]. Instruction Book for the Spanish Guitar, selected from the works of F. Carulli, F. Molino & M. Guiliane [sic], Professors to the Conservatory of Paris: Containing the first Rudiments of Music: the art of fingering the Instrument, with numerous Exercises, Variations, Duetts, an Explanation of the Harmonics & a number of French and English Songs. Compiled, Arranged, and Composed by Otto Torp, Teacher of the Spanish Guitar. Price $2 nett. [PN] 51. 51 pp. 4to. Softcover with plain paper covers and black tape on the spine. Large stain on the title page and through the next several pages; overall foxing; some wear to the binding, but intact and overall in very good condition. Together with an additional copy of the title page and of pp. 49-51.
One of the earliest guitar tutors to be published in the USA, this volume contains basic instructions on holding and tuning the instrument, a glossary of musical terms, several pages of scales, increasingly complex exercises and short pieces, and twelve songs in French and English with guitar accompaniments, as well as an attractive full-page engraving of a lady playing the guitar. Torp, a "professor," music publisher and piano manufacturer, issued another guitar tutor in 1834 under the title, "New and Improved Method for the Spanish Guitar."