REVIEW by Piero Viti in the Italian journal Guitart, 1999:
Pubblicato della Tecla, “La Guitarra en Cataluña, 1769-1939” dello
studioso Josep Maria Mangado Artigas è un ricco e prezioso contributo
per la storia della chitarra … ineccepibile dal punto di vista
scientifico … abbondanza di notizie inedite … Siamo di fronte ad
un ampio ed esaustivo lavore, ulteriore prezioso contributo alla
chiarezza della storia e dell’evoluzione della chitarra in una della
terre que maggiormente ha segnato le sorti di questo strumento.
(Published by Tecla, “La Guitarra en Cataluña, 1769-1939” by
the researcher Josep Maria Mangado Artigas is a rich and valuable
contribution to the history of the guitar … irreproachable from the
scientific point of view … abundance of unpublished data … We are
looking at an ample and exhaustive work, casting light on the history
and evolution of the guitar in one of the lands which have most shaped
the fortunes of this instrument.)
REVIEW from Early Music Review, December 1999:
This book helps to fill a gap in music history, well supported by
extensive documentation and illustrations ... A wealth of information,
documents, and interesting stories much of which is available for the
aficionado and expert alike for the first time.
REVIEW from the Spanish classical music magazine Ritmo,
September 1999:
Este libro, cuyo
presencia física se asemeja mucho a unos “apuntes” de facultad,
tiene mucho valor. … La información acerca del tema tratado es
grande, es buena, es valiosa y, sobre todo, es singular teniendo en
cuenta de que se habla de un instrumento como la guitarra. Obviamente
para catalanes y no catalanes.
REVIEW by Rafaël Andia
in Cahiers de la Guitare, December 1999:
Ce livre monumental se présente comme une mine
d’informations sur la guitare classique en Catalogne. …
L’ouvrage fourmille de détails biographiques…
Catalunya
Música-Revista Musical Catalana, nº 185, març-2000.
Josep
Maria Mangado és un investigador d'una gran honestedad. Les seves
aportacions mostren un rigor fet a força d'hores de recorregut per
arxius i fonts documentals de tota mena fins a arribar a unes
constatacions d'una poc menys que absoluta fiabilitat. En aquest
sentit, i com a mostra ben significativa, cal fer esment de les
ampliacions i en força casos rectificacions de dades assumides fins
ara, o la ratificació definitiva, d'acord amb noves certificacions
documentals, d'hipòtesis històriques determinades. Aquest és un mèrit
molt important que l'autor porta fins a límits molt sublimats.
As a supplement to Anexo N of his book La Guitarra en Cataluña,
Josep Maria Mangado has now contributed a new section on
references to the guitar in the Gazeta de Barcelona in the
1780s, including some interesting references, at this early date, to
music for guitar with the new six strings.
An e-mail about the
history of the diary "Calaix de Sastre". (May 1999).
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