ANTONIO DE TORRES Guitar Maker biography Life & Work rare book Julian Bream 1997
This is “Antonio de Torres: Guitar Maker -- His Life and Work,” by Jose´ L Romanillos and Marian Harris Winspear, a softcover book manufactured by Bold Strummer in 1997. It runs 338 pages and features illustrations, with a foreword by Julian Bream...
Antonio de Torres Jurado was a Spanish guitarist and luthier, and "the most important Spanish guitar maker of the 19th century." It is with his designs that the first recognisably modern classical guitars are to be seen. Most acoustic guitars in use today are derivatives of his designs.
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