Talk:Romantic guitar

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GOLDEN AGE

If one accepts the Romantic period as the first 'golden age' of the repertoire, what is the second? The 20 Century? Where does the definition used come from? I would have thought that since guitar has appropriated the repertoire of the vihuela and lute etc the vihuela repertiore represents the first golden age. RichardJ Christie 07:35, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Torres overlap

The definition "The Romantic guitar is the guitar of the Romantic period of classical music (c.1815-1910)". The period therefore includes Tarrega, Arcas etc. Torres-style instruments had made significant in-roads by 1900. Tarrega did not play an instrument now known as the "romantic guitar" even though his music definitely was romantic in style, more so than the composers listed. Tarrega isn't mentioned amongst the composers. I contend the definition isn't robust enough and gives rise to confusion and contradiction. The later development and parallel use of Torres instruments needs a mention and article needs greater detail on physical characteristics of the Romantic guitar. I'll try to get back to this RichardJ Christie 07:54, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Six-strings, the Standard?

It is, without question, a false statement to claim that by the Romantic Era guitars were "standardised as six-string instruments". The fact is, most of the major guitarists of the time used guitars with more than six strings. These include Carulli, Regondi, Coste, Mertz, Legnani, Dubez, Padovec, Pettoletti, Sychra, Decker-Schenk, Degen, Makaroff, Moretti, and others. Even Fernando Sor wrote some works for guitars with more than six strings.