Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 8
Abbreviations 10
Introduction 12
Chapter 1 The Guitar in the Time of Anne Stuart, Princess and Queen (1665-1714) 21
Chapter 2 'So languishing and so portable': The English Guitar 38
Chapter 3 'More harmonious and pleasing': The Spanish Guitar Returns 63
Chapter 4 The 1800 Moment 89
Chapter 5 Mixing Memory and Desire: The Peninsular War 111
Chapter 6 Careers in the Provinces, Fernando Sor in London 132
Chapter 7 The Guitar and the 'Middle Ranks of Life' 149
Chapter 8 The Guitar Going Places 171
Chapter 9 Women and Men 188
Chapter 10 The Guitar and the Working Classes 211
Conclusion 224
Appendix 1 Sources for the Term 'English guit(t)ar' 231
Appendix 2 Trinidad Huerta's Concerts and Other Activities in England, 1827-30 234
Notes 237
Bibliography 269
Picture Credits 291
Index 292
