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FEBRULRY 1974 OL. I, No. 1

RESELRCH IN PROGRESS

1 . The Development o f C lassic Guitar Techniques as R eflected in

Methods and Tutors, c. 178 0-18 50. Doctoral dissertation in progress

Indiana University. Lnyone having material of relevance to this

study should communicate with Paul Cox,

03 East White (B-14),

Champaign, Ill. 618 20.

2 . Frederick Noad is preparing an anthology of guitar music of the

classical period, and would appreciate hearing of original editions

of particular interest, including Paganini solos. Lnyone having

material of interest should communicate with Frederick Noad, 3160

Mountain View Drive, Laguna Beach, California 92651.

3.

There is a new edition o f Gro ve's Dictionary of Music and Musicians

under way. The Guitar article has been assigned to Ian Harwo od of

England, the Guitar bibliography to Thomas Heck of the US L. Heck

reports his bibliography complete and already submitted. Publication

may be expected in 19 74 or 19 75 , but copies of the Guitar bibli-

ography are being made available by Dr. Heck to interested scholars

for $1.00 per copy. Write to Thomas F. Heck (address on back page).

4 .

Mr. Llois Mauerhofer, Elizabethstrasse 93 8010

Graz, Lustria, was

reported working on a doctoral dissertation at the University of

Graz on Leonard von Call, early 19th c. guitarist active in Vienna

who is best remembered for his serenades for guitar and strings.

5 .

Mr. R ob ert Strizich, c/o M ichael Lorimer, 27 45 Regent St., Berkeley,

CL 94705, is currently completing a translation and transcription of

Gaspar Sanz' Instruccion de Musica Sobre la Guitarra Espanola (1674).

Schott & Co. in London intends to publish this scholarly performing

edition. Earlier, Strizich transcribed the complete works of Robert

de Visee and published it in Paris with Heugel firm, in the Pupitre

Series No. 1.5.

6.

Mr. Richard Pinnell is currently doing a dissertation under the

guidance of Prof. Richard Hudson at UC LL entitled: The Guitar Music

of Francesco Corbetta (1615-1681) . Dr. Hudson completed his disser-

tation at UCLL in

1967

on the topic The Development of Italian

Keyboard Variations on the Passacaglio and Ciaccona from Guitar

Music In tile

17th

Century .

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THE GFA's LEGAL STATUS - AN INTERIM REPORT

At last summer's National Guitar Convention, the particip ants

voted to form a national organization for the guit ar that would not

be so much a professional society as one directed toward e ducational

and cultural ends. Both types of organizations are recognized by law

as non-profit, but while the former can be a powerful lobbying force

(like the Sierra Club), the latter must abstain from all po litical

activities. One is professional, the other benevolent. The govern-

ment classifies these organizations respectively under sec tions 501 (c)

(6) and 501 (c) (3) of the IRS code. Dues to both organizations are

normally tax-deductible, but only the latter can qua lify a donor for

tax exemption in the amount of a contribution.

Why did the sixty to seventy-five dedicated guitarists who founded

this organization vote to apply for (c) (3) status? Because, as I

See

it, the guitar is socially arid professionally well spoken for.

There are about thirty active guitar societies in N orth America which

benefit guitarists directly at the local level. And there is the

American String Teachers Association (ASTA), a (c) (6) organization,

which capably represents the classic guitar in the p rincipal forum of

higher education: the Music Educators National Conference (MENU). But

there has so far been no national organization to w ork for the guitar

in a disinterested manner, truly in a benevolent spirit. Who is to

handle legacies of guitar music for all of us? This is a very serious

matter nowadays, as there will be large personal collectio ns of music

etc. to care for in the not-too-distant future. Who is to administer

a national guitar archive? disseminate information on current projects?

act as a clearinghouse for guitar curriculum work? for international

news? The mandate is clear.

The original intention of the founders of this organizat ion was

to call it The Guitar Societies of America, or perhaps to paraphrase

the LSA, The Guitar Society of America. But at a pre-incorporation

Board meeting in Santa Barbara, August 2, 1973, the newly-elected

Board of Directors considered favorably Mrs. Bickford 's objections to

these names, as they sound too much like the Americ an Guitar Society.

After serious discussion, we decided to file incorporation papers under

the present name, The Guitar Foundation of America. We reasoned that

although not all foundations are well-endaked, all are inde ed benevolent.

This was our primary consideration.

In the past three months, we have had to take a few legal side-

steps to pull together, with the help of our generous lawyer, Gary

Torre of San Francisco, a minimum number of notarized signatures in

order to file the papers. For the present, the Articles of Incorpor-

ation in Sacramento project only a 3-person Board of Direct ors: myself,

Frederick Noad, and Vahdah Olcott Bickford. But as soon as we receive

our letter from the IRS, we shall amend the Articles of Incorporation

to revert to the seven-member board originally planned. This detour

is necessary for the sake of legal technicalities only, and does not

detract one iota from the mandate under which we ar e working.

I hope that we will be able to report our legal statu s as fully

recognized under Section 501 (c) (3) before the end o f

1974.

Meanwhile,

we should all take precautionary steps to will our personal collections

of music and memorabilia to the Guitar Found ation of America. This is

bound to be our best hope, and the best hope of futur e generations of

guitarists.

Thomas F. Heck

Chairman, Board of Directors

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LNNOUNCEMENT - 1st LNNULL BOLRD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

The annual Board of Directors meeting will be March 22, 1974, 1:30 P.M.

at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Gary Poort, 9441 Lsbury Circle, Westminster ,

California 92683. L map will b e sent to each Board member by Thoma s F.

Heck, Chairman of the Board.

THE CLLSSIC GUITLR LT MENC CONVENTION IN ANLHEIM, CLLIFORNIL

The

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MENC National Convention will be held at the Lnaheim Conven-

tion Center in California. The guitar will be featured fr om Saturday,

March 23, to Tuesday, March 26. On Saturday, guitar manufacturers from

all over the world will ha ve booths set-up to display their products.

Saturday afternoon the topics of Beginning Guitar - Solo Guitar, and

Lpplication of Guitar Techniques will be presented. The LSTA Guitar

Committee will present The Classic Guitar: Versatility with Stability

on Sunday, March 24. The committee, consisting of Thomas Y. Heck, Roy

Petschauer and Ronald Purcell, will present lectures and recitals for

the enjoyment of the listener. The program for Sunday is as follows:

1

The Endearing and Enduring Lspects of the Guitar - Thomas F. Heck

(Case Western Reserve University)

RESPONDENT: Thomas E. Greene (University of Rhode Island and

Providence Public School System)

2 .

Selected Ensemble Music for the Guitar, classic and modern

settings with guitar, selected and introduced by Ronald Purcell

(California State University, Northridge)

- movements from Bailleux and Paganini .

.Endre Granat, violin

Ronald Purcell, guitar

Larry Munson, guitar

Jean Welles, guitar

George Vick, guitar

Joseph Glaser, guitar

- selections from recent works by

Daniel Kessner (California State

University, Northridge)

3 .

Toward Versatility in Guitar Technique, recent trends in guitar

instruction discussed by Laron Shearer (Peabody Conservatory,

Baltimore), assisted by David Starobin (Peabody Conservatory)

RESPONDENT: Roy Petschauer (Washington State University, Pullman)

On Tuesday morning, March 26, the subject will be The Guitar ....

Recreation or Education?

The fees charged for the Convention will also enable the participants

to enjoy Disneyland Monday evening March 25, at whi ch time all of the

facilities will be open to MENC members and Convention goers as a

private party.

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We are indeed grateful to Joseph Smith, of Sherman Oaks, California, for the pro-

fessional finalizing of the GFA logo. Mr. Smith is well known in the motion

picture and TV industries for his illustrations and sculpturing.

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SECRETARY'S REPORT FOR GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (10/73 to 1/74)

With the filing of

fornia in October,

Marteen Lee Poort,

program of monthly

the incorporation papers with the State of Cali-

the Executive Committee (Ronald Purcell, President;

V-Pros.; George Gregory, Secy/Treas.) started a

meetings. The following is a summary of activities:

a )

Selection and preparation of our GFA logo . Artwork completed and

negatives made for printing.

b )

Preparation of a membership cover letter which has been mailed to

approximately 600 addresses.

c )

Selection of our newsletter t itle - The S oundboard. Articles have

been solicited and co mpiled for this first issue.

d )

Curriculum Committee appointed.

e )

Checking account opened, P.O. Box in Santa Barbara requisitioned.

f )

Corresponded with the California Arts Commission and National

Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC) to determine possibility of

GFA receiving grants. Continuing correspondence and investigation

is proceeding.

The committee is cognizant of the need to develop a respected organi-

zation, a quality membership and to secure a healthy treasury. Other

t han f o r mee ting ac t ual opera ting expenses, o ur finances in the

immediate future will be used for grants to scholars, support of the

archive project and t he curriculum development project.

Membership - In addition to the GFA members listed below it should be

recalled that all guitar members of ASTA for the period ending 6/30/7 4

are also members of GFL.

Please bear with us a little longer until membership cards and co pies

of our constitut ion and by-laws are printed, and distributed.

GFA ACTIVE MEMBERS

Richard L. Kenyon

Ruben A. Flores

Harold Rabanus, Jr.

Dallas W. Pruett

Sidney D. Millstone

Thomas F. Heck

Abel Nagytothy-Toth

Joseph P. Longo

J. George Gregory

Don Felice Alfino

Larry Johnson

Jack Miller

Diana Todd

Clare M. Callahan

Joe Weidlich

Peter Danner

Lenore Jackson

John C. Tanno

Ronald C. Purcell

Marteen Lee Poort

Frederick M. Noad

Vahdah O. Bickford

Rey de la Torre

Sophocles Papas

G P I . S T U D E N T M E M B E R S

Rebecca Apodaca

David Fitzpatrick

Dena Schoen

Costa Mesa, California

Seal Beach, California

Newport Beach, California

Santa Ana, California

Los Angeles, California

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Montreal, Canada

Ozone Park, New York

Montecito, California

Richmond Hill, New York

Rochester, New York

Laguna Beach, C alifornia

Chicago, Illinois

Cincinnati, Ohio

Washington, D.C.

Palo Alto, California

Austin, Texas

Phoenix, Arizona

Northridge, California

Westminster, California

Laguna Beach, C alifornia

Hollywood, California

San Rafael, California

Washington, D.C.

Felton, California

Anaheim, California

Berkeley, California

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G

e. STUDENT MEMBERS (Cont'd.)

Jean Welles

Jerrold Maims

Javier Calderon

Tom Dancer

GFA INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS

Orange County Guitar Circle

Spring Hill College

Seattle Classic Guitar Society

Stewart-MacDonald Mfg. Co.

Los Angeles, California

Oberlin, Ohio

Bloomington, Indiana

Tacoma, Washington

Westminster, California

Mobile, Alabama

Seattle, Washington

Athens, Ohio

Submitted by

George Gregory, Secy/Treas. GFA

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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL GUITAR CONVENTION

This convention was held at the Francisco Torres Conference Cente r in

Goleta, California during the period August 31-September 2, 1973. The

host organization was ASTA and the committee for the convention was

composed.of Thomas Heck, Ronald Purcell, Roy Petschauer and George

Gregory. The convention was formative in purpose and resulted in the

establishment of the Guitar Foundation of America, Inc.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Income

a )

Payment by hotel guests to the Francisco Torres

for rooms, meals and banquet

$1646.12

b )

Francisco Torres refund for no show

reservations (5

10 ea.)

0.00

c )

Registrati ons at Conven tion (53 @ $5 ea )

265.00

d )

Estra banquet payment (1 k.P. $7)

.00

e )

Contribution by Mr. Neil Kjos

5.00

Tota l $1993:12

Expenses

a )

Amount due Francisco Torres for rooms, meals,

banquet and special services (coffee breaks (2)

cocktail parties (2)

1847.40

b )

Printing, cards, tags, posters, postage

and miscellaneous

1 1 0 . 7 1

c )

Liquor and wine for banquet and (2) cocktail

parties

0.25

T o t a l $ 2 04 8 . 3 6

The resulting deficit of $55.24 was graciously paid for by Thomas F.

Heck. It should also be noted that at the Convention we processed

21 applications for membership in ASTA.

Submitted by

George Gregory

Local Arrangements Chairman

National Guitar Convention

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

A.B.C. Simplified Guitar Method by Steve Graham, ed. by Burdell Mathis,

New York: Criterion Music, 1970. 33pp. This book i s designed for the

person who wants to play songs right away and unfortunately , no

systemati c methodolgy is utilized. The access is based on the short-

cut method of placing note names directly below the notes.

Papas' Flamenco Solos for Guitar by Sophocles Papas, Washington, D.C.:

Columbia, 1955. 11pP. This is a very good collection of easy pieces

for first or second year students interested i n flamenco. Especially

good for those students who find themselves discouraged by the diff-

iculty and ambiguity of the existing editions of flamenco music.

Teachers take note, they motivate the younger student.

Andres Segovia Album of Guitar Solos, Washington, D.C.: Columbia Music

1968. 15pp. This album contains transcriptions of works by Bach, Gluok,

Brahms, Grei g, Purcell, Schumam and one original work by Segovia. The

LP number is given for those works in the album that have been recorded

by Segovia. Like nearly all of Segovia's transcriptions, these are

well done. Also, like almost all of Segovia's transcriptions, these

transcriptions do not concur with what he has recorded.

Publications Received was

Submitted by Larry Munson

(California State University 4

Northridge)

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GUITAR MAGAZINE NEWS

Creative Guitar International is the latest US effort of guitar

magazines and is apparently designed to replace Guitar News . Vol. I

No. 1 was issued in the fall of 1973. The magazine will be published

3 times a year by Mockingbird Press, Box 1275, Edinburg, Texas 78539.

The subscription rate is $ 5.00 a year.

The Guitarist magazine seems to have returned to B.M.G. For infor-

mation concerning this magazine write to B.M.G., Earlhman St., London,

WC2, England.

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HELPFUL HINT FROM THE SEATTLE CLASSIC GUITAR SOCIETY

How many of you who have the very common variety of footstools have

had the problem of the little rubber feet wearing out? We have often

w on d e r e d w h y t h e g u i t a r s t o r e s d i d n ' t c a r r y s p a r e s t o k e e p f r o m

throwing away an otherwise perfectly good footstool. You might be

interested to know that we found (somewhat by accident) an item in a

drug store which fits perfectly. The item is called vaccum base cane

tip . Since these were marked red we assume they come in other colors.

These were size 15 with a 3/8 inside diameter. They are made by Davol

stock #2911.

VIHUELA THESIS

The M.A. Thesis of Ronald Purcell, Esteban Daza, El Parnasso: Analysis, Com-

mentary and Transcriptions, 2 volumes , completed January, 1972, is now shelved in

the library of the Music Department, California State University, Northridge. This

Thesis can only be consulted in the Music Department. The copy in the main library,

Oviatt Library, will be released for inter-library loan in the Winter of 1975.

p

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The GFA SOUNDBOARD is published quarterly and mailed individually to

members, and in bulk to affiliated guitar societies for local distri-

bution. Quantity prices are available to guitar societies and other

music groups as follows:

1-25 copies @..20 each

26-75 copies @ .15 each

76 or more copies @ .10 each

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Membership in the GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA currently is:

$ '3.00 Students (under 21 years of age)

$ 8.00 Active,

810.00 Institutional

1.

The GFA, as a non-profit corporation governed by an elected board

of directors, is legally able to receive, own and care for donations of

rare music, memorabilia, books, sound recordings, and instruments of all

kinds.

he Foundation is making a concerted effort to acquire in

particular gifts and legacies of old or out -of-print guitar music.

Please contact the GFA Archivist to inquire about donatin g, now or in

the future, part or all of your collection for preservation.

rchival

holdings will be ' carefully catalogued and photocopies made available to

GFA members and to the public upon request.

2.

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS: The GFA Soundboard is primarily for news of

interest to national and international readers. The Editor reserves the

right not to print news of strictly local inter est. Please

send contri-

butions of all kinds (concerts, reviews, notices of new publications,

master classes, etc.) to the Editor in time for the publication dead-

lines of January 15, April 15 , July 15, and October 15.

3 .

Scholars and researchers seeking rare books or music potentially in

private hands are welcome to insert a notice of their current research

in The Soundboard.

he notice will be run only once unless otherwise

indicated.

4

Annual dues in the GFA are applicable to the fiscal year starting

July 1 and ending June 30, and are prorated on a six month basis only.

5

The Board of Directors of the GFA urges all serious guitarists

seeking an opportunity to engage in mixed ensemble playin g, or inter-

ested in fostering the guitar in schools and colleges, to join the

American String Teachers Association. Annual dues are 812/Professional,

$4/Student.

Please

make application to Robert Marince, Executive Secre-

tary, 2455 Princeton Pike, Trenton, N.J. 08638.

he

American String

Teacher features

a Guitar Forum by and for guitarists.

6

This newsletter was printed courtesy of the Music Department at

California State University @ Northridge, California.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Abel Nagytothy-Toth (Canada)

Frederick M. Noad (Californ ia)

Rey de la Torre (California)

Vahdah Olcott Bickford

Dr. Thomas F. Heck (Ohio)

John C. Tanno (Ai-izo na)

Sopho cles Papas (Wa sh. D.C.)

(California)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President - Ronald C. Purcell

Vice-President - Marteen Lee Poort

Secreta ry/Treasur er - J. George Gregory

GFA SOUNDBOARD EDITOR - Mart een Lee Poor t,

9441

Asbury Circle,

Westminster, California 92683

GFA SECRETARY/TREASURER - J. George Grego ry, 139 0 Plaza Pacif ica,

Montecito, California 93108

GFA ARCHIVIST - Dr . Thom as F. Heck,

3393

E. Scarborough Road,

Cleveland Height s, Ohio 4411 8

The Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) was established in

1973

as a

non-profit organization incorporated in California.

ur specific

and primary purp oses are set forth in the GFA Charter:

To cultivate , promote, foster, sponsor, and develop understandi ng,

taste, and love of the musical arts and especially to promote interest

in the classic guitar and similar string instruments; to foster the

study of the classic guitar in private studios and at the elementary,

secondary and college levels, and to encourage the development of

innovative curricula in support of these ends; to promote the guitar

as an ensemble instrument partic ularly with other string instruments;

to encourage composition, arrangements, and publications of ensemble

music involving the guitar; and to support scholarly research into

the guitar's history and literature; all of the foregoing purposes

being limited to non-profit educational, cultural, scientific and

charitable ends.

THE SOUNDBOARD

9441

Asbury Circle

Westmi nster, CA 92683

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