by Leiermann | Jul 18, 2021 | Biographies music, Biographies music, Guitar and Lute
Johann Kaspar Mertz by Thomas Siemens Johann Kaspar Mertz and his tragic success If one were to plot the amount of guitar literature by quantity on a timeline, one might notice that the guitar falls into a valley in the second half of the 19th century, after which it... 
by Leiermann | Oct 18, 2020 | Guitar and Lute
To the distant one by Thomas Siemens To the distant one – Johann Kaspar Mertz “Is this really how I lost you?Have you, O fair one, escaped me?Still ringing in your earsEvery word, every sound.” Thus begins the poem “To the Distant”...
