Giulio Regondi - Etudes no. 1 & 6

Etude no. 1 in C - 0:00, Etude no 6 in D minor 3:13 I recently went to the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University to record and showcase a number of works contained in the incredible Ophee Collection, recently acquired by the University. Perhaps the crowning jewel of the Ophee collection is the only known manuscript of Regondi’s ten etudes. Unfortunately, the manuscript isn’t in Regondi’s hand (in fact, no original Regondi manuscripts are known to exist), instead, the manuscript was done by a contemporary of Regondi, Ivan Andreevich Klinger, whom Regondi had apparently given his scores. The quest that Matanya Ophee endured in order to retrieve the score is a really great story, and can be found in the forward of his edition of these etudes. While I was at the university I was able to look at the manuscript, and discuss it will Adam Kossler, Douglas James, and Gary Boye, who are all very knowledgable on all things guitar related. One very interesting f