CD: The Morkov Project: Musical Life in 19th-Century St. Petersburg: Works for Russian Seven-String Guitar and Fortepiano keyboards like the NMM’s 1815

keyboards like the NMM’s 1815 Thÿm grand piano were making their own effects through ingenious pedal actions

Volume 5 includes 300 pages in an 8-1/2" x 11" format with full color illustrations and an accompanying DVD of musical examples performed on instruments from the Utley Collection

some for their associations with great performers

by Antonio and Girolamo Amati

written by leading scholars in the field of American band history

CD: The Morkov Project: Musical Life in 19th-Century St. Petersburg: Works for Russian Seven-String Guitar and Fortepiano keyboards like the NMM’s 1815The Morkov Project: Musical Life in 19th Century St. Petersburg: Works for Russian Seven String Guitar and Fortepiano This recording is based on a little known manuscript for guitar and fortepiano held at the Glinka Museum of Music in Moscow. On one level, the album aims to support the revival of the Russian seven string guitar, an instrument with its own distinctive tuning (DGBdgbd), rich history, and unique repertoire. On another, it uses this