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Guitar: José Romanillos, UK/Spanish builder. (1979)
Date: Purchased by Bream on 1979
Notes:
Sources
The Renaissance Guitar was used for the following tracks:
¡Guitarra! A Musical Journey Through Spain (the TV series)
Mudarra: Fantasía XIV
¡Guitarra! The Guitar in Spain (the companion LP release)
Mudarra: Fantasía XIV
Guitar: José Romanillos, UK/Spanish builder. (1984)
Date: Purchased by Bream on 1984
Notes
-Built specifically for Julian Bream
-"Back and ribs in cypress wood with one transverse bar on the back. The spruce sound-board has two transverse bars, a carved rose and is decorated with a chequer-board design. The inner joints are reinforced with linen tape. The neck and head are cedar-wood and the head is veneered in rosewood. It has wooden tuning pegs made in box-wood and a rosewood bridge. The ebony fingerboard is flush with the soundboard and has ten nylon frets and an ivory nut. The scale length is 600mm." [1]
-Sold in 2007 by Kent Guitar Classics
-Click on the KGC link for more information on this guitar.
Sources:
1-¡Guitarra! Julian Bream and José L. Romanillos, 1985 (LP booklet)
The Baroque Guitar was used for the following tracks:
¡Guitarra! A Musical Journey Through Spain (the TV series)
Gaspar Sanz: Canarios
Gaspar Sanz: Passacalles
Gaspar Sanz: Galliardas (rehearsal on train)
Gaspar Sanz: Galliardas
Francisco Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Canario
Francisco Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Mariona
Francisco Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Villano
Santiago de Murcia: Prelude y Allegro for guitar
¡Guitarra! The Guitar in Spain (the companion LP release)
Gaspar Sanz: Galliardas
Gaspar Sanz: Passacalles
Gaspar Sanz: Canarios
Francisco Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Canario
Santiago de Murcia: Prelude y Allegro para Guitar
Guitar: José Romanillos, UK/Spanish builder. (1982)
Date: Purchased by Bream on 1982
Notes
-Built specifically for Julian Bream
-Sold in 2007 by Kent Guitar Classics
-Click on the KGC link for more information on this guitar.
Renaissance (four-course ) Guitar
José Romanillos 1984
Spanish Vihuela
José Romanillos 1983
The Spanish Vihuela was used for the following tracks:
¡Guitarra! A Musical Journey Through Spain (the TV series)
de Milan: El Maestro- Fantasía XXIII
de Milán: El Maestro-Pavana VI
Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro III, La Cancion del Emperador
Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro V, Ya Se Asiente el Rey Ramiro
Narváez: Los seys libros del delphín; Libro VI, Conde Claros
Mudarra: Romanesca,
Mudarra: Fantasía X
¡Guitarra! The Guitar in Spain (the companion LP release)
de Milán: Fantasía XXII (on vihuela )
de Narváez: La Canción del Emperador (on vihuela )
de Narváez: Diferencias de 'Conde Claros' para guitar (on vihuela )
Mudarra: Fantasía X (on vihuela )
Early Period Guitars:
Early period guitars owned by Julian Bream while a professional guitarist.
Baroque Guitar
José Romanillos 1983
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