Philip J. Bone, from his book The Guitar and Mandolin.

Philip James Bone (29 January 1873 – 17 June 1964) was an English mandolinist and guitar player in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]

Life

Bone was born and died in Luton. He studied guitar and mandolin with G. B. Marchiso at Trinity College of Music, London. Making fast progress, he was chosen to perform Beethoven's Sonata and Adagio for mandolin and piano at a college recital. He was also the founder and conductor of the Luton Mandolin Orchestra, "probably the first British mandolin orchestra to play on the mainland of Europe", conducted in Paris in 1909. In 1951, he became president of the British Federation of Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitarists.[2]

While his day-to-day work was as a teacher and music dealer, he is remembered today as the author of the book The Guitar and Mandolin: Biographies of Celebrated Players and Composers for These Instruments, published by Schott and Augener (London, 1914). He was also a Medallist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London. Other honours given him include being a medallist at the International Music Contests in Bologne, medallist in the International Music Contest in France (1st Prize Honours), and medalist of the I.U.M. in London. He conducted of the Luton Mandolin Orchestra.[3][4][5]

Besides sheet music, Bone also sold musical instruments, as shown in this 1914 advertisement from the back of his book.

His book The Guitar and Mandolin is a comprehensive look at the composers and players of these two instruments up to 1914. He advertised his book on his company letterhead in 1915, saying it was "the only compendium of invaluable information concerning these instruments", and "lives of 300 of the most celebrated players and composers. Facts hitherto unpublished."[6] In writing the book, Bone did not include people living at the time, as he felt that it was the job of future historians to decide who would be notable. The book contains biographies for composers and musicians throughout western Europe. Many of those in his book who were prominent have been forgotten today, and the book has information not readily available elsewhere. Later in 1953, Bone wrote to Vahdah Olcott-Bickford, who had assisted him with his book. He told her he had continued the research since his book was printed and was trying to get another edition published with his new information. He was having difficulty finding a publisher willing to take a risk on a new edition.[7]

List of biographies in The Guitar and Mandolin

NamePagePortrait pageInstrument PlayedTrivia
Abreu, Don A.9guitarwrote Method for playing perfectly the guitar, with five or six strings
Abt, Valentine1011mandolin, harp, guitarDuo Method
Aguado, Dionisio910guitar
Aibl, Joseph12guitar
Aichelburg12mandolin
Aimon, Pamphile Leopold François12guitar, violin
Albaneze13guitar
Albrechtsberger13organteacher to Beethoven
Alday14mandolin, violin
Allix14guitarexecuted 1664 for sorcery
Ambrosche, Joseph Charles14guitar
Duchess Amelia, Anna15guitar
Amon, Johann Andreas15guitar, violin, horn, piano
Anelli, Joseph16guitarauthor of New Method for the Guitar and History of the Guitar
Araciel, Don Diego,17violin, guitar
Armanini, Pietro1716mandolin
Arnold, Johann Gottfried18cello, guitar
Arnold, Friedricii Wilhelm19piano, guitar
Arnold, Charles20piano, guitar
Arrevalo, Miguel S.20
Asioli, Bonifacio20piano, mandolin, bass, guitar
Baillon, Pierre Joseph20guitarauthor of New Method for the Guitar
Baillot, Pierie Maria Francois de Sales20violin
Barco, Va21guitar
Bathioli, Francois21guitar
Bertioli, Alex22guitarauthor of Complete Method for the Guitar and Forty-four Progressive Lessons
Baumbach, Frederick August22guitar, mandolin
Bayer, Anton2222flute, guitar
Bayer, Edward2322guitar, zitherpseudonym A. Caroli
Beethoven, Ludwig van25piano, mandolin, violinpicture of Beethoven's mandolin page 26
Bellenghi, Giuseppe3332violincello, mandolinpublished Method for the Mandolin in four languages
Beniezki, S.35guitar, harp-guitarinvented the "harpolyre" (harp-guitar) and the "aclipolyra" (double-bass guitar)
Benzon, Siegfried35guitar, violin
Berard, Jean Batiste35guitar, singer
Berggreen, Andreas Peter36guitar, voice
Berlioz, Hector3636guitar, cello, violinpicture of Berlioz/Paganini guitar page 40
Bevilaqua, M.40guitar, flute
Birnbach, Henry August40guitar, violincello, pianocreated a guitar with detachable neck and fingerboard
Blum, Carl Ludwig42guitarComposer to the Court of the King of Prussia
Borowicz, J. N.45guitar
Boccherini, Luigi47violincello
Boom, Jan van50flute
Bornhardt, J.H.C.50guitar, piano
Bortolazzi, Bartolomeo5150mandolin
Bott, J.J.52violin, guitar
Boulley (Du), Aubery Prudent Louis53guitar
Bracco C.A.5554mandolin, violin
Brand, Alexander5656guitar
Brand J.P. de56author of Sonata in C. major for guitar and violin
Branzoli, Giuseppe57violin, mandolin, guitarTheoretical and practical method for the mandolin (1875)
Brecneo, Luis58guitar
Bremner, Robert58guitar
Brunet, Pierre59mandore, mandola, mandolinauthor of Tablature de Mandore
Burgmuller, Frederick59piano, guitar
Butignot, Alphonse59guitar
Buttinger, Charles Conrad60violin, flute, guitar, piano
Calegari, Francesco60guitar
Caliginoso60guitarStage name Caliginoso has been identified as Giovanni Paulo Foscarini.
Call, (De) Leonard61mandolin, guitar
Call, Thomas62guitar, harpsichord, organ
Camerloher, Placidus von62guitar, violin
Campion, Francois63guitar, lute
Carbonchi, Antonio63guitar
Carcassi, Matteo6362guitar
Carulli, Ferdinando6766guitarpicture of Carulli's guitar, page 70
Castellacci, Luigi72mandolin, guitar
Chevesailles73author of New Method for the Guitar and Petite Méthode de Violin
Chrysander, William Christian73guitar
Cifolelli, Giovanni73mandolin
Corbetti, Francisco74guitar
Cornet, Julius74guitar, vocalist
Costa, Pasquale Mario76playwright
Coste, Napoleon77guitarPicture of his guitar, page 78
Craeijvanger, Karel Arnoldus78guitar, violin
Cristofaro, Ferdinando, de7880mandolin
Darr, Adam8182guitar, zither
Della Maria, Domenico83mandolin
Denis Pierre85mandolinAlso known as Pietro Denis
Denza, Luigi85mandolin, voice
Derosiers, Nicolas86guitar
Derwort, George Henry86guitar
Diabelli, Anton86guitar, piano
Doche, Joseph Denis90guitar, violin, double bassvaudeville composer
Doisy, Charles90guitar, violinalso known as Doisy Lintant
Dorn, James91horn, guitar
Dotzauer, Justus Johann Friedrich92guitar, piano, double bass, violincello, violin
Dragonetti, Domenico93double bass, guitar, violin
Drouet, Louis François Philippe95guitar, flute
Dubez, John95mandolin, harp, guitar, zither
Edel, George96guitar, violin
Ehlers, William96guitar, voice
Ellis, Herbert J.9696mandolin, guitarbooks Tutor for Mandolin, Thorough School for Guitar, Thorough School for Mandolin
Ernst, Franz Anton98violin, guitarperformer, instrument maker, composer Franz_Anton_Ernst Franz Anton Ernst
Eulenstein, Carl99100violin, guitar, flute, jewsharp, French hornKarl Eulenstein (Musiker)
Farbach, Joseph101guitarJoseph Fahrbach
Ferandiere, Don Ferdinando102106guitarFernando Ferandier
Ferranti, Marc Aurelio Zani de102guitar
Ferrer, Manuel Y106guitarBorn in California. Played Spanish guitar
Fiorillo, Federigo108mandolin, violin
Fischof, Joseph109guitar, piano
Fouchetti, Giovanni110Also known as Fouquet
Fridzeri, Alexandro Marie Antoin110Also known by last name "Frixer"
Fürstenau112A family of musicians, including Kaspar Fürstenau, Anton Bernhard Fürstenau, Moritz Fürstenau
Gade, Niels Wilhelm114guitar, violin, pianoforte
Gambara, Carlo Antonio114mandolin
Gansbacher, John114organ, piano, guitar, cello
Garat, Pierre Jean117guitar, voice
Garcia, Manuel del Popolo–Vicente117voice, guitarFather of a family of musicians, including Manuel García (baritone)
Gassner, Ferdinand Simon119voice, violin, guitar
Gatayes, Guillaume Pierre Antoine119guitar, harp
Gaude, Theodore120guitar, flute
Geminiani, Francesco121violin, guitar
Genlis, Félicité Stephanie, Countess de122harp, guitar
Giardini, Felice de122voice, violin, guitar
Gilles, Henri Noel123oboe, guitarBrother to Peter Gilles
Giuliani, Mauro124124guitar"one of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar virtuoso the world has ever known"
Glaeser, Charles Gotthilf131violin, guitar
Gollmick, Carl131voice, guitar, pianoCarl Gollmick
Göpfert, Carl Andreas132132piano, organ, guitar, clarinet, other woodwinds
Götz, Alois Joseph133134guitar, violin
Gouglet, Pierre Marie134organ, guitar
Gounod, Charles134piano, guitarPicture of Gounod's guitar, page 136
Graeffer, Antoine136guitar
Gragani, Filippo137guitar
Granata, Giovanni Battista
Grétry, André Ernest Modeste137
Gruber, Franz140organ, guitar
Guichard, Francis141guitar
Handel, George Frederick141spinet, organ, violin, oboe, harpsichord
Harder, August144guitar, piano
Haslinger Tobias145guitarmusic publisher and composer. Tobias Haslinger
Hauptmann, Moritz146violin, guitar
Hauschka, Vincent147mandolin, violinLast name also "Hauska". Composed for mandolin, violincello
Held, Bruno147flute, guitar
Held, John Theobald147voice, guitar
Henkel, Michel148guitar, organ, piano
Himmel Friedrich Heinrich148guitar
Holland, Justin149guitarAfrican-American music teacher
Horetzky, Felix149guitar
Hucke, George H.152152mandolin
Huerta, y Katurla Don A. F.152154guitar, voice
Hummel, Johan Nepomuk155160pianoforte, guitar, mandolin
Hünten, Franz160piano, guitar
Hünten, Peter Ernest161piano, guitarbrother to Franz Hünten
Janon, Charles De161162guitar, violin, pianoagent for C.F. Martin & Co.
Jansa, Leopold162violin, guitar, glute
Joly162guitar, violinJoly's great tutor for the guitar published 1793. Died 1819.
Kapeller, Johann Nepomuk163guitar, flute
Keller, Karl163flute, guitar
Klage, Charles163guitar, piano
Klier, Josef164guitar
Klingenbrunner, Wilhelm164guitar, flute
Knize, Franz Max164guitar
Kohler, Henry165flute, guitar, piano
Korner, Theodore165168poetry, guitar
Kraus168guitar, violin
Krebs, Franz Xaver168voice, guitar
Kreutzer, Conradin168guitar
Kreutzer, Joseph169guitar
Krumpholz, Wenzel169mandolinbrother to Johann Baptist Krumpholz (harpist and composer)
Kucharz, Johann Baptist170organ, mandolin
Kuffner, Joseph170172guitar, violin
Kuhnel, Frederick174guitar
Kummer, Gaspard174guitar, flute, voice
Labarre, Trille175guitar
Lang, Alexander175guitar, piano
Laurentiis, Carmine de175Mandolin
Lebedeff, Vasiliĭ Petrovich176176guitarVIAF 47189366
Ledhuy, Adolf176guitar
Leduc, Alphonse177guitar, bassoon, pianopart of a musical family and music publish business
Legnani, Luigi177guitarfriend to guitarist and music publisher Maximilian Josef Leidesdorf
Leidesdorf, Maximilian Joseph179guitar, pianomusic publisher, friend of Franz Schubert and Beethoven
Leite, Antonio da Silva179guitar
Lemoine, Antoine Marcel180guitar, violin, violamusic publisher
Lenau, Nicolas181poetry, guitar, violinpicture of his guitar page 182
Leone182mandolin, violin
Le Roy, Adrian182lute, guitar, voicewrote A short and easy instruction book for the guiterne or guitar 1578
Lfleche183guitar
L'Hoyer, Antoine183guitar
Lickl, Aegidius Carl183guitar, piano
Light, Edward184guitarinvented a harp-lute and a dital-harp
Lincke, Joseph184violincello, guitar
Lintant, Charles185violin, guitar
Litzius, C186guitar
Lorenz, Friedrich August186violin, guitar, bassoon
Lully, Jean Baptiste187guitar, violin
Magnien, Victor187violin, guitar
Mahler,Gustav189
Malibran, Maria Felicita189voice, guitar, piano
Mara, Gertrude Elisabeth190violin, guitar, voice
Marschner, Heinrich191voice, guitar
Mascheroni, Angelo193mandolin, guitar, voice
Matiegka, Wenzel194guitar
Mattera, Belisario194mandolin
Mayseder, Joseph194196violin, guitar
Meissonnier, Antoine and Joseph196guitarbrothers, music publishing and guitar players; incorrect names (!), correct are Jean-Antoine and Jean-Racine.
Merchi, Giacomo198mandolin, guitar
Merk, Joseph199violincello, violin, guitar, voice
Merrick, Arnold199guitar, organ
Mertz, Johann Kaspar200guitar
Methfessel, Albert Gottlieb207guitar
Miksch208voice, guitar
Mirecki, Francois208piano, guitar
Molino, Don Francois V.209guitar, violin
Molitor, J.210guitarnot Molitor, Simon J. (1766–1848)
Montesardo, Giacomo210guitar
Moscheles, Ignaz210piano, guitar
Mounsey, Elizabeth213guitar, organ
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus214mandolin
Munier Carlo218220mandolingrand nephew of Pasquale Vinaccia of naples "the perfector of the modern Italian mandolin"
Mussini, Noël222guitar, violin, voice
Naumann, Johann Gottlieb222guitar
Nava, Antonio Maria223guitar, voice
Neuhauser, Leopold224guitar, mandolin
Neuland, W.224guitar
Neuling, Vincent225mandolinSonata for mandolin & piano in G major
Niedzielski, Joseph225guitar, violin
Nüske, J. A.225guitar
Oberleitner, Andrew225mandolin, guitar
Padovetz, Johann226guitar
Paganini, Nicolo226228violin, mandolin, guitar
Paisiello, Giovanni236mandolin, voice
Payer, Hieronimous238piano, guitar, mandolin
Pelzer, Ferdinand239240guitarFerdinand_Pelzer
Petterletti, Pierre240guitar
Petzmayer, Johann240zither, guitar
Picchianti, Luigi241guitar
Pleyel, Ignaz Joseph242violin, piano, guitarmusic publisher; "first to publish Hayden's quartets"
Präger, Heinrich Aloys243violin, guitar
Pratten, Mdm. Sidney244244guitarnee Catherina Josepha Pelzer, married Robert Sydney Pratten. Catherina Josepha Pratten
Pugnani, Gaetano245violin, guitar
Radziwil, Anton Heinrich246guitar, violincellonobility:Prince of, "Statthalter" of Posen
Regondi, Giulio247250guitar, concertina
Rode, Jacques Pierre Joseph253violin, guitar
Rolla, Alessandro254piano, violin, guitar, viola
Romberg, Bernhard255violincelloat least one composition that includes guitar
Romero, Luis T256guitarstudied under Miguel S. Arrevalo
Roser von Reiter, Franz de Paula256guitar
Rossini, Gioachino Antonio256256guitarinspired by Paganini's guitar playing
Rudersdorff, Joseph258violin, guitar
Rugion, Beuclair258guitar
Sagrini, Luigi259guitar
Salieri, Antonio259Composed with mandolin parts
Salomon, M.261guitar, harp-lyre, harpolyre
Salvayre, Gervais Bernard261organ, mandolin, guitar, piano
Scheidler, Christian George262guitar
Schenk Decker, F.262guitarguitar maker, son of Friedrich Schenk (a guitar luthier, forman in the workshop of Johann Georg Stauffer).
Schlick, Johann Conrad263cello, mandolinhusband of Regina Strinasacchi
Schnaebel, Joseph Ignaz264violin, guitar, organ
Schneider, Charles Adam265266guitar
Schubert, Franz Peter265guitar, violin, piano
Schulz, Leonard268guitarhis brother Edward Schultz played piano for Beethoven as a child
Schumann, Frederic270guitar
Sczepanowski, Stanislous270guitar, cello
Sellner, Joseph272guitar, oboe
Percy Bysshe Shelley272guitarentry titled "Shelley's Guitar," includes his poem "With a Guitar"
Sivori, Ernesto Camillo275violin
Carlo Sodi275mandolinoperatic composer
Sokolowski, Markus Danilowitsch276276guitarfriend of Nicolas Rubenstein
Sola, Charles Michel Alexis277guitar, flute
Ferdinand Sor278282guitar
Sotos, Andre286guitar
Soussmann, Henry287flute, violin, guitar
Spina, Andre287guitar
Spinelli, Niccola287composed for mandolin in opera A basso porto, the part called Intermezzo for mandolins and orchestra
Spohr, Louis288violincomposed for violin, guitar, viola, cello, bass
Stegmayer, Ferdinand290guitar, violin, piano
Steibelt, Daniel290piano, harpsichord, guitar
Stoessel, Nicolas291voice, piano, organ, flute, violin, guitar
Stoll, Franz Paul292guitar
Straube, Rudolph292guitar, harpsichord
Strauss, Franz292guitar, French horn
Strobel, Valentin293lute, mandolin
Sussmayer, Franz Xaver293guitar
Sychra, Andreas Ossipovich293-294guitarMethod for the guitar of seven strings
Tarrega, Francisco294294Method for the guitar of seven strings,taught the virtuosi Pujol and Llobet
Thompson, Thomas Perronet294-295guitarenharmonic guitar
Triebensee, Joseph295oboe, guitar
Vailati, Giovanni296295-296Lombardy mandolin
Verdi, Giuseppe296composermandolin and guitar...manifested an active interest in the advancement

of these instruments

Verini, Phillipe Raphael Jean Baptiste297guitar, vocalist, composermethod: First riders of a Spanish guitar
Vidal, B.297guitar, composer
Vimercati, Pietro298mandolinearly mandolin virtuoso, toured Europe early 1800s
Wanczura, Joseph299guitar, piano, composer
Wanhall, John Baptist299violin, guitar, compositionalt. Vanhall. no less

than a hundred symphonies, a like number of quartets, numerous masses and other church music, much piano music and many compositions for the guitar

Wassermann, Heinrich300violin, guitar
Weber, Carl Maria300300-306guitar, piano, composerfounder of German opera. author of more than ninety songs with guitar accompaniment, and in addition, many compositions for the guitar in combination with other instruments.
Weber, Gotfried306-308composer, musical theorist, guitar, flute, piano, violin-celloclose friend of Carl Maria Weber
Wyssotzki, Michael Th.3083087-string guitarpupil of the great virtuoso Sychra,
Zumsteeg, Johann Rudolf308violin-cello, guitar
Bertucci, Constantino310309mandolin, guitarmethod: Method for the mandolin, in three parts
Donizetti, Gaetano310opera composerwrote for the guitar
Hummel, J. N.310-312opera composerwrites for guitar; Concerto for the mandolin

See also

References

  1. Maurice J. Summerfield: The Classical Guitar. Its Evolution, Players and Personalities Since 1800, 5th edition (Blaydon-on-Tyne: Ashley Mark, 2002), p. 63.
  2. Summerfield (2002).
  3. "Letter from Philp J. Bone to Vahdah Olcott-Bickford, February 11, 1913". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  4. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911, Registration District: Luton, Registration District Number: 178, Sub-registration District: Luton, ED, institution, or vessel: 22, Household Schedule Number: 19, Piece: 9015.
  5. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966.
  6. "Letter from Philip J. Bone to Vahdah Olcott-Bickford, February 19, 1915". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  7. "Letter from Philip J. Bone to American Guitar Society, February 2, 1953". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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