Name/Title
Method for Guitar, Oversize MT582.C2Entry/Object ID
2024.368.1Description
Method for the guitar by M. CarcassiContext
The book belonged to Arabella Lucy Hunter Maxwell b. 1847 d. 1914. Maxwell was born in the original "long house" located in the Wisconsin Phalanx settlement in Ceresco, near what now is Ceresco Park on Union Street. She was the first white female born in Ceresco/Ripon. After attending Ripon College, Maxwell studied at Music Vale Seminary from October 1865 until September 1866. Operating from 1835 until September 1876, Music Vale was a music conservatory for women and the first accredited music school in the United States. In February of 1866, Maxwell writes in her diary about her guitar lessons at the music school, "I think I will like it very much. It hurts my fingers terribly now though." In April she writes "...got so out of patience with that old Seminary guitar that I did not practice on it more than an hour today. I think it is a nuisance." The school was known to be strict with lessons that were rigorous.Book Details
Author
Carcassi M[ateo]Edition
Brainard's EditionDate Published
1868Publication Subjects
Guitar, Guitar methodCall No.
MT582.C2 Oversize
