Thesis / Articles / Analysis / Interviews
Academic Research & Bibliography
This page brings together a substantial selection of the sources identified so far on the Brahms Guitar. It provides a central reference for the materials used throughout the archive, with sources distinguished according to their status and accessibility.
Direct Sources on the Brahms Guitar
- Burnham, W. (2018). Building an Eight String “Brahms” Classical Guitar, Part One. Wilson Burnham Guitars. Retrieved Jun 19, 2025 from: https://www.wilsonburnhamguitars.net/2018/11/building-eight-string-brahms-classical.html.
- Copiello, G. (2026). The eight-string Brahms Guitar: New solo repertoire and instrumental identity [Doctoral dissertation, University of Surrey].
- Crowe, J. (2011). Letter from New York: Paul Galbraith’s Eight-String Brahms Guitar. Classical Guitar Magazine.
- Galbraith, P. (1994). A conversation with Paul Galbraith [interview]. Interviewed by G. Wade. European Guitar Teachers Association (UK). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20081018195713/http://www.egta.co.uk/content/galbraithinterview
- Galbraith, P. (2023). Public interview with Giacomo Copiello. Ponte in Valtellina (SO), International Masterclasses di Laura Mondiello, 29 July 2023.
- Galbraith, P. (2026). Biography. Available at: https://paul-galbraith.com/bio
- Guitar Foundation of America (n.d.). Paul Galbraith. Available at: https://www.guitarfoundation.org/page/HoFGalbraith
- Hathaway, D. (2018). Galbraith Returns — With Extra Strings — to Cleveland Classical Guitar Society. Cleveland Classical. Retrieved Jun 19, 2025 from: https://clevelandclassical.com/galbraith-returns-with-extra-strings-to-cleveland-classical-guitar-society/.
- Irish Independent. (2006). Twenty Nine Year-Old Wicklow Native is One of Two Musicians in the World to Master the Brahms Guitar. Irish Independent – Bray People. Retrieved Jun 19, 2025 from: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklow/bray-news/twenty-nine-year-old-wicklow-native-is-one-of-two-musicians-in-the-world-to-master-the-brahms-guitar-guitarist-redmond-not-your-average-classical-musician/26973593.html
- Kaniaris, S. (2017). La Guitarra Brahms. Notas de Paso, No 4. Conservatorio Superior de Música de Valencia. http://revistadigital2.csmvalencia.es/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/La-guitarra-Brahms.pdf.
- Koltai, K. (2023). Rethinking Guitar Space: Arrangements, Technologies, and Collaborations on New Works Using the Magnet Capo System. PhD thesis. University of Surrey. https://doi.org/10.15126/thesis.900885.
- Mantovani, L. (2020). ‘Editing strategies for overcoming instrumentation issues in Rebay’s Großes Duo in A minor’, Vórtex: Music Research Journal, 8(3), pp. 5–11. https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2020.8.3.1.15.
- O’Toole, R. (2004). J.S. Bach’s Sonata no. 2 (BWV 1003) for Unaccompanied Violin: An Arrangement for the Brahms Guitar. Dublin Institute of Technology.
- O’Toole, R. (2016). The 8-String Brahms Guitar. YouTube, Royal Irish Academy of Music. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si6IetuR2fQ
- WFMT. (2017). Paul Galbraith, Guitar. WFMT Radio, Impromptu Broadcast. Radio Interview. Available at: https://www.wfmt.com/2017/05/04/paul-galbraith-guitar/
- Woodhouse, M. (n.d.). 8-String “Brahms Guitar”. Martin Woodhouse Guitars. Retrieved Jun 19, 2025 from: http://www.woodhouse-guitars.co.uk/8-string-brahms-guitar/.
Wider Literature
- De Souza, J. (2017). Music at Hand: Instruments, Bodies, and Cognition. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Goss, S. (2000). The Guitar and the Musical Canon: The myths of tradition and heritage in concert repertoire and didactic methodology, The Journal of the European Guitar Teachers’ Association, (EGTA, UK, July 2000).
- Grondona, S. and Waldner, L. (2001). La chitarra di liuteria. Masterpieces of Guitar Making. Sondrio: L’Officina del Libro.
- Koltai, K. (2023). Rethinking Guitar Space: Arrangements, Technologies, and Collaborations on New Works Using the Magnet Capo System. PhD thesis. University of Surrey. https://doi.org/10.15126/thesis.900885.
- Mermikides, M. (2022). Diamonds, Abaci & Hexagrams. Keynote presentation. Guitar Foundation of America 2022 Conference, Indianapolis, USA. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7wpq075ecM.
- Neuhaus, H. (1993). The Art of Piano Playing (K. A. Leibovitch, Trans.). Kahn & Averill.