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In the 1850s, guitarist Henry Worrall published this popular guitar tutorial with W.C. Peters & Sons of Cincinnati, Ohio. By the 1880s, Worrall had acquired copyright to the publication and issued a reprint with the Oliver Ditson Company of Boston, Massachusetts. The tutorial includes instructions, exercises, and popular music for playing solo acoustic guitar. Special instructions for playing Worrall's celebrated "Sebastopol" are also included. In the early twentieth century, Worrall's popular guitar instrumentals played a key role in the development of the guitar styles of southern rural folk musicians and country and blues musical idioms. Worrall moved to Topeka, Kansas, in 1868, and remained there until his death in 1902.
Creator: Worrall, Henry, 1825-1902
Date: 1884
Item Number: 208645
Call Number: Library Collection No. 23
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208645
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Musicians
Collections - Library
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical instruments - Guitar
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Blues
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Classical
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Country
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Folk
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Popular
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musicians - Composers
Date - 1880s - 1884
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book
People - Notable Kansans - Worrall, Henry, 1825-1902
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Massachusetts - Boston
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Printed materials - Books
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