Mauro Giuliani - Instruments Used By Giuliani

Instruments Used By Giuliani

Of the instruments used by Giuliani, there are known, guitars made by

• possibly: Gennaro Fabricatore, (Naples 1809) (now in the collection of Gianni Accornero)
  At the bottom of the guitar, one can see the initials M G. The guitarcase also has the initials M G.
• briefly: Pons l'Aîné (Joseph Pons), (Paris 1812)
  This Pons guitar was made for Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria in Paris 1812, and later given to Giuliani: is known to have been in Giuliani's possession only briefly. Giuliani later gave it to the amateur guitarist Christopher Bilderbeck de Monte as a present. However, Giuliani did not often play this 1812 guitar: it hardly shows signs of use.
• unlikely: Pons l'Aîné (Joseph Pons), (Paris 1825) (now in the collection of Gianni Accornero)
  The back cover of a CD claims "Giuliani's original Guitar Pons l'Aîné 1825". Though this is probably a deceptive and possibly intentionally ambiguous claim. Gianni Accornero wrote the CD's liner notes about the guitar, and claims: "This instrument is in actual fact identical to the one which Joseph had made for Empress Marie-Louise of Habsburg, the wife of Napoleon, who later gave it to Giuliani. This instrument became one of his favourites. Not only the model is the same, but also are the different types of wood used for its construction."
  However Paul Pleijsier is critical of these claims; and has found flaws and inconsistencies in Accornero's claims. Pleijsier states that there is no evidence that Giuliani ever played the 1825 Pons.
  Eduardo Catemario (the performer on the CD) has insinuated "E' interessante notare che questa Pons è molto simile (per non dire identica) a quella di Giuliani",.

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