Philip J. Bone

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

Philip J. Bone (1873 in Luton – 17 June 1964 in Luton) was an English mandolinist and guitar player in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 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.[1][2][3]

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 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 Facts hitherto unpublished."[4] In writing the book, Bone did not include people living at the time, as he felt that it was the job of future historians to decide who would be notable.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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Letter from Philip J. Bone to Vahdah Olcott-Bickford, 11 February 1913
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966.
  4. ↑ Letter from Philip J. Bone to Vahdah Olcott-Bickford, 19 February 1915.
  5. ↑ Letter from Philip J. Bone to Vahdah Olcott-Bickford, 2 February 1963.

External links

List of biographies in The Guitar and Mandolin

Name Page Portrait page Instrument Played Trivia
Abreu, Don A. 9 guitar wrote Method for playing perfectly the guitar, with five or six strings
Aguado, Dionisio 9 10 guitar
Aibl, Joseph 12 guitar
Aichelburg 12 mandolin
Aimon, Pamphile Leopold François 12 guitar, violin
Albaneze 13 guitar
Albrechtsberger 13 organ teacher to Beethoven
Alday 14 mandolin, violin
Allix 14 guitar executed 1664 for sorcery
Ambrosche, Joseph Charles 14 guitar
Duchess Amelia, Anna 15 guitar
Amon, Johann Andreas 15 guitar, violin, horn, piano
Anelli, Joseph 16 guitar author of New Method for the Guitar and History of the Guitar
Araciel, Don Diego, 17 violin, guitar
Armanini, Pietro 17 16 mandolin
Arnold, Johann Gottfried 18 cello, guitar
Arnold, Friedricii Wilhelm 19 piano, guitar
Arnold, Charles 20 piano, guitar
Arrevalo, Miguel S. 20
Asioli, Bonifacio 20 piano, mandolin, bass, guitar
Baillon, Pierre Joseph 20 guitar author of New Method for the Guitar
Baillot, Pierie Maria Francois de Sales 20 violin
Barco, Va 21 guitar
Bathioli, Francois 21 guitar
Bertioli, Alex 22 guitar author of Complete Method for the Guitar and Forty-four Progressive Lessons
Baumbach, Frederick August 22 guitar, mandolin
Bayer, Anton 22 22 flute, guitar
Bayer, Edward 23 22 guitar, zither pseudonym A. Caroli
Beethoven, Ludwig van 25 piano, mandolin, violin picture of Beethoven's mandolin page 26
Bellenghi, Giuseppe 33 32 violincello, mandolin published Method for the Mandolin in four languages
Beniezki, S. 35 guitar, harp-guitar invented the "harpolyre" (harp-guitar) and the "aclipolyra" (double-bass guitar)
Benzon, Siegfried 35 guitar, violin
Berard, Jean Batiste 35 guitar, singer
Berggreen, Andreas Peter 36 guitar, voice
Berlioz, Hector 36 36 guitar, cello, violin picture of Berlioz/Paganini guitar page 40
Bevilaqua, M. 40 guitar, flute
Birnbach, Henry August 40 guitar, violincello, piano created a guitar with detachable neck and fingerboard
Blum, Carl Ludwig 42 guitar Composer to the Court of the King of Prussia
Borowicz, J. N. 45 guitar
Boccherini, Luigi47 violincello
Boom, Jan van50 flute
Bornhardt, J.H.C.50 guitar, piano
Bortolazzi, Bartolomeo 51 50 mandolin
Bott, J.J. 52 violin, guitar
Boulley (Du), Aubery Prudent Louis53 guitar
Bracco C.A. 55 54mandolin, violin
Brand, Alexander56 56 guitar
Brand J.P. de 56 author of Sonata in C. major for guitar and violin
Branzoli, Giuseppe 57 violin, mandolin, guitar Theoretical and practical method for the mandolin (1875)
Brecneo, Luis58 guitar
Bremner, Robert 58 guitar
Brunet, Pierre 59 mandore, mandola, mandolin author of Tablature de Mandore
Burgmuller, Frederick59 piano, guitar
Butignot, Alphonse 59 guitar
Buttinger, Charles Conrad 60 violin, flute, guitar, piano
Calegari, Francesco 60 guitar
Caliginoso 60 guitarStage name Caliginoso has been identified as Giovanni Paulo Foscarini.
Call, (De) Leonard 61 mandolin, guitar
Call, Thomas62 guitar, harpsichord, organ
Camerloher, Placidus von 62 guitar, violin
Campion, Francois 63 guitar, lute
Carbonchi, Antonio 63 guitar
Carcassi, Matteo 63 62 guitar
Carulli, Ferdinando67 66 guitarpicture of Carulli's guitar, page 70
Castellacci, Luigi72 mandolin, guitar
Chevesailles 73 author of New Method for the Guitar and Petite Méthode de Violin
Chrysander, William Christian 73 guitar
Cifolelli, Giovanni 73 mandolin
Corbetti, Francisco 74 guitar
Cornet, Julius 74 guitar, vocalist
Costa, Pasquale Mario 76 playwright
Coste, Napoleon77 guitar Picture of his guitar, page 78
Craeijvanger, Karel Arnoldus 78 guitar, violin
Cristofaro, Ferdinando, de 78 80mandolin
Darr, Adam81 82 guitar, zither
Della Maria, Domenico 83 mandolin
Denis Pierre85 mandolinAlso known as Pietro Denis
Denza, Luigi85 mandolin, voice
Derosiers, Nicolas 86 guitar
Derwort, George Henry 86 guitar
Diabelli, Anton 86 guitar, piano
Doche, Joseph Denis 90 guitar, violin, double bass vaudeville composer
Doisy, Charles90 guitar, violin also known as Doisy Lintant
Dorn, James 91 horn, guitar
Dotzauer, Justus Johann Friedrich 92 guitar, piano, double bass, violincello, violin
Dragonetti, Domenico93 double bass, guitar, violin
Drouet, Louis François Philippe 95 guitar, flute
Dubez, John 95 mandolin, harp, guitar, zither
Edel, George96 guitar, violin
Ehlers, William96 guitar, voice
Ellis, Herbert J. 96 96 mandolin, guitar books Tutor for Mandoin, Thorough School for Guitar, Thorough School for Mandolin
Ernst, Franz Anton98 violin, guitar performer, instrument maker, composer Franz_Anton_Ernst Franz Anton Ernst
Eulenstein, Carl 99100 violin, guitar, flute, jewsharp, French horn Karl Eulenstein (Musiker)
Farbach, Joseph101 guitar Joseph Fahrbach
Ferandiere, Don Ferdinando102 106guitar Fernando Ferandier
Ferranti, Marc Aurelio Zani de 102 guitar
Ferrer, Manuel Y 106 guitar Born in California. Played Spanish guitar
Fiorillo, Federigo108 mandolin, violin
Fischof, Joseph 109 guitar, piano
Fouchetti, Giovanni110 Also known as Fouquet
Fridzeri, Alexandro Marie Antoin110 Also known by last name "Frixer"
Fürstenau 112 A family of musicians, including Kaspar Fürstenau, Anton Bernhard Fürstenau, Moritz Fürstenau
Gade, Niels Wilhelm114 guitar, violin, pianoforte
Gambara, Carlo Antonio 114 mandolin
Gansbacher, John114 organ, piano, guitar, cello
Garat, Pierre Jean 117 guitar, voice
Garcia, Manuel del Popolo–Vicente 117 voice, guitarFather of a family of musicians, including Manuel García (baritone)
Gassner, Ferdinand Simon 119 voice, violin, guitar
Gatayes, Guillaume Pierre Antoine 119 guitar, harp
Gaude, Theodore 120 guitar, flute
Geminiani, Francesco 121 violin, guitar
Genlis, Félicité Stephanie, Countess de122 harp, guitar
Giardini, Felice de 122 voice, violin, guitar
Gilles, Henri Noel123 oboe, guitar Brother to Peter Gilles
Giuliani, Mauro 124 124 guitar"one of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar virtuoso the world has ever known"
Glaeser, Charles Gotthilf 131 violin, guitar
Gollmick, Carl 131 voice, guitar, pianoCarl Gollmick
Göpfert, Carl Andreas 132 132 piano, organ, guitar, clarinet, other woodwinds
Götz, Alois Joseph 133 134guitar, violin
Gouglet, Pierre Marie 134 organ, guitar
Gounod, Charles 134 piano, guitar Picture of Gounod's guitar, page 136
Graeffer, Antoine 136 guitar
Gragani, Filippo 137 guitar
Granata, Giovanni Battista
Grétry, André Ernest Modeste 137
Gruber, Franz 140 organ, guitar
Guichard, Francis 141 guitar
Handel, George Frederick141 spinet, organ, violin, oboe, harpsichord
Harder, August144 guitar, piano
Haslinger Tobias 145 guitarmusic publisher and composer. Tobias Haslinger
Hauptmann, Moritz 146 violin, guitar
Hauschka, Vincent147 mandolin, violinLast name also "Hauska". Composed for mandolin, violincello
Held, Bruno 147 flute, guitar
Held, John Theobald 147 voice, guitar
Henkel, Michel 148 guitar, organ, piano
Himmel Friedrich Heinrich 148 guitar
Holland, Justin 149 guitarAfrican-American music teacher
Horetzky, Felix 149 guitar
Hucke, George H. 152 152 mandolin
Huerta, y Katurla Don A. F. 152 154 guitar, voice
Hummel, Johan Nepomuk 155 160pianoforte, guitar, mandolin
Hünten, Franz 160 piano, guitar
Hünten, Peter Ernest 161 piano, guitar brother to Franz Hünten
Janon, Charles De161 162 guitar, violin, pianoagent for C.F. Martin & Co.
Jansa, Leopold 162 violin, guitar, glute
Joly 162 guitar, violin Joly's great tutor for the guitar published 1793. Died 1819.
Kapeller, Johann Nepomuk 163 guitar, flute
Keller, Karl 163 flute, guitar
Klage, Charles163 guitar, piano
Klier, Josef164 guitar
Klingenbrunner, Wilhelm 164 guitar, flute
Knize, Franz Max164 guitar
Kohler, Henry165 flute, guitar, piano
Korner, Theodore 165 168 poetry, guitar
Kraus 168 guitar, violin
Krebs, Franz Xaver 168 voice, guitar
Kreutzer, Conradin 168 guitar
Kreutzer, Joseph 169 guitar
Krumpholz, Wenzel 169 mandolin brother to Johann Baptist Krumpholz (harpist and composer)
Kucharz, Johann Baptist170 organ, mandolin
Kuffner, Joseph 170 172 guitar, violin
Kuhnel, Frederick174 guitar
Kummer, Gaspard 174 guitar, flute, voice
Labarre, Trille 175 guitar
Lang, Alexander175 guitar, piano
Laurentiis, Carmine de 175 Mandolin
Lebedeff, Vasiliĭ Petrovich 176 176guitar VIAF 47189366
Ledhuy, Adolf 176 guitar
Leduc, Alphonse 177 guitar, bassoon, piano part of a musical family and music publish business
Legnani, Luigi 177 guitar friend to guitarist and music publisher Maximilian Josef Leidesdorf
Leidesdorf, Maximilian Joseph 179 guitar, piano music publisher, friend of Franz Schubert and Beethoven
Leite, Antonio da Silva 179 guitar
Lemoine, Antoine Marcel180 guitar, violin, viola music publisher
Lenau, Nicolas181 poetry, guitar, violin picture of his guitar page 182
Leone 182 mandolin, violin
Le Roy, Adrian182 lute, guitar, voice wrote A short and easy instruction book for the guiterne or guitar 1578
Lfleche183 guitar
L'Hoyer, Antoine183 guitar
Lickl, Aegidius Carl 183 guitar, piano
Light, Edward 184 guitar invented a harp-lute and a dital-harp
Lincke, Joseph184 violincello, guitar
Lintant, Charles 185 violin, guitar
Litzius, C 186 guitar
Lorenz, Friedrich August 186 violin, guitar, bassoon
Lully, Jean Baptiste187 guitar, violin
Magnien, Victor 187 violin, guitar Victor Magnien
Mahler,Gustav 189
Malibran, Maria Felicita189 voice, guitar, piano
Mara, Gertrude Elisabeth190 violin, guitar, voice
Marschner, Heinrich 191 voice, guitar
Mascheroni, Angelo 193 mandolin, guitar, voice
Matiegka, Wenzel 194 guitar
Mattera, Belisario 194 mandolin
Mayseder, Joseph 194 196 violin, guitar
Meissonnier, Antoine and Joseph196 guitarbrothers, music publishing and guitar player
Merchi, Giacomo 198 mandolin, guitar
Merk, Joseph199 violincello, violin, guitar, voice
Merrick, Arnold 199 guitar, organ
Mertz, Johann Kaspar 200 guitar
Methfessel, Albert Gottlieb207 guitar
Miksch 208 voice, guitar
Mirecki, Francois208 piano, guitar
Molino, Don Francois V.209 guitar, violin
Molitor, J.210 guitar not Molitor, Simon J. (1766–1848)
Montesardo, Giacomo210 guitar
Moscheles, Ignaz210 piano, guitar
Mounsey, Elizabeth 213 guitar, organ
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 214 mandolin
Munier Carlo218 220 mandolin grand nephew of Pasquale Vinaccia of naples "the perfector of the modern Italian mandolin"
Mussini, Noël 222 guitar, violin, voice
Naumann, Johann Gottlieb 222 guitar
Nava, Antonio Maria 223 guitar, voice
Neuling, Vincent 225 mandolin Sonata for mandolin & piano in G major
Niedzielski, Joseph 225 guitar, violin
Nüske, J. A. 225 guitar
Oberleitner, Andrew225 mandolin, guitar
Padovetz, Johann 226 guitar
Paganini, Nicolo 226 228 violin, mandolin, guitar
Paisiello, Giovanni236 mandolin, voice
Payer, Hieronimous238 piano, guitar, mandolin
Pelzer, Ferdinand 239 240 guitar Ferdinand_Pelzer
Petterletti, Pierre 240 guitar
Petzmayer, Johann 240 zither, guitar
Picchianti, Luigi 241 guitar
Pleyel, Ignaz Joseph 242 violin, piano, guitar music publisher; "first to publish Hayden's quartets"
Präger, Heinrich Aloys 243 violin, guitar
Pratten, Mdm. Sidney244 244 guitar nee Catherina Josepha Pelzer, married Robert Sydney Pratten. Catherina Josepha Pratten
Pugnani, Gaetano245 violin, guitar
Radziwil, Anton Heinrich 246 guitar, violincellonobility:Prince of, "Statthalter" of Posen
Regondi, Giulio 247250 guitar, concertina
Rode, Jacques Pierre Joseph 253 violin, guitar
Rolla, Alessandro 254 piano, violin, guitar, viola
Romberg, Bernhard255 violincelloat least one composition that includes guitar
Romero, Luis T256 guitar studied under Miguel S. Arrevalo
Roser von Reiter, Franz de Paula256 guitar
Rossini, Gioachino Antonio 256 256guitar inspired by Paganini's guitar playing
Rudersdorff, Joseph258 violin, guitar
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