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Free 19th Century Parlor Guitar Music Downloads

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Public Domain Music: 19th century guitar music. Gig music or wedding music. I am trying to create an easily accessible collection of public domain music that will be useful to guitarists. Pieces that maybe fun to play, useful for students or good for gigs. If you have music that you would like to add to the collection please contact me for details on how to provide a copy.

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There has been free downloadable antique parlor guitar music on meantone.com since 2002.

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The Guitar Soloist
   

The Guitar Soloist by Walter Jacobs
published 1895 contains very decent arrangements for intermediate to advanced guitarist.

Jacob's Easy Guitar Collection of Solos and Duets Volumes 1, 2 and 11 - 15 Mostly duets that guitar part one plays as a solo piece.  Pieces are from around 1900

Instrumental Guitarist
Choice Collection of Melodies for Guitar by Popular Composers.
Guitar Album by C.J. Dorn

Guitar Album By C.J. Dorn
Fifty Original Compositions and Arrangements for Guitar Solo. Copyright 1897

Hayden's Star Collection

Hayden's Star Collection of Guitar Music Copyright 1872. Vocal and Instrumental Music Arranged expressly for this work

Elite Guitar Instructor
Elite Guitar Instructor by Arling Shaeffer Copyright 1895. Beginning Instruction to Advanced Repertoire.
Winner's New American  School  for Guitar Winner's New American School for the Guitar Copyright 1883 by White, Smith & Co.
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Excerpts from Compositions and Arrangemets by Manual Y. Ferrer (zip file 39mb)
Guitar Flash Cards Make your own flash cards for learning notes in first position and up the 1st String.

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