Les Éditions des Robins

The Renewed Guitar - The Instrument's Evolution Seen Through Period Pictures (1775-1925)

by Erik Pierre Hofmann and Stefan Hackl

392 pages; hardcover and sleeve; large format

2 languages in parallel (English and French)

1st edition (2021): 150 Euro

ISBN: 978-2953886832


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The Guitar à la Sagrini

An article by Erik Pierre Hofmann.

Click below for a free PDF-version of this article, which was first published in issue n°200 of the Italian magazine Il Fronimo (October 2022).

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by Erik Pierre Hofmann, Pascal Mougin and Stefan Hackl

320 pages, linen hardcover with dust jacket, extra-large format

3 languages in parallel (French, German, English)

1st edition (2012): 195 Euro

ISBN: 978-2953886801

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Franz Schubert - 39 Songs with Guitar Accompaniment

by Franz Schubert and Franz von Schlechta,                        edited by Stefan Hackl

192 pages, hardcover; large format                                

2 languages in parallel (German, English)

1st edition (2014): 80 Euro / ISBN: 978-2953886818


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A Royal Gift -

Marie-Louise and the Guitar

An article by Erik Pierre Hofmann.

This is the version in English of the article first published in issue n°177 of the Italian magazine Il Fronimo (2017).

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Une élégante guitare parisienne, fabriquée à Mirecourt

An article by Erik Pierre Hofmann.

Click below the title page opposite for a free PDF-version of this article (in French only). It was written for the "Musée de la lutherie et de l'archèterie françaises" (Mirecourt) during the process of the instrument's acquisition by the Museum.

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The Marriage of Pierre René Parinaud  dit Lacote

An article by Catherine Marlat.

This piece gives a first glimpse of the research carried out by Bruno et Catherine Marlat for over thirty years on the most important French guitar maker of the 19th century. Click below the title page opposite for a free PDF-version of this article.

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Franz Fink (1790-1872) - A Disciple of Johann Georg Stauffer and the First Professional Stringed Musical Instrument Maker in Zagreb

An article by Jadran Jeić.

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