Julian Bream

Guitar: David "Jose" Rubio, UK. (1966) Date acquired: Purchased by Bream on 1966. Notes - Built specifically for Bream - Guitar used for the recording of the album Julian Bream and His Friends recorded in November and December 1967.

• Guitar used for the recording of the album Classic Guitar recorded in September 1967 and September 1968.

Guitar: Robert Bouchet, France. (1960) Date acquired: Purchased in 1962

Notes - One of the 2 guitars used for the recording of the album Rodrigo, Vivaldi, Britten recorded in October 1963.

• Guitar used for the recording of the album Music for Voice and Guitar recorded in September 1963 and March 1964.

• Guitar used for the recording of the album J.S. Bach: Lute Suites, Nos. 1 and 2 recorded in September and October 1965.

Guitar: Giuseppe Calace of Naples (Italian) Spanish-style classical guitar - unknown model or year of construction. Date: Acquired in 1947 Notes: -Does not appear that Julian ever performed publicly with this guitar.

Guitar: Hermann Hauser I, Germany. (1940) Date: Loaned to Bream in 1991? Notes

-Loaned to Bream on 1991?. Owned by Rose Augustine/Augustine Estate. -Guitar used for the recording of the album To the Edge of Dream: Rodrigo, Takemitsu, Arnold recorded in October 1990, June 1991 and February 1992.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album Nocturnal: Britten, Lutoslawski, Martin, Takemitsu and Brouwer recorded in September and October 1992.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album J.S. Bach recorded in October and November 1992.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album Sonata: Paganini, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Josérecorded in November 1993.

• Guitar was loaned to Julian Bream for about 20 years by the Augustine Estate.

Guitar: Daniel Friederich, France. (196?)

Date acquired:

Notes - Guitar used on tour 1969

• No known recordings with this guitar.

Guitar: David "Jose" Rubio, UK. SP/CSAR (1965) No. 40 Date acquired: Purchased by Bream on 1965. Notes

-Built specifically for Bream

-Used from 1965 to

-Guitar used for the recording of the album 20th Century Guitar recorded in September 1966.

-Click on the Guitar Salon International link for more information on this guitar)

Guitar: Hermann Hauser I, Germany. (1944) Date: Purchased by Bream on 197 Notes - Guitar used for the recording of the album Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes for Guitar and Suite Populaire Brésilienne recorded in May and June 1978.

Guitar: José Romanillos, UK/Spanish builder. (1973) No. 8 Date: Purchased by Bream on 1973 Notes

-Built specifically for Julian Bream -Guitar used for the recording of the album Julian and John/2 ("Together Again") recorded in June 1973.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album Giuliani and Sor recorded in February and March 1974.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album Rodrigo and Berkley recorded in November 1974 and May 1975.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album Music of Spain, vol. 4 - The Classical Heritage: Sor and Aguado recorded on October and November 1980.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album Music of Spain, vol. 5 - Plays Granados and Albéniz recorded on June and July 1982.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album Music of Spain, vol. 8 - Joaquín Rodrigo recorded on October 1981, December 1982 and January 1983.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album Dedication recorded on October and December 1981 and January 1982.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album Music of Spain, vol. 7 - A Celebration of Andrés Segovia recorded on February and May 1983

-Guitar used for the recording of the album ¡Guitarra! The Guitar in Spain recorded on 1983/1984. Side 1 Boccherini: Fandango and entire Side 2.

-Guitar used for the recording of the album La Guitarra Romantica recorded on September 1983 and April 1984. Selections 2-6.

Guitar: Hernández y Aguado, Spain. (1965) Date: Purchased by Bream on 197? Notes - Guitar used for the recording of the album Julian Bream '70s recorded in September 1972 and February 1973.

Guitar: Hermann Hauser I, Germany. (1950) Date acquired: Purchased by Bream on 197? Notes -One of the guitars used for the recording of the album Julian Bream Plays Villa-Lobos recorded in February and May 1971

Guitar: Robert Bouchet, France. (1964) Date acquired: Purchased in 1964

Notes - Guitar used for the recording of the album Baroque Guitar recorded in 1965.

• Guitar used by Bream for the recording of the album Julian Bream and John Williams "LIVE" recorded in October 1978.

• Both albums recorded on a 1964 Bouchet but not sure if it was the same guitar.

• This guitar is was stolen from a car.

Guitar: Simon Ambridge, UK, Hauser replica (2009) Date acquired: bought in 2009

Note

-No known recordings with this guitar.

Guitar: Gerhard J. Oldiges, Germany (2008) Date: acquired: bought in 2008 Notes - Built in the style of the Hermann Hauser I - No known recordings with this guitar. - Sold in 2009 by Kent Guitar Classics (click on the KGC link for more information on this guitar)

Julian Bream owns a 1996 Gary Southwell Hermann Hauser I replica, a bench-made replica of Rose Augustine's 1940 guitar. Although there are no known recordings with this specific instrument, its acquisition is documented on the Julian Bream Guitar website under "Classical Guitars during adulthood."

Guitar: Jeffrey R. Elliott, USA, (1986)

Date Acquired:

Notes

-No known recordings with this guitar.

-Possibly the guitar used for the recording of the album Guitar Concertos: Rodrigo and Brouwer recorded in July 7-9, 1987.

-Definitely the guitar on the cover of the album Guitar Concertos: Rodrigo and Brouwer but J. Elliott is not convinced it is his guitar on the recording.

Guitar: José Romanillos, UK/Spanish builder. (1985) Date: Purchased in 1985 Notes

-No known recordings with this guitar.

Guitar: Manuel Ramírez, Spain. (1968) Date acquired: Purchased in 196? Notes - Guitar used for the recording of the album Romantic Guitar recorded in May 1970.

Guitar: Edgar Mönch, Germany/Canada, 1959

Date: Purchased by Bream in 1959

Notes

-Guitar used for the recording of the album Guitar Concertos recorded in September 1959.

Guitar: Hector Quine, UK. (1954) No. 2

Date acquired: 1954

Notes

• Guitar used for Bream's fourth Wigmore Hall performance on September 1954

• Guitar used to record Spanish Guitar: Turina, de Falla, Sor, recorded in September 1955

• Guitar used to record Guitar Music of Villa-Lobos and Tórroba recorded in September 1955

Guitar: (Pierre) René Lacôte (Paris, France) 1824 Date: Acquired in August 1946 Notes: - Does not appear that Julian ever performed publicly with this guitar. - Assuming this was a six string Romantic classical guitar since Lacôte did not start producing guitars with additional string until 1827.

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Thomas Goff lute 1951 - additional pictures

Julian Bream on lutes (taken from Frets magazine 1981):

The stringing and tuning setup of lutes underwent considerable change during the lute's reign of nearly 300 years as the fovorite parlor instrument in Europe. Bream decided onhis setup primarily because it enabled him to play a breadth of different styles of lute music. He explains: "In England, the eight- and the nine-course lute became quite fashionable towards the end of the sixteenth century and the begining of the seventeenth century. The classical lute - the lute of the high Renaissance that Milano used - was a six course instrument. A seventh coarse , originally the low D, was added; but so much music, particularly continental lute music, requires the F on the seventh coarse. So I find that the seventh-course F and the eigth- course D, the instrument serves the needs of a broad range of lute music quite well."

"I would have liked to have a ninth-course. That was the lute Dowland used in the early seventeenth century. I think that would be ideal. Some people advocate ten courses, because for some of the English pieces, and indeed, the French pieces, you need a low C. But then I think the instrument gets a little cumbersome. Not cumbersome to play, necessarily; but the top strings pick up a lot of resonaces and overtones from the the bottom strings, and the treble tends to suffer against all those base strings".

Strings for lutes: He basically uses a mixture but they are mainly La Bella strings.

Renaissance Lute 7 course

Thomas Goff, 1951

David Rubio lute 1967 - additional pictures

David Rubio 1967 Lute - 8 courses (copy of 17th century lute with eight courses and 14 strings)

The lowest six courses are doubled and the highest two are single strings.

Variation from original period instruments:

• the string length is the same as Bream's guitar

• frets are metal, not gut

• built a little heavier to take the string tension.

• the higher frets on the body have been changed throughout the years as the instrument has been repaired.

From low to high tuning

DD-FF-GG-CC-FF-AA-D-G

• Lute used for the recording of the album Elizabethan Lute Songs (Julian Bream and Peter Pears) recorded in April 1969.
• Lute used for the recording of the album The Wood So Wild recorded in June 30 & July 1,2 1972.

• Lute used for the recording of the album Concertos for Lute and Orchestra recorded in June 3, 1975.

• Lute used for the recording of the album Lute Music of John Dowland recorded in April 23-25, 28, 29, 1976.

David Rubio 1968 Lute - 8 courses (copy of 17th century lute with eight courses and 14 strings) The lowest six courses are doubled and the highest two are single strings. Variation from original period instruments: - the string length is the same as Bream's guitar - frets are metal, not gut -built a little heavier to take the string tension. - the higher frets on the body have been changed throughout the years as the instrument has been repaired.

From low to high tuning DD-FF-GG-CC-FF-AA-D-G

• Lute used for the recording of the album Music of Spain, vol. 1 - Plays Milán & Narváez recorded in 1979

Source: Guitar: C.F. Martin 0-28, c.1880

Date: Acquired in late 1948.

Notes:

• The second-hand guitar was bought by Julian's father, Henry, for his son as a possible performance instrument.

• Metal T frets were added to the guitar later.

• Henry had some changes made to the guitar - added a star decoration and the original rosette was painted over.

• Julian performed with the guitar from 1948 to 1952

• Used in Julian Bream's Wigmore Hall debut on November 1951.

• A small portion of the guitar is visible on the picture for the Wigmore Hall concert programme.

• The guitar had some additional minor repairs later on by classical guitar luthier Brian Cohen.

• The guitar was the focus of an article that appeared in Classical Guitar magazine. "Classic Classics" by James Westbrook

• The guitar currently is in a private collection.

• Information for this intrument verified by Brian Cohen and Dr James Westbrook

Guitar: Brian Cohen, UK (1997) Date Acquired: bought in 1997 Notes - The first guitar commissioned in 1991 was a replica of the Hermann Hauser I loaned to Julian Bream by Rose Augustine/Augustine Estate. - During the years 1991- through 1996, eight guitars were commissioned by Bream. - No known recordings with this guitar.

• Sold in 2008 by Kent Guitar Classics (click on the KGC link for more information on this guitar)

Guitar: Kevin Aram, UK. (1988) " Myrtle" Date: Purchased in 1988 Notes

-Likely the guitar used for the recording of the album La Guitarra Romantica recorded on October 1989 and August 1990. Selections 1, 7-18.

Guitar: Hermann Hauser I, Germany. (1936) Date: Purchased by Bream on 197? Notes - One of the guitars used for the recording of the album Julian Bream Plays Villa-Lobos recorded in February and May 1971.

• Guitar used for the recording of the album Julian & John ("Together") recorded in July and August 1971.

Guitar: José Romanillos, UK/Spanish builder. (1969) No. 3 Date: Purchased by Bream on 1969 Notes - Built specifically for Julian Bream

Guitar: Robert Bouchet, France. (1962) Date acquired: Purchased in 1962 Notes -One of the 2 Bouchet guitar used for the recording of the album Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar recorded in November & December 1962

Guitar: Robert Bouchet, France. (1957)

Date acquired: Purchased in 1962

Notes - One of the 2 Bouchet guitar used for the recording of the album Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar recorded in November & December 1962.

Guitar: Hermann Hauser II, Germany. SP/CSAR (1957) Date: Purchased by Bream in 1959 Notes

• Used from 1959 to 1963

• Guitar used for the recording and album cover of The Art of Julian Bream recorded in October and November 1959.

• Sold to Robert Spencer, currently owned by Russell Cleveland (Dallas, USA)

Here it is the link for the guitar https://www.guitarsalon.com/store/p4936-1957-hermann-hauser-ii-spcsar-ex-julian-bream.html

Guitar: Hermann Hauser I, Germany. (1947) Date: Purchased by Bream in 1956 Notes - Guitar used to record A Bach Recital for the Guitar recorded in May 1956.