Stauffer & Co, The Viennese Guitar in the 19th Century, 2011, 319 p.

 Erik Pierre Hofmann, Pascal Mougin, Stefan Hackl



 Drawing on largely unpublished documentation and rich iconography, Stauffer & Co. retraces the history of this Viennese school, whose importance has long been underestimated, and offers an overview of its output through a selection of sixty instruments. Beyond this, the book brings to life the musical and cultural context of this "guitar mania," which not only made the instrument the emblem of Viennese Romanticism but also paved the way for the modern guitar.