Arling Shaeffer Elite Mandolin Instructor

Arling Shaeffer (1859 – February 21, 1943) was an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

and

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.Brian Torosian, editor, ''Opern-Revue, Volume 2'', Digital Guitar Archive, 2007, page 12.
/ref> Shaeffer was born in

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Fond du Lac () is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the southern end of Lake Winnebago and had a population of 44,678 at the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Fond du Lac met ...

in 1859. He was also a musician known for his mastery of

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ted instruments such as the guitar,

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

ukulele The ukulele ( ; ); also called a uke (informally), is a member of the lute (ancient guitar) family of instruments. The ukulele is of Portuguese origin and was popularized in Hawaii. The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and con ...

, and banjo. He wrote a mandolin method book, ''Elite Mandolin Instructor'', published by Lyon and Healy in 1891, and a guitar method book, the ''Elite Guitar Instructor'', published in 1895.Amazon.com, ''ELITE MANDOLIN INSTRUCTOR by Arling Shaeffer''.
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Shaeffer died in

Marinette, Wisconsin Marinette is a city in and the county seat of Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on the south bank of the Menominee River, at its mouth at Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan; to the north is Stephe ...

on February 21, 1943 and was buried in Fond du Lac.Arling Schaeffer. 1943. ''Marinette Eagle-Star'' (February 24): 6.

Works

Books

* ''Arling Shaeffer's Barn Dance: World's Greatest Collection of Quadrilles, Jigs, Reels, and Hornpipes with All Calls'' (1933)OCLC Research, Search Results, "Shaeffer, Arling".
/ref> * ''The Washburn Mandolin Method'' (1898) * ''Elite Mandolin Instructor'' (1891) * ''Elite Guitar Instructor'' (1896) * ''The Ideal Harp Instructor'' (1894) * ''Elite Collection for Guitar: A Volume of Charming Instrumental Solos'' * ''The Elite Method for the Ukulele: New System'' (1919)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaeffer, Arling American mandolinists 1859 births 1943 deaths Guitarists from Wisconsin People from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin American male guitarists