A Brief History of Giulio Regondi

ByBradford Werner
2025

A brief history of guitarist and composer Giulio Regondi (1822-1872) with a focus on his dual nature as guitars and concertinist. Narrated by Jakob Schmidt and presented by Tonebase and via their Youtube channel. Giulio Regondi was a Swiss-born classical guitarist and concertinist and one of the great Romantic composers for guitar. His music stands out for its compositional integrity along with an elegance combined with technical virtuosity. You can read more about the concertina via this wiki.

Chapters

00:00 Intro
02:09 Childhood and Betrayal
04:16 The Concertina
06:36 The Pinnacle
07:53 The Mastery
09:21 Forgotten and Rediscovered
11:16 Playing Regondi
13:03 Learning From Regondi

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers and 14 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.