Konrad Ragossnig is a classical guitar

Classical guitar

The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...

ist and lute

Lute

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He was born in Klagenfurt

Klagenfurt

-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...

, Austria

Austria

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, in 1932. He taught at City of Basel Music Academy

City of Basel Music Academy

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, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna and The University of Zurich

University of Zurich

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. He is editor of several books on guitar music such as "Step by step. Basics of Guitar technique in 60 classical and romantic studies", Mainz 2007 and "Guitar Concert Collection", Mainz 2008.

External links

• http://www.konradragossnig.com
• Some photos of LP covers (Oviatt Library Digital Collections)