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Welcome! My name is Stefan, and I am a musician and author based in Vienna, Austria.

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  • Fresh from the press: “Ferdinando Carulli’s Guitar School: Ècole de Guitare, Op.241 “

    I’ve just published my new book “Ferdinando Carulli’s Guitar School: Ècole de Guitare, Op.241 – In Standard Notation and Tablature”. Ferdinando Carulli’s complete guitar method, now with tablature. First published around 1825, École de Guitare, Op. 241 is the final version of the method Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841) had been developing since 1810. Carulli spent his…

  • Fresh from the press: “The Bach Cello Suites for Guitar, 3rd Edition”

    I’ve just published the 3rd edition of my book “THE BACH CELLO SUITES FOR GUITAR: In Standard Notation and Tablature”. This was one of my first books, and over the years, I’ve received lots of valuable feedback. This third edition is a complete rewrite of the transcription. Readers of the first two editions told me…

  • A Bach Menuet for you + why I went quiet

    Just a few blinks of the eye, and it’s already almost FOUR MONTHS since I last sent out a regular newsletter. Sorry about that. I’m sure you know how this goes. You miss once, but it doesn’t matter, you’ll just do it next time. Then you miss it again, and you promise to yourself that…

  • Spring is finally here! Let’s play some Vivaldi!

    Spring has finally arrived here in Vienna, and I can hardly put into words how much I’ve been waiting for it. Winter wasn’t particularly cold, but it was dark, gray, and depressing. And too long. But now the sun is finally back. And the birds are singing. Seems, they were fed up with winter too.…

  • Let’s start 2026 with some Bach.

    The year is slowly getting into gear after the quiet and leisurely holidays. And the days are finally getting longer again. I managed to dodge it for a while, but now I’ve come down with a cold. It’s Sunday, and I’m stretched out on the couch. Since I’m self-employed, there aren’t really any true days…