Monica Hall | |
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Nationality | English |
Occupation | Author, guitarist, musicologist |
Monica Hall is an English guitarist, author and musicologist. A reviewer and writer for The Lute Society (UK) and article contributor to the Lute Society of America Quarterly and Classical Guitar magazine. Hall's main field of study is the baroque guitar and vihuela. [1] [2] [3] [4]
On completing her music degree at the University of Manchester in 1959; Hall embarked on a career as a music archive librarian most notably for the City of Westminster, London until 1998. [5] [6]
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