Albert augustine biography

Albert Augustine Ltd. is the originator of and currently a manufacturer of nylonclassical guitarstrings.^[1] In addition, the company supports the classical guitar and guitarists by presenting several annual New York guitar series at the Manhattan School of Music, the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute and other important venues, by commissioning hundreds of original solo and chamber music works and concertos from some of the foremost contemporary composers, by donating thousands of dollars for scholarships, special artist's projects and guitar festivals, and by publishing Guitar Review magazine.^[2]

Albert Augustine

In –, Albert Augustine (born Denmark , died New York City, April ) moved to the United States to pursue his career as a luthier.

In , he married his wife, Rose.^[2]

During this period, he experimented with different types of strings without significant result. It was to be almost 20 years before his collaboration wit