Virtual Tour of "Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848" Lyre-guitar by François Roudhloff, Paris, ca. 1810 NMM 3166. Lyre-guitar by François Roudhloff, Paris, ca. 1810. With Classicism in vogue, lyre-guitars (six strings) were popular on the Continent early in the 19th century, built with a flat bottom so that they could serve, as well, as a piece of decorative art in one's den or parlor. This example was once owned by Lazinka Campbell, daughter of G. W. Campbell, a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Tennessee and Minister to Russia (Lazinka was born in St. Petersburg in 1820), who received it as a gift from a naval officer who brought it to her from South America. It was hidden in a stable loft in Nashville during the Civil War. Returning home after the War, Lazinka's son, George Campbell Brown, found the instrument and gave it to Fanny E. Bayless, a family friend, in 1866, a transaction scratched in script on the bottom of the base of the instrument. Brown later married somebody else, but Fanny kept the instrument. She preserved the story in a letter dated 1911, now in the Museum's archives, at which time she lived in Chicago. Purchase funds gift of Helen Beede Sill and Grace L. Beede, Capitola, California, 1982. Source:  André P. Larson, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, with essay by John Koster, exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003 (Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003), p. 65.   Click arrow to continue Virtual Tour of Beethoven and Berlioz Exhibition Go to Beethoven and Berlioz Exhibition Virtual Tour Index Go to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Postcard of this lyre-guitar available from Gift Shop Exhibition catalog and poster available from Gift Shop National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 ©National Music Museum, 2003, 2004 Most recent update: October 22, 2007 You are the 2,897th visitor to this page since May 15, 2003. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page