International Guitar Research Archives

Darr, Adam (1811-1866)

His talents in composing and performing on the guitar are well documented but his abilities in singing and on the zither are little known to present day music fans of the guitar. Darr was born at Schweinfurt, Germany, 1811 and died at Augsburg, in 1866. At the age of eighteen he began his musical activities in performance and travelled throughout Europe performing before royal courts. At the end of his tour in Russia, he remained in St. Petersburg to teach and perform and after three years returned to a position in Wurzburg. At this time he teamed-up with Frederick Brand and began a relationship as a guitar duet performing throughout Germany until his death October 22, 1866. (See P. Bone).