Arling Shaeffer
Arling Shaeffer was an American composer and arranger.
Shaeffer was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1859. He was also a musician known for his mastery of fretted instruments such as the guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and banjo. He wrote a mandolin method book, Elite Mandolin Instructor, published by Lyon and Healy in 1891, and a guitar method book, the Elite Guitar Instructor, published in 1895.
Shaeffer died in Marinette, Wisconsin on February 21, 1943 and was buried in Fond du Lac.Works
Books
- Arling Shaeffer's Barn dance : world's greatest collection of quadrilles, jigs, reels, and hornpipes with all calls
- The Washburn mandolin method
- Elite mandolin instructor
- Elite guitar instructor
- The ideal harp instructor
- Elite collection for guitar: a volume of charming instrumental solos
- The Elite method for the ukulele: new system
