This website is dedicated to the review Guitare et Musique (Guitar and Music), and to the activities of the Paris Guitar Academy and the Club Plein Vent from 1952 to 1978.
The Club "Plein Vent"
A tribute to Gilbert Imbar
In 1952, Gilbert Imbar founded the Plein-Vent bookshop, renamed nine years later Connaissance de la guitare. The company combined bookselling with publishing and artistic events "in all their forms".
In the basement, Imbar uncovered a 13th-century vaulted cellar, which he converted into a small concert hall for around thirty people…
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The Guitar and Music review
Complete collection (covers and tables of contents) of all 78 issues published over twenty-six years. Click any thumbnail to enlarge. Many copies are available on request.
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Archives
Photographs of musicians, artists, writers and notable personalities, documents from the Academy's archives (correspondence, dedications, records…) bearing witness to the renown of the "Plein Vent" and the Pallières inter-arts centre.
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