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Ronny Lee (March 2, 1927 - April 22, 2015) was an American guitarist who was the author of music instruction publications, many of which are still sold throughout the world. He wrote popular, classical and rock guitar arrangements for numerous publishers, including Hansen Publications—for whom in 1964 Lee arranged the music from the Beatles’ "A Hard Day’s Night" for guitar, Williamson Music—for whom in 1966 Lee arranged "The Sound of Music : selection for guitar solo", Sam Fox Publishing Co.—for whom in 1966 Lee arranged "Guitar selections from Man of La Mancha", and Alfred Music. At the request of Mel Bay, Lee wrote what was widely regarded at the time as one of the best Jazz Guitar instruction books ever published, and his articles on all aspects of music and the business of making music appeared in trade and consumer publications, including Musical Merchandise Review, Piano Trades, and Music Trades. He conducted workshops and seminars for music teachers, and officiated as adjudicator at major music festivals. A guitarist, teacher, writer and singer who was knowledgeable in all styles of music, Ronny Lee performed on thousands of engagements. These included club dates, jazz, rock and pop recording sessions, and frequent appearances at resort hotels in the Catskill Mountains, and the Asbury Park and Lakewood areas of New Jersey. He accompanied famous singers, including Eydie Gormé and Fran Warren. In the late 60's, Lee performed with the New York Philharmonic. In 1962, Gretsch Guitars honored two players by naming guitars for them. One was Chet Atkins, and one was Ronny Lee. Ronny Lee taught Guitar and Tenor Banjo in New York City for 70 years. He was a member of ASCAP. == Early years == Ronald Leventhal was born in the Bronx, New York on March 2, 1927. He was an only child, the son of Abraham Leventhal and Shirley Edelstein. At the age of twelve his aunt presented him with a guitar she had won in a raffle. Leventhal was educated at the William Taft High School. At the age of fourteen his interest in music became quite strong, and he began to devote much more time to playing. His father, sensing his son's greatly increased interest, bought Ronald Leventhal a D'Angelico guitar.〔 At sixteen—having adopted the professional name Ronny Lee (''first name spelled with 'y', not 'ie', on the end'')—he appeared as a featured soloist on local radio station WNEW's Bobby Sox Canteen Show. As the show was being prepared to go on network radio, Lee turned eighteen and was drafted "shortly after his eighteenth birthday". Since that birthday was 2 March 1945, we can assume he would have arrived at a military camp by 1 April 1945. If Lee was drafted into the U. S. Army ground forces to serve as a rifleman—the most needed speciality, he would then have received 17 weeks of training before being considered ready to report to a front-line unit. By 1 August 1945 World War II had been over in Europe for nearly 3 months. After the first atomic bomb was successfully exploded at Alamogordo on 16 July, and even more after atomic bombs were dropped on Japan on 6 August and 9 August, it was obvious that a U. S. land invasion of the main islands of Japan would not be necessary. When Lee was discharged, he studied engineering—funded by the G. I. Bill〔—at the RCA Institutes of Technology.〔 At the same time he played club dates and taught guitar to a limited number of students.〔 Lee studied guitar privately with Shadow Ferber, Anthony Antone, John Sigelitto, Nicholas DeBonis, Hy White, Charles Ruoff, and Juan De la Mata—with whom he later wrote "Flamenco Guitar Method".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronny Lee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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