Alternative Names/Transliterations: Николай Петрович Макаров, Nikolay Petrovich Makarov, Nicolai Petrovich Makaroff, and others
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Name in Other Languages: Николай Петрович Макаров, Nikolaï Petrovitch Makarov, Nicolas Makaroff, Nikolai Petrowitsch Makarow, Nikolai Makarov
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Aliases: Макаров Николай Петрович, Николай Макаров, N. P. Makaroff, Nikolaj Petrovič Makarov, Nikolaj Petrowitsch Makarow, Nicolas Macaroff, Nikolaj Petrovich Makarov
Makaroff was a Russian nobleman (Philip J. Bone, The Guitar and Mandolin, MCMXIV, p. 204), an officer, a guitarist, a lexicographer, a witness to history (musicians, especially guitarists and guitar-makers) and a patron. He started 1856 in Brussels the first international competition for the best guitar composition and the best guitar instrument. The memoirs of Makaroff describe (among other things) his development, meetings with guitarists, composers and guitar-makers.
