Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1442836 By keith terre. By Arling Shaeffer (1859 – February 21, 1943). Arranged by Keith Terrett. 19th Century,A Cappella,Contest,Festival,Instructional,Romantic Period. Individual part. 5 pages. Keith Terrett #1022770. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.1442836). Arling Shaeffer (1859 – February 21, 1943) 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.