ISBN 9781619118249.

Johann Sebastian Bach most likely composed the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue during his stay in Kothen between 1717 and 1723. Originally written for the harpsichord, the work was duly recognized as a masterpiece within its own era.Nestor Ausqui has taken extraordinary measures in creating a guitar transcription of this monumental piece. The fundamental tonality of D minor was retained to preserve the workas sonority, and the 6th string of the guitar had to be lowered to D to expand the guitaras range and adhere to the original key.The articulation of the piece often requires the use of the slur technique to maintain and enhance the legato effect in the melodic line. As the guitar has a more percussive character than the harpsichord, various inconveniences occur in the management or execution of the legato, but the transcriber has done his best to preserve the character of the original piece.Ausqui admits that the most arduous task was the fingering of the piece. He had to familiarize himself with Bachas intentions and avoid shortcuts and aberrations which would have depleted the original harmonies and melodies. In the process, he discovered that utilization of the open strings can subtly enhance the balance of right and left-hand duties to achieve the timbre the original score mandates.Written in standard notation only, with each line of music forming only one measure, this piece is meant for the classical guitarist willing to accept an interpretive challenge to reap enormous musical benefits.

Song List: Once to Every Man and Nation (Thomas J. Williams) Castle Of Dromore Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J S Bach) Hector the Hero (J Scott Skinner) Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Second Wife Che Gelida Manina (Giacomo Puccini) Plaisir D'Amour (Jean-Paul-Egide Martini) El Noi De La Mare Beautiful Dreamer (Stephen Foster) My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice (Camille Saint-Saens) Pavane, Op No 50 (Gabriel Faure) The Fairy Queen (Turlough O'Carolan)

ISBN 9781513470603. 8.75x11.75 inches.

This second volume of The Classical Guitarists Gig Book contains 63 intermediate to advanced solo arrangements of pieces in various styles. From The Water Is Wide and Christmas and patriotic favorites to opera arias, Julia Florida by Agustin Barrios and Cello Suite No. 1 by J. S. Bach, all of the music in this book is written in standard notation only. Award-winning composer, university professor, 2013 Winfield Fingerstyle Champion and 2022 Indiana State Fingerstyle Guitar Competition winner, Mark Cruz, has added a few of his own engaging compositions to this exceptional collectionideal for the performing classic guitarist.

ISBN 9781513459691. 8.75x11.75 inches.

Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687 1750) is known to guitarists as the greatest baroque composer for the lute, yet most are only familiar with the earlier portion of Weisss prolific output found in the British Library in London. Inspired by a forty-year friendship with the late Douglas Alton Smith - a major figure in the scholarly study of the history of the lute - guitarist, composer, and head of the guitar program at Temple University in Philadelphia, Allen Krantz explored the Weiss manuscripts found in other European cities, particularly the Dresden editions which contain the fifteen sonatas that Weiss produced from the late 1730s to the end of his life. Transcriptions of three of those fifteen late sonatas are featured in this book in modern standard notation along with the original lute tablature as found in the Sachsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitatsbibliothek, Dresden. While the baroque lutes tuning makes some works awkward or impossible on the guitar, the three works presented hereSonatas No. 35 in D minor, No. 42 in A minor and No. 45 in A Major are in their original keys which happen to be guitar-friendly. The authors generous and scholarly Preface provides thorough historical and performance notes for the music in this volume. While just three of Weisss 109 multi-movement lute sonatas are represented here, the importance of this publication cannot be overstated. It contains some of the greatest music of a masterful lutenist Weiss once faced-off with J. S. Bach on keyboards in a counterpoint improvisation contestnow made accessible to the modern classical guitarist.