ISBN 9781513459905. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the parlor was a room set aside for particular functions. Before the advent of the radio, it was the place where formal presentations were staged, including amateur and semi-professional concerts. This classical guitar solo collection for the intermediate to advanced player offers nine engaging and lyrical European and North American favorites of this bygone era. All of the solos are presented in standard notation only and played on authentic reproductions of period instruments on the books online companion recording. Author Joseph Mayes plays works by well-known guitarist-composers Carulli, Coste and Giuliani as well as the lesser-known but deserving Kathleen MavoureenRomanza by Frederick N. Crouch arranged by Charles de Janon, and Felix Arndts Nola, one of the eras most popular ragtime piano themes, here transcribed and arranged by William Foden and the author. Includes access to online audio.

Here is a unique arrangement of Elton John's hit, "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" arranged for classical guitar by David Jaggs. Some arrangements don't come easily but this one seems to sit perfectly on the guitar, from the melody line to the piano instrumental part and gels together into a great arrangement. Due to popular demand, as with all of David's new arrangements it also comes in a version with tablature available on this website. Both right and left hands are fingered in the trickier passages.