Baroque suite I by Ludovico Roncalli (1654?1713) arranged for classical Guitar solo.
This is the first suite from the set of 9 suites published in 1692 by the name "Capricci armonici sopra la chitarra spagnola ("Harmonic caprices for the Spanish guitar").
Contents:
Gavotta 1:00 min easy, 1 page
Sarabanda 1:27 min easy, 1 page
Preludio 1:00 min easy, 2 pages
Gigue 1:25 min early intermediate, 2 pages
Alemanda 1:35 min early intermediate, 2 pages
Corrente 0:52 min early intermediate. 2 pages

11 pages (10 pages guitar score 1 page cover)
This edition is with standard guitar notation and tablature and downloadable mp3 for audio help.

ISBN 9781619119512.

The octave mandolin is valued for its rich tone and wide range of potential use in a variety of musical settings. This book contains 27 easy to intermediate pieces from the Baroque era that have been carefully chosen and arranged to benefit from the longer scale and deeper voice of the big mandolin. The music is presented in both standard notation and tablature, making it easily playable on the mandocello, mandola or standard mandolin. Thirteen composers are represented, including six pieces by J. S. Bach, four by G. F. Handel and three by G. P. Telemann.

This popular volume has now been expanded to 31 pages.
As well as easy dances by Bach and Handel, this selection includes pieces by French, Italian and English baroque masters. Pupils will experience an uncomplicated first acquaintance with the polyphonic structure of baroque music. The ornaments are written out in full, in each case keeping within the technical boundaries of this level of development.

English.

Part of a new series of piano music books edited by British concert pianist Samantha Ward, and designed primarily to be played at home, simply for pleasure. .

Selected for their relaxing qualities, the pieces in this volume range from well-known classics to delightful lesser-known gems. Featuring arrangements of pieces from the Baroque period, the collection is of easy/intermediate level so a competent amateur pianist will have little difficulty in mastering the pieces.

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For those ... who now want to sit down and play the piano of an evening - purely for relaxation and personal satisfaction - these books brilliantly hit their target. They provide a huge range or wonderful music, and the selection of pieces included is near perfect. ... these books so brilliantly meet the demand expressed by so many of my teenage and adult students for beautiful music that can be enjoyed for enjoyment's sake. - PIANODAO.COM

Thank you Schott and Samantha Ward for producing these beautiful volumes which will bring so much joy to learners and players alike - Beate Toyka , EPTA UK Piano Magazine.

This arrangement was adapted for a wood quintet ensemble, ideal to be performed at weddings and by groups of music beginners, which does not prevent it from being performed by professionals in the area. The piece has approximately 2 minutes and 33 seconds of duration, being in a comfortable time for those performing it, so that there is no difference between this version and the composer's original.

The Four Seasons, Italian Le quattro stagioni, group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives a musical expression to a season of the year. Unusually for the time, Vivaldi published the concerti with accompanying poems (possibly written by Vivaldi himself) that elucidated what it was about those seasons that his music was intended to evoke. This movement is illustrated textually in a sonnet with the following description:

Standing quietly and contentedly by the fire
While outside the rain bathes everything;
Walk on the ice with slow step
For fear of falling in the attempt.
To feel when going out through the stinging door,
Sirocco, Borea, and all the winds at war;
That this is winter, but such, that joy door.

This arrangement was adapted for a wood quintet ensemble, ideal to be performed at weddings and by groups of music beginners, which does not prevent it from being performed by professionals in the area. The piece has approximately 2 minutes and 33 seconds of duration, being in a comfortable time for those performing it, so that there is no difference between this version and the composer's original.

The Four Seasons, Italian Le quattro stagioni, group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives a musical expression to a season of the year. Unusually for the time, Vivaldi published the concerti with accompanying poems (possibly written by Vivaldi himself) that elucidated what it was about those seasons that his music was intended to evoke. This movement is illustrated textually in a sonnet with the following description:

Standing quietly and contentedly by the fire
While outside the rain bathes everything;
Walk on the ice with slow step
For fear of falling in the attempt.
To feel when going out through the stinging door,
Sirocco, Borea, and all the winds at war;
That this is winter, but such, that joy door.

A third collection of 5 easy pieces arranged for 2 pianos, 4 hands. The original pieces are of approximately grade 2-3 standard, with a new piano part added for a friend or teacher to play on a second piano or keyboard. Piano II is the original piece, piano I has been composed by Simon Peberdy.

1. W.A. Mozart: Minuet in F (K.5)
2. J. Hook: Tempo di Minuetto
3. J.S. Bach: Gavotte en Rondeau
4. C. Gurlitt: Wild Mignonette
5. W.F Bach: Menuett

The pieces are also available individually from www.simonpeberdymusic.com