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.

Song List: I'll Fly Away (Albert E Brumley) Because He Lives (Wm & Gloria Gaither) To Be Used of God (Audrey Mieir) El-Shaddai (J Thompson/M Card) Let's Just Praise the Lord (William Gaither) Thou Art Worthy (Pauline Mills) I'll Tell the World That I'm A Christian (Bock) Healer of Broken Hearts (Bock) He Is with Me (Bock) He Touched Me (Bock) I Believe in A Hill Called Mt. Calvary (Bock) Over the Sunset Mountains (Bock) Plenty of Room in the Family (Bock) How Great Thou Art (Stuart K Hine) In This Very Room (Ron and Carol Harris) Jesus Loves Me (Bradbury/Debussy) Happiness Nearer, My God, to Thee (S. Adams) What A Friend We Have in Jesus (C Converse) This Is My Country (Raye/Jacobs) Love Lifted Me (J. Rowe/H. Smith) Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us (W. Bradbury) I've Got Peace Like A River Greater Is He That Is in Me (Lanny Wolfe) Day by Day (C Berg/O Ahnfelt) I Am A Promise (Wm. & Gloria Gaither) Joy Comes in the Morning (Wm. & Gloria Gaither) I Cannot Fail the Lord (Doris Akers) He's Everything to Me (R Carmichael) When He Shall Come (A J Pearce) Sweet, Sweet Spirit (Doris Akers) Oh, I Never Shall Forget the Day (R Carmichael) Sweeter As the Years Go by (Mrs. C H Morris) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Don Wyrtzen) My Heart Is Filled with Jesus' Love (D Akers) Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul (John Peterson) Love At Home (Wm Driggs, Jr.) Thank God for the Promise of Spring (Wm Gaither) God Leads His Dear Children Along (G Young) Even So, Lord Jesus, Come (Wm. Gaither) Jesus Is Coming Again (J Peterson) He'll Never Let You Fall (R Carmichael) Go Tell It On the Mountain Amen Precious Memories LOVE OF GOD, THE (FREDERICK H LEHMAN) BLOOD WILL NEVER LOSE ITS POWER, THE (A. CROUCH) CHURCH TRIUMPHANT, THE (WM GAITHER) UNVEILED CHRIST, THE (N B HERRELL) MIRACLE OF GRACE, THE (R CARMICHAEL)