ISBN 9781513459912. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

This collection presents 51 carefully selected examples of Renaissance and Baroque music ranging from lute and 5-course Baroque guitar works to solo and ensemble vocal pieces and fiddle tunes. Much of this music lies outside of the standard guitar repertoire yet is frequently played by ensembles at Renaissance and Early Music festivals. For this book, guitarist/musicologist Keith Calmes has tastefully arranged this splendid music for solo classic guitar, including an outstanding downloadable companion audio recording. Aficionados of Early Music will recognize many of the themes herein, including the hit tunes of the day by Praetorius, Sanz, Cutting, Narvaez, and the anonymous composer of Greensleeves. Have you ever wondered which Early Music composers inspired Joaquin Rodrigos concertos? Those works are in here! By contrast, many of these pieces will sound completely new, even to lifelong guitarists. Written in standard notation only with ample fingering, guitarists and audiences alike will appreciate the music in this book. Includes access to online audio.

This collection features a selection of classical pieces by the world's most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II, Edvard Grieg, Johann Pachelbel, Giuseppe Verdi, Edward Elgar, Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms.

All the pieces are presented in simplified version for the beginner.

Includes:

1812 Overture, Op. 49
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
Bourrée, BWV 996
Dance of the Flowers, Op. 71a
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525
Für Elise, WoO 59
Greensleeves
Guten Abend, gut? Nacht
I Dovregubbens hall
Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147
Kanon in D-Dur
La Donna è Mobile
la Primavera, RV. 269
Menuett, BWV Anh 114
Ode an die Freude, Op. 125
Pomp and Circumstance March Nº1, Op. 39
Treulich geführt
Water Music, HWV 349

Fugue on a Theme of Greensleeves

This is an original fugal composition which uses the iconic English melody Greensleeves as its subject.

The fugue passes through all of the traditional processes associated with the structure including an exposition, inversions, augmentations, modulations, stretto and diminutions. A link to an analytical video showing a performance and annotated score is given below.

The work makes an excellent concert item as the theme is well-known to audiences of all ages and cultures.

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This collection features a selection of classical pieces by the world's most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II, Edvard Grieg, Johann Pachelbel, Giuseppe Verdi, Edward Elgar, Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms.

All the pieces are presented in simplified version for the beginner.

Includes:

1812 Overture, Op. 49
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
Bourrée, BWV 996
Dance of the Flowers, Op. 71a
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525
Für Elise, WoO 59
Greensleeves
Guten Abend, gut? Nacht
I Dovregubbens hall
Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147
Kanon in D-Dur
La Donna è Mobile
la Primavera, RV. 269
Menuett, BWV Anh 114
Ode an die Freude, Op. 125
Pomp and Circumstance March Nº1, Op. 39
Treulich geführt
Water Music, HWV 349

Greensleeves for classical guitar and orchestra is an arrangement of this traditional English folk song that weaves solo guitar and orchestra together with melody and counter melodies. Exploring the possibilities, the guitar has a moment where the melody is in right hand harmonics played over the base notes at normal pitch. Also, there are arpeggio chords, and strummed chords as the orchestra takes the lead. Greensleeves is also known as What Child is This?