Medieval and Renaissance Airs, Songs and Dances. The left hand uses open harmonies and single notes.

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Medieval

Alle, psallite, Alleluya Anonymous (England, 13th c.)
Cuncti simus Libre Vermell (Spain, 14th c.)
Dansse Real Anonymous (France, 13th c.)
Edi be thu, Heven-Queene Anonymous (England, 13th c.)
Kalenda Maya Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (France, 12th c.)
Non sofre - CSM #159 Cantigas de Santa Maria (Spain, 13th c.)
Ondas do mar de Vigo - Martin Codax (Spain, 13th c.)
Ondas do mar de Vigo - Estampie ? Therese Honey
Salterello ? Anonymouns (Italy, 14th c.)
Santa Maria amar CMS #7 - Cantigas de Santa Maria (Spain, 13th c.)
Santa Maria, strella do dia CMS #100 - Cantigas de Santa Maria (Spain, 13th c.)
Stella splendens ? Libre Vermell (Spain, 14th c.)


Renaissance
Branle de Cheveaux Thoinot Arbeau (France, 1589)
Branle d?Escosse Thoinot Arbeau (France, 1589)
Branle de la Torche Michael Praetorius (Germany, 1612)
Complaint John Dowland (England, 16th c.)
Jhon Come Kisse Me Noue Anon. (Scotland, 17th c.)
Joy to the Personne of My Love Skene Manuscript (Scotland, 17th c.)
Ladie Laiton?s Alman John Dowland (England, 16th c.)
L?espagnoletta Francisque Caroubel (France, 16th c.)
Nonesuch Playford Collection (England, 17th c.)
Mr. Dowland?s Midnight John Dowland (England, 16th c.)
Round Battle Galliard John Dowland (England, 16th c.)

Isaac Albéniz (1860? 1909) è, senza dubbio, il vero fondatore della musica spagnola moderna.

Bambino prodigioe instancabile viaggiatore, la sua opera è impregnata dei colori e dei saporidella Spagna, paese che ha amato profondamente per tutta la vita. L?influenzadel Flamenco è accertata: Albéniz era un habitué delle taverne dove si cantavae suonava questo genere. ASTURIAS, ispirato dalla Granaína (stile flamenco di Granada) è uno di quei brani che ha superato i confinidella musica prettamente classica, raggiungendo un pubblico planetario.

Questatrascrizione, pur conservando alcune idee geniali di Andrés Segovia (latonalità di Mi minore, le terzine a partire dalla terza frase, gli armonicinella sezione centrale), presenta una scrittura chitarristica più precisa, curatanei minimi particolari e una maggiore coerenza con l?originale. Diteggiature esoluzioni nuove per la mano sinistra danno vita a una partitura fresca, riccadi sonorità inedite.

Bojano, 16 Settembre 2020.

Flavio Sala.

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Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) is, without doubt, the truefounder of modern Spanish music.

Child prodigy and tireless traveler, his works are full of colorsand flavors of Spain, a country he has deeply loved all his life. The influenceof Flamenco is proven: Albéniz was a regular in taverns where this genre wassung and played. ASTURIAS, inspired by the Granaína(flamenco style of Granada) is one of those pieces that went beyond theboundaries of purely classical music, reaching a global audience.

This transcription, while retaining some brilliant ideas ofAndrés Segovia (the key of E minor, the triplets starting from the third phrase,the harmonics in the central section), presents a more precise guitar writing,with attention to the smallest details and greater coherence with the original.New fingerings and solutions for the left hand give life to a fresh score, fullof new sounds.

Bojano, September 16,2020.

Flavio Sala.

A hard-hitting Flamenco guitar arrangement for Fandango de Huelva based on standard traditional themes. The Fandango de Huelva is a relatively fast and rhythmically strict Fandango compared to Fandangos from other regions in Andalusia (Granada, Ronda, Málaga, Almería) that are often slower and without a steady rhythm (sans mesure). Rhythmically, Fandango de Huelva consists of a repetition of a six beat phrase, that Flamencos refer to as a compás, with accents on the third and fifth beats (1 2 3 4 5 6). This is notated in the score as a repeated sequence of 4/4 and 2/4 measures with the first beat of the compás falling on the third beat of the first 4/4 measure. The first accented beat in the compás falls on the first beat of the following 2/4 measure and the second accented beat falls on the first beat of the 4/4 measure following. This asymmetrical distribution of accents in the phrase gives the Fandango a kind of choppy almost stop-and-go flow. Note the number of holds that occur in the melodic passages. These are signs of a feature of the Fandango that is used much more in the slower versions where the singer or guitarist can vary the rhythmic flow at will. The melodic passages in the piece are based on traditional songs for Fandango de Huelva, much as Brahms? Hungarian Dances were based on traditional romani melodies from Hungary. The piece ends with a so-called Macho, a finale, in Verdiales, a fast Fandango rhythm from the region of Malaga. The Verdiales runs in standard 3/4 measures.I learned the Fandango de Huelva rhythm in my studies with Juan González ?Triguito? in Madrid in the late 1960?s. I gathered further rhythmic and melodic material working with other Flamenco guitarists and singers, especially in El Mesón de la Guitarra just off the Plaza Mayor, during my years in Spain.The Fandango de Huelva is a fast and lively style (palo) of Flamenco with lots of good old-fashioned strumming (rasgueados) together with long continuous melodic passages. There is quite a bit of tapping on the face of guitar (golpes) in combination with the strumming and left hand legatos. Some passages are played with the thumb in alzapúa, meaning that the thumb strikes in triplets down, up, and down again in rapid sequence in combination with glopes. The alzapúa and tapping really add to the gitano-andalusian flavour of the piece. The last measures of the finale in abanico (fanning) rasqueado style are a powerful sendoff. Audiences have always enjoyed the positive spirit and energy that the Fandango de Huelva radiates.