SKU: GI.G-10000GS

This is the four-volume, spiral-bound guitar edition of Gather IV. The 8.5” x 11” size has 2-page spreads that are organized to reduce page turns. The larger print makes for easier reading. It includes guitar chords, melody line, full choral harmonizations when available, and complete guitar accompaniments for every musical item in the hymnal.   Gather, Fourth Edition has been intentionally designed to be GIA’s most representative and relevant Catholic hymnal to date.    The musical contents represent the contemporary Catholic church, featuring a culturally diverse roster of composers and a wider breadth of musical styles.   Gather, Fourth Edition is also designed to work seamlessly with various digital assets, making it accessible and relevant in our technology-based world. It is the first hardbound GIA hymnal to be fully coordinated for use with OneLicense, GIA’s Hymnals App, and the new GIA Choral Cloud Subscription.

SKU: MB.30989

ISBN 9781513466705. 8.75x11.75 inches.

In this book, guitarist and music historian David Grimes presents 20 â??small sonatasâ? or sonatinas, complete with detailed performance notes and bio sketches of each of the contributing composers: Leonhard von Call, Matteo Carcassi, Ferdinando Carulli, Mauro Giuliani, Francesco Molino, and Antonio Nava.  While flexible, the early 19th-century sonatina form usually consists of 2 - 4 contrasting movements, here in guitar-friendly keys, making these pieces ideal for performance by intermediate-level students. 

In all but the most challenging passages, Grimes has intentionally kept fingering to a minimum to allow students to form their own concept of this critical skill. Then, as many bass notes in these pieces are played on open strings, the player must develop a sense of when to selectively damp dissonant tones or observe a restâ?? exposing and overcoming yet another shortcoming in the education of many guitarists.  

Most classic guitar teachers are familiar with the easy didactic studies by Carcassi, Carulli and Giuliani; Favorite Sonatinas offers more highly developed, but not yet virtuoso pieces by the same Italian triumvirateâ?? plus three more composers in a similar veinâ?? promoting confident, enjoyable sight-reading by guitarists of all levels. .

SKU: UT.CH-106

ISBN 9790215315921. 9 x 12 inches.

The first impulse to compose these 3 Little Suites for Guitar came from the desire to offer very young students compositions not framed by the usual features of â??music for childrenâ?? but, rather, meant to introduce into their musical horizon sonorities, rhythms, and expressive modalities not generally experienced in the more â??traditionalâ?? courses of study.
As the compositions developed, the project underwent some slight modifications, so that in the end one could say that the three suites became progressively more difficult, though remaining, in their deep essence, quite â??simpleâ??.
I would recommend paying careful attention to the titles of the pieces and to the expressive markings. Although it was not my intention to write â??descriptiveâ?? music, I have tried to handle these pieces like stage scripts, giving each a specific â??characterâ??. For this purpose my long experience as a composer of theatre music has been very helpful.
It would give me great satisfaction if guitarists of every age would enjoy performing these suites. I would like teachers to find in them cues for proposing to their pupils further refinements concerning both technique and expression, never forgetting how inexpressible music truly is.
(Carlo de Nonno).

SKU: HL.14023362

ISBN 9788759861752. 10.25x14.5x0.42 inches. English-Danish.

Written on the suggestion of guitarist David Starobin as a 'tiny dance-like movement to go along with similar bagatelles from all over the world'. Norgard's intention was that this piece should be performed after the piece 'Daggry', which is based on a poem by Henrich Nordbrandt. For Guitar solo.