You
will find in the scores
indications of nuances,
timbre, attack and
fingerings which
constitute suggestions
for work and not
prescriptions. Teachers
and students are
therefore invited to make
interpretation choices
different from those
proposed or to try to
convincingly render those
already
written.
The
pieces were composed or
arranged by UQAM music
education students as
part of a course aimed at
equipping musicians for
teaching guitar in the
school system. Many of
them are musicians from
different backgrounds
(composition,
performance, world music,
etc.), which explains the
creativity found in the
pieces. All the pieces
have been the subject of
an audio recording
available on the
Productions
d’Oz website
and on YouTube. Search
for À vos
guitares, prêt,
joue! Vol.
4.
Guitar duet - Intermediate SKU: DZ.DZ-4311 Composed by Louise Farrenc. Ar...(+)
Guitar duet -
Intermediate
SKU:
DZ.DZ-4311
Composed
by Louise Farrenc.
Arranged by Eddie Healy.
Score and parts. Les
Productions d'OZ #DZ
4311. Published by Les
Productions d'OZ
(DZ.DZ-4311).
ISBN
9782898522284.
Loui
se Farrenc was a
profoundly influential
French composer,
performer, professor, and
author. Though she would
ultimately become quite a
sought-after performer,
her potential as a
composer was recognized
quite early on. Women
were not permitted to
enroll in conventional
composition classes at
the Conservatoire de
Paris at the time, but,
she did receive private
lessons from Anton
Reicha, the professor of
composition there. Years
later she would receive a
permanent appointment as
Professor of Piano at the
same institution, a
position she held for
thirty years. She was the
only woman during the
19th century to bear that
title. Her piano
etudes possess
pedagogical value as well
as great beauty and
character. These works
lend themselves quite
well to the guitar duo
setting. While I have
rendered all of
Farrenc’s
melodies quite
faithfully, I have taken
liberties with the
accompaniments in order
to make them more
idiomatic to the guitar.
Likewise, many of the
effects of which the
guitar is capable have
been brought to bear in
ways that deviate from
the original intent of
the etude. Alternatively,
the challenges that some
of these etudes were
meant to address for the
piano student are
amplified by this
adaptation. For example,
etude 5 is intended to
enable the piano student
to improve the
coordination between
their left and right
hands. It certainly
presents a challenge in
that regard to the guitar
duo! These selections
are entirely suitable for
guitarists with limited
experience, though they
could, of course, be
beautifully realized by
players with a great deal
more experience as
well.
Tres Sonates 2 Guitares (duo) Editorial de Musica Boileau
2 guitars SKU: BO.B.3649 Composed by A. Soler/L. Palomo. Published by Edi...(+)
2 guitars
SKU:
BO.B.3649
Composed by
A. Soler/L. Palomo.
Published by Editorial de
Musica Boileau
(BO.B.3649).
Padre Antonio
Soler is the most
important Spanish
composer of keyboard
instruments of the XVIII
century. Born in Olot he
was baptized in 1729 and
died in El Escorial in
1787. As a young boy he
entered the Escolania of
Montserrat, where he
studied composition and
organ, coinciding at the
same monastery with the
also Spanish composer of
that time, Fernando Sor.
Padre Soler spent great
part of his life in El
Escorial as chapel master
and organist and met in
Madrid Italian composer
Domenico Scarlatti with
whom he developped a deep
friendship inspired on
mutual
admiration.
In
spite of the similar
styles of both composers
the fluid inspiration of
Padre Soler excels for
his own personality,
definitely influenced by
Spanish roots.
Furthermore, I ask myself
if the fact of being at
the same monastery of
Montserrat with guitarist
composer Fernando Sor
didn't play an important
role in the future
development of Padre
Soler's style.
I
have transcribed for two
guitars these three
sonatas in the hope that
also the guitarists can
enjoy playing these
little jewels, truly
musical delights, that
Padre Antonio Soler left
for us.
Romantic, Baroque and Renaissance Music for Two Guitars in Standard Notation ...(+)
Romantic, Baroque and
Renaissance Music for Two
Guitars in Standard
Notation
and Tablature. Composed
by
Various. Guitar
Collection.
Classical. Softcover
Audio
Online. With guitar
tablature. 272 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard