Guitar - intermediate to
advanced
SKU:
M7.GHE-801
Advanced Studies.
Composed by Fernando Sor.
Edited by Erik
Stenstadvold. This
edition: Saddle-wire
stitching. Sheet music.
New Critical Edition. 68
pages. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#GHE 801. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services) (M7.GHE-801).
ISBN 9783890448015.
English.
We proudly
present a new critical
edition of the collected
guitar works by Fernando
Sor. Some titles in this
edition may be new to
some readers, eg the
contents of volume 10.
This new edition is the
biggest new publishing
undertaking for the music
of Sor since the 1970s.
Our editor Erik
Stenstadvold is a noted
expert on 19th century
guitar music and
publishes regularly in
leading professional
journals such as
'Soundboard' and 'Early
Music'. His life-long
preoccupation with Sor
and his music, both as a
performer and researcher,
has resulted in an
unsurpassed edition in
terms of scholarly
accuracy and practical
usefulness. All relevant
early sources have been
consulted, often several
different printed
editions and manuscripts
of a particular work. In
each case the most
dependable source has
been chosen as copy text,
on the basis of
historical evidence and
textual reliability.
Variances and errors in
the original scores are
corrected and discussed
in the comprehensive
critical commentaries.
All volumes contain
detailed introductory
notes that place the
individual works in their
historical context and
discuss particular
notation problems.
Suggestions for the
interpretation of
ornaments are also
provided. In Volume 1 and
2 (Studies), Sor's likely
purpose of each
individual study is
discussed in relation to
the technique and
fingering principles he
describes in his 1830
Méthode. The music
scores are produced at
'concert size' with clear
and accurate music
engraving and
high-quality German
printing. Original
fingering is retained,
but in order to make the
music more accessible to
players in general,
editorial fingering has
been judiciously added in
works with little or no
indications in the
original editions. Added
fingerings are easily
distinguishable from the
original ones by their
different typefaces. The
guitar duos come with
full-size study scores
and separate parts. As an
optional extra we offer a
'pocket' size score with
all the duos (188 pages,
17 x 24 cms). Each volume
has its own thematic
index with incipits and
the pages include headers
to assist navigation. We
offer, at a special low
price, an optional
thematic index volume
referenced to the
complete edition, which
is of practical use
(product number GHE
896).