Saddle-stitched. Folk.
Book. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc #30945.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
(MB.30945).
ISBN
9781513472744. 8.75X11.75
inches.
This
collection of 19th and
early 20th century airs
and ballads is a
celebration of American
music that is ideal for
guitar recitals and
encores. Written in
standard notation only,
the pieces are arranged
and fingered for ease of
sight-reading and
specifically designed to
exploit the musicality of
the classical guitar.The
book features
arrangements of the
antebellum song,
ôDarling Nelly
Grayö by Benjamin
Hanby, popular Civil
War-era songs by Stephen
Foster and other period
songwriters, plus parlor
music favorites like
Edward MacDowellÃ?s
ôTo a Wild Roseö,
Ethelbert NevinÃ?s
ôMighty Lak� a
Roseö, and ôAura
Leeö, a melody by
George R. Poulton that
would resurface nearly a
hundred years later as
ôLove Me
Tenderö.á.
Composed by Guido Boger.
Squareback saddle stitch.
World. Book. 96 pages.
Mel Bay Publications, Inc
#30983. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30983).
ISBN
9781513471433. 8.75x11.75
inches.
Oâ??Carolan
for Classical Guitar
is the fourth and final
volume of Guido
Bögerâ??s classical
guitar arrangements of
the 214 compositions of
the itinerant blind Irish
harper, Turlough
O'Carolan (1670â??1738).
This last collection
includes 58 solo pieces,
including
Oâ??Carolanâ??s
variations on two
Scottish
airs.
These
settings are generally
intermediate in
difficulty and reflect
the beauty and lyricism
of the original melodies,
most of which are tribute
tunes named for
Oâ??Carolanâ??s
patrons: Colonel
Oâ??Hara, John
Oâ??Connor, Mrs.
Oâ??Connor, Lady Wrixon,
General Wynne, Captain
Oâ??Neil, The Landlady,
etc. The works are
meticulously written in
standard notation and are
ideal for sight-reading
practice, personal
enjoyment, or concert
performance. Moderate
left-hand fingering and
string numbering are
provided in these
well-crafted
arrangements.
Alon
g with his previous Mel
Bay editions,
Turlough O'Carolan
Irish Harp Pieces for
Classical Guitar,
O'Carolan Favorites
and O'Carolan
Airs, this book
completes Guido
Böger's comprehensive
O'Carolan series. The set
of four books would make
a great gift,
particularly for an Irish
guitarist.