Guitar and Piano
SKU:
IS.GP14019EM
Composed
by Johann Pfeiffer.
Arranged by Victor Van
Puijenbroeck. Plucked -
Guitar. Metropolis Music
Publishers #GP14019EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.GP14019EM).
ISBN
9790365003402.
Germ
an composer and violinist
Johann Pfeiffer (1697 -
1761) was born in
Nuremberg and made a
career as concertmaster
in various orchestras
throughout southern
Germany. Much of his life
was spent in Bayreuth,
working for the court of
Wilhelmine of Prussia,
Margravine of Bayreuth,
teaching her composition
and violin. During his
lifetime, he composed a
variety of orchestra and
chamber music, including
this Concerto in B-flat
Major in three movements:
Allegro ma non troppo,
Andante, and Allegretto.
In this edition, Victor
Van Puijenbroeck has
created a piano reduction
of the orchestral score
and also has adapted the
lute part to be played on
guitar. Included are
parts for both lute (the
part has been adapted
from lute tablature to
modern notation) and
guitar (capotasto).