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.
Guitar duet - Intermediate SKU: DZ.DZ-4258 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arra...(+)
Guitar duet -
Intermediate
SKU:
DZ.DZ-4258
Composed
by Edvard Grieg. Arranged
by Chris Dumigan. Score
and parts. Les
Productions d'OZ #DZ
4258. Published by Les
Productions d'OZ
(DZ.DZ-4258).
ISBN
9782898521751.
Four
Album Leaves, Op. 28 is a
set of pieces for piano
solo composed by Edvard
Grieg. The set was first
published in 1878 in
Leipzig by C.F. Peters.
The Album Leaves were
composed over the span of
almost fifteen years. As
such, they present a
fascinating cross-section
of Grieg's pianistic and
compositional
development. They are
arranged in chronological
order as follows: Allegro
con moto (1864),
Allegretto espressivo
(1874), Vivace (1876),
and Andantino serioso
(1878).
Having
realized some years ago
that due to
Grieg’s way of
writing for the piano,
that they would fit
wonderfully on two
guitars, I began with
this set, and then moved
onto more of his works,
finally transcribing his
complete set of 10 books
of Lyric Pieces (66
pieces in all), all of
which are available as
separate publications at
Les Productions
D’Oz. I hope
you enjoy playing them as
much as I, and my duet
partner Ann,
do.
