Guitar - Intermediate SKU: MB.30667M With Guitar Transcriptions of Bac...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: MB.30667M
With Guitar
Transcriptions of Bach's
Figured Bass
Accompaniment.
Composed by Matthias
Stegmann. Gospel/Sacred,
Squareback saddle stitch,
Christian. Gospel. Book
and online PDF. 238
pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#30667M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30667M).
ISBN
9781513463971. 8.75 x
11.75
inches.
Johann
Sebastian Bachâ??s
arrangements of the
â??69 Sacred Songsâ?
from the Musical
Hymnal by Georg
Christian Schemelli
(Leipzig, 1736) have long
been part of the German
language vocal concert
repertoire and a mainstay
in vocal pedagogy.
Originally, only these 69
of the 954 hymns in the
collection were published
with a single bass line
as the accompaniment.
Bachâ??s contribution
was to specify harmonies
to be played over those
same bass lines by adding
figured bass
numbers and symbols
beneath each
note.
A figured
bass line can easily be
turned into a relatively
simple guitar
accompaniment or a more
elaborate setting,
offering a range of
possibilities that make
working with this music
both interesting and
rewarding for the
guitarist. While other
period and modern
editions of the â??69
Sacred Songsâ? offer
accompaniments for
keyboard instruments,
this Mel Bay publication
features intermediate to
advanced transcriptions
exclusively for the
guitar.
Best
suited to college-level
players or advanced
aficionados, this special
Mel Bay Publications
edition includes the
vocal line with German
lyrics and the guitar
accompaniment transcribed
from Bachâ??s figured
bass lines. Written in
guitar-friendly keys, 29
of the transcriptions
employ a capo to achieve
the original key designed
for high voices. Without
the capo, these same
arrangements would be
suitable to be sung by
lower voices. The
remaining 40 hymns are in
their original
guitar-friendly keys and
so do not require a
capo.
This volume
contains accompaniment
settings of all 69 of the
sacred songs and arias
for which Bach wrote
figured bass annotation.
For performance variety
and convenience, this
book includes â??Scores
in their Original
Keys,â? and
stand-alone â??Guitar
Accompaniment,â? and
â??Bass Parts.
Fretted guitar SKU: PR.UE038025 For guitar. Composed by Bela Barto...(+)
Fretted guitar
SKU:
PR.UE038025
For
guitar. Composed by
Bela Bartok. Arranged by
Siegfried Steinkogler.
Score. Universal Edition
#UE038025. Published by
Universal Edition
(PR.UE038025).
UPC:
803452072843.
Barto
k's Allegro barbaro is a
favorite of
keyboard-mashing
pianists, with its
driving rhythms and
sudden forceful
outbursts. Arranging a
piece like this for solo
guitar is no small feat,
yet Steinkogler has
artfully accomplished
just that, overcoming
many technical challenges
to bring the Bartok to
six strings. For the
accomplished guitarist,
this would be a fantastic
concert closer or encore
piece.
Suite No. 1 Guitare Guitare classique [Conducteur] - Avancé Productions OZ
Guitar solo - Advanced SKU: DZ.DZ-4308 Composed by Giorgio Mirto. Score. ...(+)
Guitar solo - Advanced
SKU: DZ.DZ-4308
Composed by Giorgio
Mirto. Score. Les
Productions d'OZ #DZ
4308. Published by Les
Productions d'OZ
(DZ.DZ-4308).
ISBN
9782898522253.
Foll
owing a recent experience
on the jury of a guitar
competition, I noted with
great pleasure that
Giorgio Mirto, with whom
I had shared the role of
juror, wanted to
celebrate the experience
of the competition -
during from which we
discovered that we had
had a great affinity of
thought - with something
which could endure over
time and not evaporate as
often happens in short
and occasional meetings
between musicians. He did
it as a true composer,
which he is, and
dedicated to me a very
beautifully crafted Suite
to which I allowed myself
to collaborate at least
formally, by suggesting
titles for the four
movements. This is how
Suite n.1 was born, a
piece that does not
strictly respect the
formal rules of the
Baroque era, but
reinterprets and reuses
them in a new key. The
work's obvious late
Baroque inspiration led
me to find titles that
invited the performer to
delve deeper into the
work's aesthetic
inspiration. So I
suggested to Giorgio that
he title the four
movements with something
that linked their content
to four greats of the
18th century. German
masters. The prelude has
thus become from Eisenach
because of its sometimes
improvised Bach-like
atmosphere, the second
movement, vaguely
toccata, speaks an organ
language in the manner of
Buxtehude (who lived in
Lübeck), the slow
movement has a Handelian
quality - and Handel was
born in Halle - and the
last movement, far from
being a true Chaconne,
undoubtedly has the
latter's taste for
variation and ostinato,
typical traits of
Telemann who lived in
Magdeburg. The cities
that appear in the titles
are therefore indelible
to the authors cited.
Furthermore, one should
not think that the style
of the work is in any way
German, given that
Giorgio Mirto expresses
himself in a very joyful
language that synthesizes
modality with minimalism,
all seasoned with a a nod
to Pink's progressive
rock Floyd. or a Mike
Oldfield... The result of
this mixture of ideas,
inspirations and styles
is a work that personally
I never tire of reading
and rereading, for the
freshness that emanates
from it and for the
climate expressive which
rises, nourishing itself
with full efficiency. We
ultimately cannot ignore
that the note B, the one
which marks in a minor
way some of the most
expressive works of the
guitar repertoire, from
the study of Sor which
made generations of
students fall in love
with the guitar, until to
that of Frank Martin's
Four Pieces via La
Catedral di Barrios, is
the modal fulcrum of the
entire Suite: it is true
that the Prelude begins
with a clear chord in E
minor and lingers on an
open ending in A minor ,
but it almost seems that
the initial E serves as a
launching pad for a
continuation of the work
in which the dominant,
that is to say the B, is
the true musical North,
the pole star which
guides us in the other
three movements until the
end of the Chaconne de
Magdebourg. I wish
Giorgio and our Suite
great longevity and a
favorable destiny in the
complex and complex world
of contemporary guitar
composition. And I thank
him again, flattered by
his very kind
dedication.
Composed by Alban Berg (1885-1935) and Alban Berg (1885-1935). Contemporary. Per...(+)
Composed by Alban Berg
(1885-1935) and Alban
Berg (1885-1935).
Contemporary. Performance
score. With Standard
notation. 20 pages.
Universal Edition
#UE36674. Published by
Universal Edition
(PR.UE036674).
Sona
ta No. 6 Kharkiv for
guitar solo was composed
in 2021, in the end of
the COVID-19 lockdown. At
that time my family and I
were staying in our home
city of Kharkiv (also
known as Kharkov),
Ukraine for almost two
years. We considered that
pandemic period as a
disaster, but later have
realized that it actually
was a rather happy time,
because a war came to our
homeland just a few
months later. Since 2022
a considerable fraction
of the 1.5 millions of
Kharkiv citizens have
left their homes, those
who stayed have been
living under ceaseless
missile attacks, and many
have been killed. I would
like to dedicate this
Sonata to the frontier
city of Kharkiv and, most
of all, to its citizens
suffering from the
war. Yet, the music of
the Sonata does not have
any specific program.
Here I will give a brief
overview of its main
composition elements to
facilitate future
interpretations. The
first and fourth
movements of this Sonata
are based on the
interplay between the
twelve-tone principle and
the G-major tonal center,
natural for the guitar.
Namely, the first
movement is based on the
interaction of the
G-major triad Gâ??Bâ??D
of the open guitar
strings 2â??3â??4,
ascending motif 1
involving the notes
Eâ??F#â??Aâ??C#
(originally on the first
string), and descending
motif 2 using the notes
E-â??Câ??Bbâ??A-
(originally, on the bass
string 6). These elements
supplement each other to
almost make up twelve
tones (apart from the
missing F), and the
motifs alternate with
ostinato fragments where
each note in the G major
triad is step-by-step
moved by a semitone up or
down. The second
movement is a Scherzo
involving numerous
semitones in accented
chords and fast passages,
as well as chromatic
melodic motion in the
bass voice. It is almost
atonal in some fragments,
but has an overall tonal
center of A-minor. The
third movement is a
meditative Adagio based
on a theme composed
within hexatonic scale
Dâ??Eâ??Fâ??G#â??Aâ?
?B and ostinato chords
involving open bass
strings Eâ??Aâ??D and
semitone
Bâ??C. Finally, the
fourth movement is based
on the complete
twelve-tone theme
consisting of two phrases
including motifs 1 and 2
from the first movement:
Gâ??Fâ??Bbâ??Abâ??Câ
??Ebâ??D and
Eâ??Bâ??C#â??Aâ??F#.
This theme is presented
in its prime and
retrograde forms. There
are dialogues between the
first string, basses and
open middle strings,
similar to the first
movement. In the
culmination, the
twelve-tone theme is
performed using the
parallel motion of the
standard guitar G-major
chord with open middle
strings across twelve
positions. The Sonata
was premiered and
recorded (CD Naxos No.
8.574630) by the
prominent Ukrainian
guitarist Marko Topchii
who has also lived and
studied in Kharkiv. I am
extremely grateful to him
for the brilliant
performance of this
piece. I am greatly
indebted to Productions
dâ??Oz for keeping my
original notations in
places where these do not
conform to the
publisherâ??s style.
Guitar SKU: UT.CH-387 Composed by Ferdinando Carulli. Edited by Romolo Ca...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
UT.CH-387
Composed by
Ferdinando Carulli.
Edited by Romolo
Calandruccio. Classical.
Score. Ut Orpheus #CH
387. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.CH-387).
ISBN 9790215328235. 9
x 12 inches.
Opus
114 is certainly one of
Carulliâ??s most
important didactic works,
so much so that the
author himself made a
point of writing in the
second edition of his
famous Method op. 27
(1819): The student, when
moving on to the second
part, must continue to
practise on the easy
pieces which are to be
found in opus nos. 50,
15, 35, 36, 93, 7 and
above all in opus 114. He
maintained this
indication also in later
editions of the Method
itself, unlike what he
did with other
collections of studies
which were no longer
recommended. The
purpose of op. 114, in
particular of the
preludes, is clearly
explained by the author
himself in the preface of
op. 265: I have already
offered preludes in my
opus nos. 71 and 114 to
people, but they serve to
study and learn to play
all sorts of difficult
passages, to practise
modulating, and learn to
improvise on the guitar.
Carulli seems to want to
provide his students with
a large handbook of
formulas typical of his
musical writing and he
does so by making use of
the keys which, in his
opinion, are most
congenial to the guitar.
In his Method he points
out: Each instrument has
its favourite keys: the
guitar can be played in
all keys, but the best
ones are: A major and
minor, D major and minor,
E major and minor, C, G,
F. The others are
difficult; [â?¦].
However, some of the
difficult ones are
included but only in the
fourth part. Of course,
the easiness of a key
essentially depends on
the possibility of
extensive use of the open
strings, especially in
the low notes, ensuring
the accompaniment on the
main degrees. This
edition has some unique
features. First of all,
it is the first complete
modern edition of
Carulliâ??s op. 114; it
presents an important
critical apparatus in
which the Carullian
technique is presented
and analysed; finally,
Carulli's original
fingering is indicated in
the score (including that
of the thumb of the left
hand) and the missing one
was obtained from the
comparison of his other
fingerings present in
other works. All this
allows an easy and
complete reading both for
those who perform the
pieces following the
nineteenth-century
performance practice with
a historical instrument,
and for those who play a
modern instrument.
Flute, clarinet in A or B (viola) and guitar SKU: HL.49019930 Valsa ar...(+)
Flute, clarinet in A or B
(viola) and guitar
SKU: HL.49019930
Valsa argentina.
Composed by Ernesto
Nazareth. Arranged by
Siegfried Schwab. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Ensemble. Softcover.
Composed 1913. 28 pages.
Schott Music #ED20408.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49019930).
ISBN
9790001152693. UPC:
841886011441.
9.0x12.0x0.079
inches.
The
compositions by the
greatest Brazilian tango
composer and pianist
Ernesto Julio de Nazareth
(1863 -1934) are strongly
influenced by Brazilian
folk music. He preferred
light entertainment, and
his dance music has
remained extremely
popular in his home
country until today.
Heitor Villa-Lobos called
him 'the true embodiment
of the Brazilian soul'.
Nazareth composed
primarily choros music
which is very common in
Brazil, but it was his 25
tangos (25 Tangos
Brasileiros for piano,
Schott ED 7561) that made
him famous.The melancholy
waltz Confidencias in A
minor (already published
for piano in Valsas
brasileiros, Schott ED
20304) bridges the gap
between Latin American
folkore and Romantic
elements, as can be found
in the waltzes by Chopin.
The work's specific
expressive chromaticism
in melody and harmony
stands out particularly
in the arrangement for
chamber music
ensemble.
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: DY.DO-1522 Composed by Francis Bebey. Arranged...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: DY.DO-1522
Composed by Francis
Bebey. Arranged by Ingrid
Riollot. Score. Les
Editions Doberman-Yppan
#DO 1522. Published by
Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan
(DY.DO-1522).
Francis
Bebey was born in Douala
in July 1929, into a
large family where his
father, a pastor,
struggled to feed his
children. But Francis had
the opportunity to go to
school. Admiring his
elder brother, Marcel
Eyidi Bebey, he educated
himself, distinguished
himself, and eventually
received a scholarship to
go and take his
baccalaureate in
France. We approached
the end of the 1950s when
he arrived in La
Rochelle. More than ever,
in this France where
Africans were looked at
with curiosity,
condescension, or
disdain, Francis relied
on his intellectual
resources. A diligent
worker, he obtained his
Baccalaureate, then moved
to Paris where he started
English studies at the
Sorbonne. One day, he
knew what truly attracted
him: he wanted to do
radio. Francis learned
his craft in France and
in the USA. After
working for a few years
as a reporter, he was
hired in 1961 as an
international civil
servant in the UNESCO
Information
Department. In
parallel, Francis had
always been drawn to
musical creation. His
very serious daytime
activity didnâ??t
prevent him from
frequenting jazz clubs in
the evenings. In Paris,
the Jazz, the trendy
music of that time, but
also rumba and salsa
attracted him. He
collected records and
attended numerous
concerts. With his
accomplice Manu Dibango,
Francis took the stage
and played
music. Francis liked
classical music since his
childhood. He grew up
listening to the cantatas
and oratorios of Bach or
Handel that his father
had sung in the temple.
He became passionate
about the guitar,
impressed by the Spanish
and South American
masters, and decided to
learn to strum the
instrument himself. He
started composing guitar
pieces, blending the
various influences that
flow through him with the
traditional African music
he had carried within
since childhood. His
approach captivated the
director of the American
Cultural Center (then
located in the
Saint-Germain
neighborhood of Paris),
who offered him the
opportunity to perform in
front of an audience.
Francis gave his first
guitar recital there
(1963) in front of a
mesmerized audience. His
first solo album was
released shortly
thereafter. Gradually,
Francis became recognized
as a musician and
composer. Several albums
of the African guitar
ambassador, as described
by the press, were
released. He also wrote
books, to the point that
his artistic career
became challenging to
reconcile with his career
as a civil servant. In
1974, even though he had
become the General
Manager in charge of
music at UNESCO, he took
the bold leap and
resigned from this
prestigious institution
to dedicated himself to
the three activities that
interested him: music,
literature, and
journalism. He
explored the traditional
musical heritage of the
African continent,
notably through the thumb
piano sanza, and the
polyphonic music of the
Central African pygmies,
or singing in his native
language and composing
humoristic songs in
French! Success
followed. Francis Bebey
traveled the world: from
France to Brazil,
Cameroon to Sweden,
Germany to the Carribean,
or Morocco to Japan...
the list of countries
where he was invited to
perform, gives lectures,
or meets readers is very
long. In addition to
public recognition, he
enjoyed the recognition
of his fellow musicians,
such as guitarist John
Williams or Venezuelan
Antonio Lauro, who
invited him to be a part
of the jury for a
classical guitar
competition in
Caracas. His life was
the journey of an African
pioneer, a man rooted in
his cultural heritage and
carrying a message of
sharing and hope for the
world. His originality
continues to vibrate
around the world since
his passing at the end of
May 2001.
Guitar SKU: GI.G-9538G Traditional Hymns for Contemporary Ensembles(+)
Guitar
SKU:
GI.G-9538G
Traditional Hymns for
Contemporary
Ensembles. Arranged
by Tony Alonso S.J. This
edition: Guitar edition.
Sacred. Guitar part. With
guitar chord names. 52
pages. GIA Publications
#9538G. Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-9538G).
UPC:
785147953876.
Â
Revival is a long overdue
resource that provides
fresh accessible
arrangements of classic
hymns for contemporary
ensembles. Each
arrangement is scored for
SAB choir, piano, guitar,
and optional instrumental
parts. For added texture,
the final stanza of each
hymn includes an
alternate harmonization
of the accompaniment with
a soprano descant. These
fourteen arrangements
will open a whole new set
of treasured hymns to
piano and guitar based
ensembles. Compatible
with the versions founds
in GIA’s most
recent hymnals, each of
these arrangements is
intended to support and
inspire the sung prayer
of the assembly. Every
one will find a
comfortable home in your
repertoire throughout the
liturgical year! A
special spiral bound
edition of Revival is
also available. This
edition is perfect for
accompanists who would
also like to use these
hymn arrangements as
preludes, interludes, or
postludes. Collections
like Revival are
not simply a way for
contemporary ensembles to
plant deeper roots and
tap into more traditional
repertoires. It is a way
for all of us to hear old
hymns with new ears, in a
new way. --Fr. Anthony
Ruff, OSB, Associate
Professor of Theology at
St. John's Abbey Quote
from Pray Tell
Blog. Click here to
read full article Tony
Alonso’s Revival
offers us fourteen
wonderfully arranged
familiar
hymns—musically
accessible and a delight
to sing. Flexibly crafted
for voices, piano and
guitar with lovely
optional descants, this
is an ecumenical gift and
bridge-builder between
classical and
contemporary approaches
to hymns in the liturgy.
It should be in every
parish’s working
library. --Don Saliers,
Professor of Theology and
Worship at the Candler
School of Theology In his
new collection, Revival,
Tony Alonso marks the
500th anniversary of a
great divide in the
church by bridging the
chasm between Catholic
and Protestant,
contemporary and
traditional, Appalachian
and European. His
arrangements for voices,
piano, and
guitar—with
options for using other
instruments as
well—allow for
improvisation and
adaptation while
remaining accessible for
a wide range of
musicians. Although these
hymns are designed to be
used by contemporary
ensembles, they lend
themselves to use in a
variety of worshiping
contexts. Alonso's
arrangements will entice
you to sing
along--Revival is a great
gift to the whole church!
--Kimberly Bracken Long,
Editor of Call to
Worship: Liturgy, Music,
Preaching, & the Arts
Tony Alonso’s,
Revival, is an invaluable
resource to help find
common ground among
“contemporaryâ€
and
“traditionalâ€
choirs and ensembles by
making hymnody
approachable to those who
may have shied away from
it for stylistic reasons.
It is also a great
educational tool for
organists and pianists
who are seeking ways to
improve their
improvisatory keyboard
skills by modeling
accompaniment styles and
improvisatory patterns
that support and enhance
the singing of
traditional hymns.
​--​Dominic
Trumfio, Associate
Director of Worship Music
at Old St. Patrick's
Church, Chicago.
Di
scover Un Jour de Mars, a
haunting musical ballad
for solo guitar that
captures the hope and
sweetness of the arrival
of spring. Let yourself
be transported by this
evocative melody which is
interpreted like a
prelude...
Guitar - intermediate to advanced SKU: M7.GHE-801 Advanced Studies...(+)
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).
Ada Guitare Guitare classique [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Productions OZ
Guitar solo - Intermediate SKU: DZ.DZ-4316 Composed by Mehmet Refik Kaya....(+)
Guitar solo -
Intermediate
SKU:
DZ.DZ-4316
Composed
by Mehmet Refik Kaya.
Arranged by Celil Refik
Kaya. Score. Les
Productions d'OZ #DZ
4316. Published by Les
Productions d'OZ
(DZ.DZ-4316).
ISBN
9782898522338.
Ada
(Island) is a captivating
composition that was
originally written in
2011 for the Turkish
lute. This piece draws
its inspiration from the
tranquil and picturesque
atmosphere of
Büyükada,
one of the charming
islands in the Sea of
Marmara.
Büyükada,
with its serene
landscapes, historical
architecture, and
tranquil shores, serves
as a perfect muse for the
evocative melodies and
intricate harmonies that
characterize Ada
(Island).
Ada
(Island) was later
arranged for classical
guitar. This adaptation
allows the composition to
reach a broader audience
while retaining its
original charm and depth.
The classical guitar
arrangement highlights
the versatility of the
piece, maintaining its
delicate nuances and
evocative melodies, while
offering a new
perspective through the
guitar's distinctive
tonal
qualities.
Whether
performed on the Turkish
lute or the classical
guitar, Ada (Island)
remains a poignant
tribute to the enchanting
beauty of
Büyükada,
capturing the island's
essence and transporting
listeners to its serene
shores.
Itâ
s a beautiful journey
through the tones that I
offer you with these two
pieces.
The first
The Stations of the Cross
express the 14 scenes of
the Passion of Christ
through a simple arpeggio
and 14 different tones.
The 12 minor keys which
begin the work in a
perfectly natural way (D,
A, E, B, F#, C#, G#, D#,
Bb, F, C, G) are followed
by two major keys (D and
the) who come conclude
the work as a triumphant
deliverance.
The
second piece Labyrinthe
uses the same principle,
but in a different way.
With another arpeggio and
major and minor tones
which follow one another
alternating in a natural
way through a slight
mutation, leading us
astray in the meanders of
the tones, to finally
find ourselves in the
original tone, we thus
delivering from this
great labyrinth (do, lam,
re, sim, mi, do#m, fa#,
re#m, ab, fam and
do).
I hope that
the discoverers of these
pieces will have the same
pleasure that I had in
composing them for
them.
In
September of 2018,
guitarist, Toby
McWilliams commissioned
Cruz to write a
three-movement guitar
solo after hearing his
Five Pieces in C on the
internationally
syndicated radio show,
Classical Guitar Alive.
McWilliams requested the
first movement to be in
sonata-allegro form
followed by two other
pieces that reflect the
tempo choices of a
typical three-movement
sonatina. As is the case
with most of Cruzâs
music, this Sonatina was
completed as music
written for musicâs
sake. However, in his
quest to find titles
other than tempo
markings, Cruz plucked
three words from the
correspondence between
himself and McWilliams
that together, add a
personal touch to the
collection while
suggesting a progression
of an imaginary
dayâs
events.
A point of
interest in the first
movement, A theme: Cruz
begins on the IV chord
and intentionally avoids
using a proper I chord
throughout. While the B
section does begin in the
dominant key, it moves
quickly towards a D major
tonal
center.
Festival
(3rd movement) uses a
bitonal opening theme: E
major in the top voice
while the bass line uses
E minor.
Advanced Studies, Op.
6 & 29. Composed by
Fernando Sor. Edited by
Erik Stenstadvold.
Collection. Theodore
Presser Company #GHE0801.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.GHE0801).
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.
Peated Waltzes Guitare Guitare classique [Conducteur] - Avancé Productions OZ
Guitar solo - Advanced SKU: DZ.DZ-4303 Composed by Luciano Lima. Score. L...(+)
Guitar solo - Advanced
SKU: DZ.DZ-4303
Composed by Luciano Lima.
Score. Les Productions
d'OZ #DZ 4303. Published
by Les Productions d'OZ
(DZ.DZ-4303).
ISBN
9782898522208.
Dedi
cated to world renowned
guitarist David Russell,
Peated Waltzes is a
three-movement piece that
pays homage to the peated
whiskies of Islay, the
southernmost island of
the Inner Hebrides of
Scotland. The opening
movement, Earthy Smoke,
Sea Salt and Iodine,
attempts to portray the
distinctive character of
the single malts of that
region. Based on the
Gaelic folk song The
Praise of Islay (Moladh
na Landaidh), the second
movementâs title
comes from one the
songâs last verses,
O, may long their wild
notes flow. The third
movementâs theme was
extracted from the
letters of Laphroaig, one
of the most iconic Scotch
whiskies, whose
nameâs meaning
inspired the title, By
the Broad Bay. In the
second part, the
traditional Celtic
melody, An Islay Pipe
Reel, is quoted. At the
end, themes of the
previous movements are
recalled and intertwined,
as if trying to emulate
the long and lingering
finish of an Islay
dram.
Guitar SKU: UT.CH-385 Composed by John W. Duarte. Edited by Isabel Siewer...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
UT.CH-385
Composed by
John W. Duarte. Edited by
Isabel Siewers.
Classical. Score. Ut
Orpheus #CH 385.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.CH-385).
ISBN
9790215328174. 9 x 12
inches.
The
Sonatina del Sur
(Sonatina of the
South) was
commissioned by Isabel
Siewersâ?? mother as a
34th birthday present for
her daughter. Its music
pays token, rather than
imitative, homage to
South American music.
Thus the sonata form
first movement, whose
brief development section
accounts for the
workâ??s
â??diminutiveâ?? title,
merely hints at
syncopations that are as
common in South America
as they are in Europe.
The Canción de
cuna (Cradle Song) is
unusual in the fact that
it is played entirely in
natural harmonics â?? no
string touches a fret
from start to finish, a
compositional challenge I
had long planned to face.
The third movement was
originally titled
Milonga, but when
the dedicatee said that,
although it has a South
American air over it, and
the rhythm is right, it
was not really like a
milonga, it was renamed!
Perhaps, though, it
captures a little of the
happy and
lightness-of-touch
character of its eponym.
The Danza negra,
another common South
American genre, is
energetic, with a variety
of percussive gestures
that demand extreme
agility on the part of
the performer.
Guitarra Liturgia Guitare [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire OR-TAV Music Publications
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: OT.26114 Composed by Ariel Lazarus. A short su...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: OT.26114
Composed by Ariel
Lazarus. A short suite
for classical guitar
based on themes from the
Spanish and Portuguese
tradition. Classical.
Score. OR-TAV Music
Publications #26114.
Published by OR-TAV Music
Publications (OT.26114).
ISBN 9789655051049.
8.27 x 11.69
inches.
Ariel
Lazarus Guitarra
Liturgia Two pieces
based on music from the
Spanish and Portuguese
tradition.
Contents: Jerusalem
de Sefarad - Suite for
Guitar Contrapunto
Sefardi The composer
writes: For many
years I wanted to compose
a piece for guitar which
would inspire interested
students to expand their
repertoire in the
direction of Jewish
music. The most natural
thing for me was to write
a suite based on themes
from the synagogue in
which I grew up –
the Spanish and
Portuguese synagogue of
Gibraltar. My beloved
grandfather served all
his life as hazzan
(cantor) of this
synagogue, and I always
felt as a composer and
educator that I had a
special obligation to
continue his tradition
and pass it on to a new
generation. In this
composition, I let the
guitar echo the piyyutim
(semi-liturgical poems)
that were part of my
childhood: Adon Olam,
Sh'charchoret, Achot
K'tana, Yigdal, Borei ad
Ana, all of which are
sung in the Spanish and
Portuguese tradition from
Gibraltar to London, and
from New York to
Jerusalem. I let myself
dream the piyyutim, take
them apart and
reconstruct them as a
short suite for guitar,
the results of which you
are invited to hear here.
As a conceptual idea for
the suite, I choose to
suggest about the
cultural continuation
between the Diaspora and
the land of Israel by way
of referencing the
well-known melody of
Naomi Shemer, which is
also popular among the
hazzanim. Dr. Ariel
Lazarus is a unique voice
among Israeli
composer-performers
today. Brought up in a
family with Jewish
musical roots both in
Gibraltar and Westphalia,
he began composing and
playing the guitar in his
teens, and has been
committed to developing
his own compositional
language ever since,
always maintaining an
open dialogue with his
traditions. Lazarus
received his BMus and
MMus degrees from
Oklahoma City University
in classical guitar
performance and
composition where he
studied with American
composer Dr. Edward
Knight. He earned his PhD
from Bar Ilan University,
studying composition with
Prof. Betty Olivero and
Prof. Gideon Lewensohn
and conducting research
under the supervision of
Prof. Edwin Seroussi from
the Hebrew University.
His symphonic works have
been premiered by the
Raanana Symphonette
Orchestra, and his
chamber works have been
performed by various
ensembles in the United
States, Central Europe,
Portugal, Gibraltar,
Scandinavia and Israel.
Lazarus performs
regularly as Art
Ambassador on behalf of
the Israeli Ministry of
Diaspora affairs Amiel
BaKehila program. His
solo album A Hebrew
Capriccio was released by
the German boutique label
SmoothFactor and was
awarded critical acclaim,
among others, in Haaretz,
and Neue Westfalishe.
Dr. Lazarus is the
musical director and
co-founder of the Israeli
Ladino Orchestra. His
work with the orchestra
has been recognized by
the official Carta de
España. He teaches at
the Academic College for
Education Givat
Washington, and the Rimon
School of Music.
Lazarus’s work has
been awarded by the
Israeli Pais Art council
and ACUM.
Guitar - avancé SKU: DY.DO-1521 Composed by David Leisner. Score. Les Ed...(+)
Guitar - avancé
SKU:
DY.DO-1521
Composed
by David Leisner. Score.
Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan #DO 1521.
Published by Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan
(DY.DO-1521).
ISBN
9782897963019.
Dedi
cated to the luminary
Steve Cowan, …empty
mind, open heart… is a
four-movement suite that
centers around the
intervals of a fifth and
a tritone. Each movement
is inspired by a quote
from the Tao Te Ching by
Lao Tzu. The opening
movement is a meditation.
The aleatoric rhythms and
pacing of the notes are
guided by the breathing
of the performer,
according to specific
instructions in the
score. Out of that
atmosphere emerges a
fluid, serene series of
arpeggios in irregular
rhythms in the second
movement. Each new chord
changes only one or two
notes at a time in a
gradual evolution over
time. The third movement
is a study in rhythm,
sometimes dizzying. And
the piece ends with a
heartfelt, mostly quiet
soliloquy.
Dédié
e à la sommité Steve
Cowan, … esprit vide,
cœur ouvert… est une
suite en quatre
mouvements centrée sur
les intervalles d'une
quinte et d'un triton.
Chaque mouvement est
inspiré d'une citation
du Tao Te Ching de Lao
Tseu. Le mouvement
d’ouverture est une
méditation. Les rythmes
aléatoires et le rythme
des notes sont guidés
par la respiration de
l'interprète, selon des
instructions spécifiques
de la partition. De cette
atmosphère émerge une
série d’arpèges
fluides et sereins aux
rythmes irréguliers dans
le deuxième mouvement.
Chaque nouvel accord ne
change qu'une ou deux
notes à la fois selon
une évolution
progressive dans le
temps. Le troisième
mouvement est une étude
du rythme, parfois
vertigineuse. Et la
pièce se termine par un
monologue sincère,
plutôt calme.
Guitar SKU: FG.55011-710-5 Composed by Kalevi Aho. Score. Fennica Gehrman...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
FG.55011-710-5
Composed by Kalevi Aho.
Score. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-710-5. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-710-5).
ISBN
9790550117105.
Kale
vi Aho's Concerto for
Guitar and Chamber
Orchestra (2018) is in
seven movements performed
without a break and each
using the guitar in a
different way. The fairly
slow introduction-like
movement is followed by a
virtuosic Allegro molto
in which the guitar is
also used like a
percussion instrument in
places as the soloist
taps out rhythms on the
soundboard. Motifs from
the Introduzione reappear
in the Interludio, and in
the lyrical, singing
Andante cantabile that
follows. In the
Misterioso movement the
guitarist plays only
flageolet notes. The
sixth movement, Presto,
is the other virtuoso one
in the concerto. The
Presto is the concerto's
dynamic climax. From then
onwards, the music
subsides to a slow
Epilogue, gradually
retreating into silence.
Duration: c. 30 minutes.
The full score is
available for sale (ISMN
9790550117099) and the
orchestral material is
available for hire from
the publisher. The
orchestration is
1111-1000-str(43321).
Guitar SKU: FG.55011-899-7 Composed by Paavo Korpijaakko. Classical, cont...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
FG.55011-899-7
Composed by Paavo
Korpijaakko. Classical,
contemporary. Score.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-899-7. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-899-7).
ISBN
9790550118997.
Paav
o Korpijaakko's (b. 1977)
guitar sonata Kimberley
was composed in 2006 and
dedicated to Petri
Kumela. It is
Korpijaakko's fist piece
for the guitar, and the
composers gives credit to
the commissioner, who
untiringly and
long-sufferingly solved
the challenges posed by
the musical ideas and
conjured forth timbral
shades. Including a
tribute to Debussy, a
playful scherzo and some
shameless flirting with a
flamenco the four
movement sonata arrives
at a spectacular
conclusion.
Durati
on:
21'
Korpijaakko
studied at the Tampere
Conservatory
1997â2007, majoring
in composition from 2001
onwards. For most of the
time he was a pupil of
Jouni Kaipainen, but he
was also taught by Juhani
Nuorvala and Hannu
Pohjannoro. Korpijaakko
stresses the importance
of harmony, resonant
material and harmonic
hierarchy, by which he
means harmony as a
fundamental progressive
element of the piece. His
aim in handling his
motifs is to use his
material sparingly. In
this respect he
specifically wants to be
a kindred spirit to
Beethoven. Everything
that will later appear in
the work must be derived
from the core thematic
and harmonic elements
â or whatever one
likes to call them. Most
important is, however, to
create a steady stream of
interesting music.
Easy
Pieces for Guitar.
Composed by Lukáš
Sommer. Stapled.
Performance score,
anthology. 34 pages.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA11555_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA11555).
ISBN
9790260108776. 31 x 24.3
cm inches. Illustrations:
Nemeckova,
Jitka.
This
children’s album
by renowned Czech
composer-guitarist
Lukáš Sommer
reflects the latest
trends in playing and
teaching the guitar. It
is suitable for the first
three years of lessons.
Some of the pieces have
even been performed by
children and young guitar
students at competitions
and concerts in
Europe.
Each of
these little programme
pieces is written in a
different style with
brief explanations of its
technical features.
Several are composed in
an open-ended form that
allows players to define
the rhythm or to add an
accompaniment on open
bass strings. In this way
the author grants leeway
to the learners’
creativity and stimulates
their musical
imagination.
The
pieces are easy to play
and the edition comes
with attractive
illustrations.
Guitar solo - Advanced SKU: DZ.DZ-3759 Composed by R. Nathaniel Dett. Arr...(+)
Guitar solo - Advanced
SKU: DZ.DZ-3759
Composed by R. Nathaniel
Dett. Arranged by
Christopher Mallett. GFA
Spotlight Series. Score.
Les Productions d'OZ #DZ
3759. Published by Les
Productions d'OZ
(DZ.DZ-3759).
ISBN
9782897956769.
The
Guitar Foundation of
America (GFA) is
committed to cultivating
Inclusion, Diversity,
Equity and Access in the
international guitar
community and in the
repertoire published for
the instrument. Many
factors, including a
composer's race, gender,
and sexual orientation,
have historically created
a narrow representation
of our community in the
classical music canon.
For this first volume of
the GFA Spotlight Series,
the GFA commissioned
seven new works by
composers of color. The
second volume of this
series will follow with
seven transcriptions of
existing pieces by
composers of color. These
commissioned pieces and
transcriptions were
premiered by students in
the GFA Mentorship
Program in 2021. With
this collection, the
guitar takes a step
towards a more inclusive
and representative
repertoire that nurtures
creativity and inclusion
for generations of
guitarists to come.
Growing the canon
enriches the musical
experiences of our entire
international guitar
community through
exposure to diverse
perspectives and voices,
complementing the
invaluable lessons we
learn from the existing
contributions of pieces
that form the canon.
Guitar solo - Advanced SKU: DZ.DZ-3758 Composed by Henry T. Burleigh. Arr...(+)
Guitar solo - Advanced
SKU: DZ.DZ-3758
Composed by Henry T.
Burleigh. Arranged by
Christopher Mallett. GFA
Spotlight Series. Score.
Les Productions d'OZ #DZ
3758. Published by Les
Productions d'OZ
(DZ.DZ-3758).
ISBN
9782897956752.
The
Guitar Foundation of
America (GFA) is
committed to cultivating
Inclusion, Diversity,
Equity and Access in the
international guitar
community and in the
repertoire published for
the instrument. Many
factors, including a
composer's race, gender,
and sexual orientation,
have historically created
a narrow representation
of our community in the
classical music canon.
For this first volume of
the GFA Spotlight Series,
the GFA commissioned
seven new works by
composers of color. The
second volume of this
series will follow with
seven transcriptions of
existing pieces by
composers of color. These
commissioned pieces and
transcriptions were
premiered by students in
the GFA Mentorship
Program in 2021. With
this collection, the
guitar takes a step
towards a more inclusive
and representative
repertoire that nurtures
creativity and inclusion
for generations of
guitarists to come.
Growing the canon
enriches the musical
experiences of our entire
international guitar
community through
exposure to diverse
perspectives and voices,
complementing the
invaluable lessons we
learn from the existing
contributions of pieces
that form the canon.