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.
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.
Guitar SKU: FG.55011-326-8 Composed by Kai Nieminen. Fennica Gehrman #550...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
FG.55011-326-8
Composed by Kai Nieminen.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-326-8. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-326-8).
ISBN
9790550113268.
I
met for the first time
the refined Finnish
composer Kai Nieminen in
Milan (Italy), although
we had been in touch for
a while before. It was
that very trip which
provided the inspiration
for this composition
dedicated to Bruno
Munari, one of the most
renowned XXI century
Italian artists, who
lived and worked in
Milan. In particular, the
work that inspired this
composition, displayed at
Museo del Novecento in
Milan and characterised
by swirling lines
enveloping torn-out music
scores, suggested the
mysterious atmosphere of
this piece and the
subheading Un telegramma
dal paese dei sogni (A
telegram from
dreamland). The
composition can be
divided into four
sections and displays a
wide variety of
harmonics, cleverly
enhancing the polyphonic
resources of the
guitar. The very
first bars introduce the
main themes of the
composition:
particularly, at bar 7 it
is possible to recognize
a Bach quote from Das
wohltemperierte Clavier
(II book, ndeg24)
recurring frequently in
the piece and appearing
also in the painting.
Meno mosso (bar 51) opens
with a ghostly song
accompanied by drum-like
effects that recall the
primitive sound of the
shamanic Finnish
drum. Fast sixteenth
cascades dotted by
harmonic sounds open the
fourth and last section
at bar 66 (Capriccioso,
movendo), alluding to a
mysterious telegram sent
from another
dimension.
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Composed by William Bay.
Squareback
saddle-stitched.
Achieving Guitar
Artistry.
Contemporary, Jazz,
Method.
Book. 104 pages.
Published
by Mel Bay Publications,
Inc
Piano/Vocal/Guitar SKU: HL.256650 Composed by Various. Piano/Vocal/Guitar...(+)
Piano/Vocal/Guitar
SKU: HL.256650
Composed by Various.
Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Songbook. Children,
Disney, Movies.
Softcover. 288 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.256650).
ISBN
9781540015303. UPC:
888680723699.
9.0x12.0x0.78
inches.
This
updated 7th edition
coffee table collection
is a Disney lover's dream
come true! It is a guided
tour through the many
legendary years of Disney
music. The book begins
with an extensive musical
history of Disney,
followed by beautiful
piano/vocal arrangements
of 70 Disney classics.
Printed on deluxe stock
with more than 100
stunning full-color
illustrations
accompanying the text and
music, this book is a
keepsake to treasure for
years to come! Songs
include:
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (from
Cinderella) * Circle of
Life (from The Lion King)
* Evermore (from Beauty
and the Beast) * How Far
I'll Go (from Moana) * I
See the Light (from
Tangled) * Let It Go
(from Frozen) * Under the
Sea (from The Little
Mermaid) * When You Wish
Upon a Star (from
Pinocchio) * You've Got a
Friend in Me (from Toy
Story) * and more.
Guitar SKU: UT.CH-101 Composed by Davide Notartomaso. Saddle stitching. C...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
UT.CH-101
Composed by
Davide Notartomaso.
Saddle stitching.
Classical. Ut Orpheus #CH
101. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.CH-101).
ISBN 9790215315815. 9
x 12
inches.
Composit
ion winner of the 2nd
Edition (2008) of the
Classical Guitar Musical
Composition Competition
â??Suoni Nuovi
Autoriâ?? in Latina,
Italy (Section
1) The composition
Roma born after a
short travel in the
eternal city. The
multiple cultural,
historical and landscaped
stimuli that derive from
its ruins must touch the
mind of every visitor
dipping it and
transporting it behind in
the history: these are
the feelings that have
inspired the composition
of a
conceptualistic-descripti
ve music work, dedicated
to the places that more
meant during the
authorâ??s travel.
First part,
â??Anfiteatro
Flavioâ??, is clearly
dedicated to Colosseo. It
is so imposing and
majestic that recalls
still today the outcry of
the battles and the noise
of the iron: all that is
translate in music with
frequent changes of time
and a virtuosistic and
pressing writing. The
apex of the fight marks
in the composition a
growing culminated in a
moment of suspension and
the immediate resumption
with change of theme for
the victory moment and
its majestic
celebration. The
second part, â??Villa
Borgheseâ??, marks the
passage to a situation of
ecstasy and serenity
inspired from the beauty
and tranquillity of the
places of the famous
roman park. The
composition develops with
sweetness but are also
present dissonant notes
that recall the park
contextualizzation in the
heart of the city, with
its chaotic present and
with the urgent violence
of its past.
