Guitar solo

SKU: GH.GE-11464

Composed by Benjamin Staern. Duration 15 minutes. Gehrmans Musikforlag #GE 11464. Published by Gehrmans Musikforlag (GH.GE-11464).

ISBN 979-0-070-11464-6. A4 inches.

Work note by the composer:

When I received the news of this commission, I had no idea what it would lead to. Writing for guitar solo is not the same as composing for orchestra where you have forty voices where you can easily mask an entire section. Here you are very naked to the bone.
The starting point for this work was from J.S. Bach's Chaconne in D-minor that Johannes had performed in concert, originally written for violin but there is a version transcribed for guitar and piano made by Ferruccio Busoni. When I went to Cortona (in Tuscany, Italy) completed the southern mentality of this work.
Arpalineais actually a merged word in Italian language. Arpa means harp, however in a musical context it's more or less resembled with the word arpeggio, which means broken chords. Lineameans line.

The work is divided in three parts.
I. Arpeggio: It starts with an opening chaconne-like sequence and is marked with a certain depth in which the chords starts to separate from the organum note in the bass and it culminates into a section called with rhythmical focus. These sections alternates, variates which each other.
The middle section has a playful and childish atmosphere where the guitarist knocks on the body of the guitar resembling a Spanish folk instrument cajon. This is leading to a section which tends more to a very aggressive fusion-like riff that loses control and reaches its climax at the end.

II. Linea: The static rhytmical pulse is now disintegrated and it forms more or less sort of a free, improvisational state in a rubatolike tempo. The character is described as a very hot day with temperatures rising above 37! C (or 100! F) where you can hardly do anything just sitting dozed off and pespiring because of the extreme heat watching a huge fog coming up in the evening that spreads around the Tuscan atmosphere.

III. Finale: It starts off with fast one-note ostinati then more and more notes pop up like a gradual rain storm with thunder strikes! And eventually it leads to that is a large flood through the streets of an medieval Southern town. The work ends with a short circuit slapped strings along with extremely fast tremolos that reaches higher and louder as possible!

Benjamin Staern

Solo guitar

SKU: PE.EP68585

5 Pieces. Composed by John Cage. Arranged by Aaron Larget-Caplan. Guitar/Plucked Instruments (solo). Edition Peters. 20th Century. Score. 24 pages. Edition Peters #98-EP68585. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP68585).

ISBN 9790300759852. 232 x 303mm inches.

Pian o Music Arranged for Guitar features five early and mid-career compositions by John Cage, dating from 1933 through 1948, all arranged for solo guitar by Aaron Larget-Caplan. The compositions required little adjustment from the originals, mainly in the form of register modifications, and fit very well on the guitar. All phrase and dynamic markings follow the published originals. Very few left and right hand fingerings are included in the publication to allow the performers their own realizations. All of the works retain their original keys and are presented in chronological order:

 

Three Easy Pieces (Round, Duo, Infinite Cannon)

A Room

Chess Pieces

Dream

In A Landscape

 

Cage’s exploration of contrapuntal music and simple forms are found early on in works for two voices and the use of unusual phrases lengths. The later works explore modes, resonance, and begin to show influences of Far East aesthetics in their spaciousness and dealings with time.

The collection is only the second work in the Cage Oeuvre to be published featuring the guitar, the first being Larget-Caplan’s arrangement of ‘Six Melodies’ for violin & guitar issued in 2015.

 

A recording dedicated to John Cage on guitar will be released in 2018 on Stone Records Limited (UK).

Piano, Vocal and Guitar - Grade 4

SKU: HL.14010005

Composed by Juan Solano and Valero And Solano Ochaita. Music Sales America. Pop & Rock. Book [Softcover]. 72 pages. Music Sales #UME28116. Published by Music Sales (HL.14010005).

ISBN 9781844499885.

A special two-volume set of songs by the great Juan Solano Pedrero, arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. Working as a member of the hugely successful Ochaita, Valerio and Solano trio, the Maestro Solano developed his skills as a composer, and the group became responsible for some of the most celebrated songs of Spain. His works have been performed by many star voices including Concha Piquer, Manolo Escobar and Rafael Farina. His popular and best-loved songs include A Tu Vera, El Porompompero and Almoneda. This title is the second of two volumes, beautifully presented, that will help you to enjoy these wonderful songs again and again.

Piano, Vocal and Guitar

SKU: HL.14047758

Composed by John Lennon. CARISCH - MUSIC SALES. General Merchandise. Hal Leonard #ML99028. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.14047758).

ISBN 9788850727391.

< strong>John Lennon Complete contains 15 of Lennon's songs, arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. It would make the perfect gift for any budding singer, or any Lennon fan.

John Lennon (1940-1980) is arguably the most famous musician of all time. As a singer-songwriter, he rose to fame as a founding member of the Beatles, and later established a highly successful solo career after the band broke up in 1969. His contribution to Western culture in the 1960s and 70s, both musically and politically, is impossible to fully express, and his countless fans have remained faithful right to the present day.