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.
Edited by Jerry Willard. For guitar. Format: guitar solo book (spiral bound). Wi...(+)
Edited by Jerry Willard.
For guitar. Format:
guitar solo book (spiral
bound). With standard
notation (no tablature)
and fingerings.
Renaissance, baroque,
classical period and
romantic period. 240
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Music Sales.
(Revised and Updated Edition) Compiled by Jerry Willard. Guitar solo book (spira...(+)
(Revised and Updated
Edition) Compiled by
Jerry Willard. Guitar
solo book (spiral bound)
for classical guitar
solo. With standard
guitar notation. 256
pages. Published by Music
Sales.
(The Easiest Guitar Method Ever!). By Ron Manus and L.C. Harnsberger. For Guitar...(+)
(The Easiest Guitar
Method Ever!). By Ron
Manus and L.C.
Harnsberger. For Guitar.
Guitar Method or
Supplement;
Method/Instruction. Kid's
Guitar Course. Children.
Beginner. DVD. Published
by Alfred Music
Publishing
Guitar SKU: GI.G-9859G Composed by Marty Haugen. This edition: Guitar edi...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
GI.G-9859G
Composed
by Marty Haugen. This
edition: Guitar edition.
Tune Name: Rise. Sacred.
Guitar part. With guitar
chord names. GIA
Publications #9859G.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-9859G).
UPC:
785147985977. English.
Text Source: Adam M. L.
Tice, alt. Text by Adam
M. L. Tice.
Piano/Vocal/Guitar SKU: HL.275865 By Various. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook...(+)
Piano/Vocal/Guitar
SKU: HL.275865
By
Various.
Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Songbook. Americana,
Country, Folk. Softcover.
304 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.275865).
ISBN 9781540026569.
UPC: 888680744960.
9.0x12.0x0.729
inches.
45 roots
favorites in arrangements
for piano, voice and
guitar. Includes: Broken
Halos (Chris Stapleton)
• Copperhead Road
(Steve Earle) •
Hurricane (The Band of
Heathens) • If I
Had a Boat (Lyle Lovett)
• If We Were
Vampires (Jason Isbell
and the 400 Unit) •
Live and Die (The Avett
Brothers) • Mykonos
(Fleet Foxes) •
Pancho & Lefty (Merle
Haggard & Willie
Nelson) • The Story
(Brandi Carlile) •
Wagon Wheel (Old Crow
Medicine Show) •
and many more.
Guitar SKU: GI.G-8592G Composed by Sally Ann Morris. This edition: Guitar...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
GI.G-8592G
Composed
by Sally Ann Morris. This
edition: Guitar edition.
Tune Name: Shadowlands.
Sacred. Guitar part. With
guitar chord names. 4
pages. GIA Publications
#8592G. Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-8592G).
(The Easiest Guitar Method Ever!). By Ron Manus and L. C. Harnsberger. For Guita...(+)
(The Easiest Guitar
Method Ever!). By Ron
Manus and L. C.
Harnsberger. For Guitar.
This edition: Books, CDs
and DVD. Book; DVD;
Enhanced CD; Guitar
Method or Supplement;
Method/Instruction. Kid's
Guitar Course. Children.
Beginner. Published by
Alfred Music
(Everything You Need to Play Electric Guitar Today!). By Ron Manus and L.C. Harn...(+)
(Everything You Need to
Play Electric Guitar
Today!). By Ron Manus and
L.C. Harnsberger. This
edition: Book, Enhanced
CD, DVD, Software, 3/4
Size Electric Guitar,
Portable Amplifier, Gig
Bag, Electronic Tuner and
Guitar Picks. Guitar
Method or Supplement.
Kid's Guitar Course.
Published by Alfred Music
(
Composed by Nathaniel Gunod, L. C. Harnsberger, and Ron Manus. For Guitar. T...(+)
Composed by Nathaniel
Gunod,
L. C. Harnsberger, and
Ron
Manus. For Guitar. This
edition: Book & CD,
Notespeller, Flash Cards,
Writing Book, DVD &
Guitar
Picks. Accessories; Book;
CD; DVD; Flash Cards;
Guitar
Method or Supplement;
Method/Instruction. Teach
Yourself Series.
Beginner.
Published by Alfred Music
(The Easiest Electric Guitar Method Ever!). Composed by Ron Manus and L. C. Harn...(+)
(The Easiest Electric
Guitar Method Ever!).
Composed by Ron Manus and
L. C. Harnsberger. For
Guitar. Book; Guitar
Method or Supplement;
Method/Instruction;
Other. Kid's Guitar
Course. Children; Rock.
Beginner. 48 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
(The Easiest Guitar Method Ever!). Composed by Ron Manus and L. C. Harnsberg...(+)
(The Easiest Guitar
Method
Ever!). Composed by Ron
Manus and L. C.
Harnsberger.
For Guitar. Book;
Enhanced
CD; Guitar Method or
Supplement;
Method/Instruction.
Kid's
Guitar Course. Children.
Beginner. 48 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
(The Easiest Guitar Method Ever!). By Ron Manus, L. C. Harnsberger, and Nathanie...(+)
(The Easiest Guitar
Method Ever!). By Ron
Manus, L. C. Harnsberger,
and Nathaniel Gunod. For
Guitar. Book; CD; Guitar
Method or Supplement;
Method/Instruction. Teach
Your Child. Children. 88
pages. Published by
Alfred Music
Guitar SKU: GI.G-7243G Composed by Tony Alonso S.J. This edition: Guitar ...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
GI.G-7243G
Composed
by Tony Alonso S.J. This
edition: Guitar edition.
Lent 4 C. Sacred. Guitar
part. With guitar chord
names. 2 pages. GIA
Publications #7243G.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-7243G).
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 - Advanced SKU: DZ.DZ-4262 Composed by Bryan Johanson and Jesse Mc...(+)
Guitar - Advanced
SKU:
DZ.DZ-4262
Composed
by Bryan Johanson and
Jesse McCann. Method
Book. Les Productions
d'OZ #DZ 4262. Published
by Les Productions d'OZ
(DZ.DZ-4262).
ISBN
9782898521799.
In
this ambitious series,
Bryan Johanson and Jesse
McCann seek to address
this missing element in
the study of classical
guitar. In light of the
sheer volume of guitar
music written over the
centuries, not to men-
tion early works by the
guitarâs
plucked-string relatives,
the authorsâ choices
were by necessity limited
to a select group of
standards. These might be
considered among the most
popular works in the
guitar canon, admired
over the years by
performers, students, and
audiences alike for their
beauty, musical
expression, and idiomatic
sonority. There are, of
course, other pieces that
could have been included.
But by choosing works
that give a broad survey
of styles across musical
periods (Renaissance,
Baroque, Classical,
Romantic, and early 20th
century) written by some
of the guitarâs most
important composers, the
authors present a com-
prehensive cross-section
of the essential
repertoire for the
instrument. - William
Kanengiser
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 - Advanced SKU: DY.DO-1555 Composed by Stephen Goss. Score. Les Ed...(+)
Guitar - Advanced
SKU:
DY.DO-1555
Composed
by Stephen Goss. Score.
Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan #DO 1555.
Published by Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan
(DY.DO-1555).
ISBN
9782897963354.
Pier
rot, or Harlequin? (2023)
is based on stock
characters from the
Italian commedia
dellâarte tradition.
Columbina has a choice of
partner â Pierrot,
or Harlequin? Or maybe
she will select neither
of them. In this set of
triple variations,
Pierrot and Harlequin
compete for Columbina's
attention and favour.
Pierrot is deep, quiet,
thoughtful, and loving,
but sometimes
melancholic. Harlequin is
light-hearted, extrovert,
and fun to be with, but
somewhat shallow and
brash. Columbina herself
is coquettish, impulsive,
and unpredictable. How
will the story end
between these imperfect
characters? The performer
gets to select one of
three possible endings as
the piece nears its
conclusion. Pierrot,
or Harlequin? was
commissioned by the
International Guitar
Festival Homenaje 2023.
The premiere was given by
Giacomo Susani at Barco
Teatro, Padova, Italy, on
10th November
2023.