Author: Allen Krantz
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1513459694
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687 – 1750) is known to guitarists as the greatest baroque composer for the lute, yet most are only familiar with the earlier portion of Weiss’s prolific output found in the British Library in London. Inspired by a forty-year friendship with the late Douglas Alton Smith - a major figure in the scholarly study of the history of the lute - guitarist, composer, and head of the guitar program at Temple University in Philadelphia, Allen Krantz explored the Weiss manuscripts found in other European cities, particularly the Dresden editions which contain the fifteen sonatas that Weiss produced from the late 1730s to the end of his life. Transcriptions of three of those fifteen late sonatas are featured in this book in modern standard notation along with the original lute tablature as found in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden. While the baroque lute’s tuning makes some works awkward or impossible on the guitar, the three works presented here—Sonatas No. 35 in D minor, No. 42 in A minor and No. 45 in A Major— are in their original keys which happen to be guitar-friendly. The author’s generous and scholarly “Preface” provides thorough historical and performance notes for the music in this volume. While just three of Weiss’s 109 multi-movement lute sonatas are represented here, the importance of this publication cannot be overstated. It contains some of the greatest music of a masterful lutenist— Weiss once faced-off with J. S. Bach on keyboards in a counterpoint improvisation contest—now made accessible to the modern classical guitarist.
Author: Silvius Leopold Weiss
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ISBN: 9781860969492
Category : Guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 19
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This collection of arrangements for solo guitar is an ideal introduction to Weiss's music. The ten varied pieces were carefully chosen for their musical character and technical suitability at intermediate and advanced levels. Preserves the original ornamentation and left-hand slurs. Core repertoire for Grades 6-8 of ABRSM's guitar syllabus.
Author: Domenico Scarlatti
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ISBN: 9781860969485
Category : Guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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This collection of arrangements for solo guitar is an ideal introduction to Scarlatti's music. The ten varied pieces were carefully chosen for their musical character and technical suitability at intermediate and advanced levels. Core repertoire for Grades 68 of ABRSM's Guitar syllabus. Includes idiomatic adaptations, with original ornamentation.
Author: Library of Congress
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ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 972
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Author: Per Kjetil Farstad
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Category : Guitar music
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Category : Lute
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Author: Fabio Zanon
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1619113066
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 101
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An exact contemporary of Bach and Handel, Domenico Scarlatti was already a celebrated composer in Italy by the time he moved to Portugal. Later he traveled to Spain, where he worked as a harpsichord instructor for Princess Maria Barbara. The lessons he wrote for her are among the most imaginative and unpredictable pieces from the whole baroque period. His music translates very well to the guitar, an instrument where his style is completely at home. This set of 30 sonatas transcribed by acclaimed guitarist Fabio Zanon includes new transcriptions of all-time favorites and some rarer ones as well.
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Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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Category : Compact discs
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Author: Alexander Dunn
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Category : Theorbo
Languages : en
Pages : 530
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