No 4 Pro Maminku (Furs Mutterchen) by Milan Zelenka(1939-) Zelenka was born in Czechoslovakia and studied guitar at the Prague Conservatory with Štěpána Urbana. While a student, he took first place in music competitions in Moscow in 1957 and again in Vienna in 1959. After graduation, he conducted a career as a concert guitarist, appearing …
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Opus 165 Preludio by Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) The virtuoso pianist and composer Isaac Albeniz was an instrumental figure in the development of the Spanish “nationalist” school of composition. Asturias-Leyenda is from his “Suite espanola” which contains eight pieces for piano with both geographical and generic titles. For example, Asturias is an old province of northwestern …
Puisque by Pierre Attaingnant (1494-1552) Pierre Attaingnant was a French music printer, active in Paris. Attaingnant is considered to be first large-scale publisher of single-impression movable type for music-printing, thus making it possible to print faster and cheaper than predecessors such as Ottaviano Petrucci.
Opus 100 No 9 by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) Mauro Giuliani was an italian guitarist and composer, and is considered by many to be one of the leading guitarist virtuosos of the early nineteenth century. He was a prolific composer, writing over 150 pieces for the guitar, as well as many chamber compositions for the violin, …
Prelude 111 by Elias Mertel (1561-1626) Elias Mertel was a German lutenist and composer of the Late Renaissance era. He was originally from Wangenbourg and worked under Friedrich IV until 1595. He published collections of lute music, notably Hortus Musicalis in Strasbourg in 1615 including fantasies, preludes and fugues.
Zapateado by Celedonio Romero (1913-1996) Celedonio Romero was a guitarist, composer and poet, perhaps best known as the founder of The Romeros guitar quartet. Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, and studied classical guitar at the Conservatory of Málaga and at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, where he was taught by Joaquín Turina. He made his concert debut …
Cuba (Nocturne) by Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) The virtuoso pianist and composer Isaac Albeniz was an instrumental figure in the development of the Spanish “nationalist” school of composition. Asturias-Leyenda is from his “Suite espanola” which contains eight pieces for piano with both geographical and generic titles. For example, Asturias is an old province of northwestern Spain, …
Toccata by Vladimir Mikulka Vladimir MIKULKA follows in the traditional line of Czech musicians who have issued forth from Bohemia the land that has earned the nickname “Conservatory of Europe”. This is by virtue of its long history of musical culture and for giving the world so many outstanding musicians.
Mrs Anne Harcourts Galliard by Francis Pilkington (c.1565–1638) Francis Pilkington was an English composer, lutenist and singer. Pilkington received a B.Mus. degree from Oxford in 1595. In 1602 he became a singing man at Chester Cathedral and spent the rest of his life serving the cathedral. He became a minor canon in 1612, took holy …
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No 3 Stary Napev (Alte Weise) by Milan Zelenka(1939-) Zelenka was born in Czechoslovakia and studied guitar at the Prague Conservatory with Štěpána Urbana. While a student, he took first place in music competitions in Moscow in 1957 and again in Vienna in 1959. After graduation, he conducted a career as a concert guitarist, appearing …
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