Aproador by Sergio Assad (1952-) Sergio Assad is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother, Odair in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as the Assadbrothers or Duo Assad. Over the last twenty years Assad has concentrated most of his efforts on building a repertoire for …
Opus 13 Romanze (Book 14 No 29) by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) János Gáspár Mertz was born in Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary, now Bratislava (Slovakia). A virtuoso, he established a solid reputation as a performer. Mertz’s guitar music, followed the pianistic models of Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann, rather than the classical models of Mozart …
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Um Rosto de Mulher by Garoto (1915-1955) Garoto (real name Anibal Augusto Sardinha) started young with the banjo. At the age of 15, Garoto recorded his first solo record with his own compositions. At the age of 18, he received lessons in classical guitar from Attilio Bernardini. Despite his early death at the age of …
Madrigal (Gavota) by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944) Barrios’s compositions can be divided into three basic categories: folkloric, imitative and religious. Barrios paid tribute to the music and people of his native land by composing pieces modeled after folk songs from South America and Central America. Imitating the compositional style and techniques of the Baroque and …
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Opus 38 No 23 by Napoleon Coste (1805 – 1883) Napoleon is french and is a major figure in guitar composition of the mid-nineteenth century. Napoleon was taught by his mother at a very early age. Napoleon later became Fernando sor’s student and quickly established himself as the leading French virtuoso guitarist. Napoleon is the …
Amours Perdues by Joseph Cosma. (Arranged by Tōru Takemitsu) (1930-1996) Although Takemitsu’s (1930-1996) artistically most ambitious works are focused on the genres orchestral and chamber music, the composer also displays great interest in popular music including jazz, pop and French chansons. He composed around a hundred film scores (Dodes’ka-Den, 1996). His 12 Songs for Guitar …
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Fantasia Espanola by (Arr: Gabriel Estarellas) by Valentin R Lopez Gabriel Estarellas (1952) is a classical Spanish guitarist, considered to be one of the best performers on his instrument. He has released more than 200 works, and has recorded 17 albums. Estarellas has promoted the works of contemporary composers, with the aim of expanding the …
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El Ay by José Brocá (1805–1882) José Brocá was a Spanish guitarist and composer of the Romantic period. Mainly self-taught on the guitar, he also studied briefly with Dionisio Aguado. He was reputed to have been an excellent performer. As a teacher based in Barcelona, his best-known pupils included Felipe Pedrell and José Ferrer. He …
Waltz (Opus 64 No.1) by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher of French–Polish parentage. A great masters of Romantic music and has been called “the poet of the piano”. He supported himself as a composer and piano teacher, giving few public performances. For most of his …
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Los Panaderos by Julian Arcas (1832-1882) Julián Arcas was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. Arcas was a teacher to Francisco Tárrega in Barcelona. Arcas wrote fifty two original works and transcriptioned thirty pieces for the guitar, including waltzes, variations, preludes and dances.
