Opus 31 No 16 by Fernando Sor (1778-1839) Fernando Sor was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. He is best known for his guitar compositions, but he also composed music for opera and ballet, earning acclaim for his ballet titled Cendrillon. Sor’s works for guitar range from pieces for advanced players, such as Variations on …
Opus 31 No 17 by Fernando Sor (1778-1839) Fernando Sor was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. He is best known for his guitar compositions, but he also composed music for opera and ballet, earning acclaim for his ballet titled Cendrillon. Sor’s works for guitar range from pieces for advanced players, such as Variations on …
La Catedral (Allegro Solemne) 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 …
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Study No 3 (Estudio Sencillos) by Leo Brouwer (1939) Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist. He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona Casado. Brouwer is best known for his performances and guitar compositions of modern music.
Study No 3 (Estudio Sencillos) by Leo Brouwer (1939) Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist. He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona Casado. Brouwer is best known for his performances and guitar compositions of modern music.
Las Abejas (The Bees) by Augustin 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 …
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A Time For Us (Romeo and Juliet) by Nino Rota (1911-1979) Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. During his long career Rota was an extraordinarily prolific composer, especially of music for the cinema. He wrote …
Romance Rene Bartoli (1941-) Rene Bartoli is a contemporary guitaist from France. Bartoli won the International Guitar Cometition of O.R.T.F. at Salle Gaveau in Paris at age 21. In 1978 René Bartoli founded the International Guitar Competition that bears his name, which he heads and runs every year.
Etude No 1 in Em – (Etudes des Arpeges) by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as “the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music”. Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic …
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Aubade Rene Bartoli (1941-) Rene Bartoli is a contemporary guitaist from France. Bartoli won the International Guitar Cometition of O.R.T.F. at Salle Gaveau in Paris at age 21. An aubade is a poem or song of or about lovers separating at dawn. Aubade has also been defined as “a song or instrumental composition concerning, accompanying, …
