Opus No 11 Caprice No 2 by Marco Zani de Ferranti (1802-1878) After A.T. Huerta, the most distinguished European guitarist to tour America was the Italian Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti (1802-1878), who toured the country with Paganini’s protégé Camillo Sivori in 1846. Zani de Ferranti, who also was renowned as a poet, was a …
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Prelude 45 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.
Rumba by Stepan Rak (1945-) Štepán Rak is a Rusyn-born Czech classical guitarist and composer. He is well known for the technical innovations that he uses in his compositions.
Opus 100 No 19 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, …
Conde Claros 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 orders in …
Sansserre 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.
No 9 Zvony (Glocken) 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 internationally. He …
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Opus No 11 Caprice No 1 by Marco Zani de Ferranti (1802-1878) After A.T. Huerta, the most distinguished European guitarist to tour America was the Italian Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti (1802-1878), who toured the country with Paganini’s protégé Camillo Sivori in 1846. Zani de Ferranti, who also was renowned as a poet, was a …
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Prelude 84 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.
Opus 100 No 18 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, …
