Irish March by Narciso Yepes (1927-1997) Narciso Yepes was born into a family of humbleorigin in Lorca, Region of Murcia. His father gave him his first guitar when he was four years old. He took his first lessons from Jesus Guevara, in Lorca. Later his family moved to Valencia when the Spanish Civil War started …
Afro Cuban Lullaby by Christopher Parkening (1947-) Christopher Parkening is an American classical guitarist. Parkening was introduced to the recordings of Andrés Segovia when he was 11 who encouraged Parkening to begin studying the classical guitar. By the time he was 19, he had won a number of competitions and was touring and recording extensively.
Opus 44 Valve Triste by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as “prodigious.” The core of Sibelius’s oeuvre is his set of seven symphonies. Like …
The End Of The World by Masaaki Kishibe (1964-) Masaaki Kishibe, is an acoustic guitarist from Japan. Masaaki Kishibe was born in Osaka and began studying piano at a young age, eventually picking up the guitar by the time he was 14. Kishibe learned both instruments at a fast pace and eventually decided he wanted …
Dastam Begir by Faramaz Aslani Faramarz Aslani, is an Iranian guitarist, songwriter and pop singer. He was born in Tehran and later moved to England to get his bachelor’s degree from London University’s college of Journalism. After graduation he moved back to Tehran and worked for several publications, including Tehran Journal and CBS. After the …
The Water Is Wide by Masaaki Kishibe (1964-) Masaaki Kishibe, is an acoustic guitarist from Japan. Masaaki Kishibe was born in Osaka and began studying piano at a young age, eventually picking up the guitar by the time he was 14. Kishibe learned both instruments at a fast pace and eventually decided he wanted to …
BWV 263 Everything Is on Gods Blessing Dependent by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) In the early 1700s, Bach’s chorales enchanted listeners with their inventive harmonies, chromaticism, contrapuntal motion, and changes of tonal center. Since that time, music students the world over have studied the chorales as a paragon of “common practice” harmony and voice leading. …
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Illyrian Lullaby by John Addison (1920-1998) John Mervyn Addison was a British composer best known for his film scores. At the age of sixteen entered the Royal College of Music. He studied composition with Gordon Jacob, oboe with Léon Goossens, and clarinet with Frederick Thurston.This education ended in 1939 with service in World War II. …
Fantasia by William Byrd (1540-1623) William Byrd was an English composer of the Renaissance. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard (the so-called Virginalist school) and consort music.
BWV 613 Help Me Praise Gods Goodness by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) In the early 1700s, Bach’s chorales enchanted listeners with their inventive harmonies, chromaticism, contrapuntal motion, and changes of tonal center. Since that time, music students the world over have studied the chorales as a paragon of “common practice” harmony and voice leading. And, …
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