The Lost Music of Fernando Sor

The Lost Music of Fernando Sor
Author: John Doan
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2017-03-17
Genre: Guitar music
ISBN: 9781544765112

"In addition to the nearly fifty pages of music presented separately in notation and tablature, Doan provides general remarks for each piece referencing the intended special harpolyre effects sought in the original music, a detailed musical analysis, and transcription footnotes."-- back cover.

Fernando Sor

Fernando Sor
Author: Fernando Sor
Publisher: Chanterelle
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1998-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780786637058

The present new Urtext edition of Sor's didactic pieces takes a different approach to that taken by other editions even recent ones. In preparing the material for publication, Chanterelle strove to maintain a close adherence to the composer's own statements regarding the pieces as they appear in his various writings. At the same time, each individual reference was evaluated against other available historical evidence to determine the extent to which it truly repesents Sor's applied technique, the way he actually performed these pieces himself. Opp.6, 12, 29, 31, 35, 44 & 60, with Historical Notes, Full Commentary, Thematic Index, and Playing Suggestions.

Strangers on the Water (Vietnamese)

Strangers on the Water (Vietnamese)
Author: Steven E. Justice
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-10-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733310932

As communists take over Vietnam, Catholic farmers find themselves threatened. By the thousands they become refugees and attempt to flee persecution. This is one family's four-decade long story as they make attempts to live free.

Light Strings

Light Strings
Author: Andy Summers
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2004-10-21
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780811843249

The guitar is more than a musical instrument. It is an archetype. In homage, Light Strings brings together two masters of their craft: photographer Ralph Gibson and former guitarist for the Police, Andy Summers. Gibson's enigmatic and sensuously elegant photographs are the visual counterpart to Summers' lyrical history and thoughtful exploration of the instrument's features. Together they create a unique poetic meditation on the guitar. Both artists pay attention to the form of the guitar and its relationship to the body; its curves echo the human figure, not only requiring it to be cradled to play it, but inviting a study of its own sumptuous anatomy. With over one hundred alluring images that capture the graceful details of the instrument, Light Strings is the book for every guitar player.

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Total Pages: 177
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ISBN: 0190693304

Les Favorites des Salons for Classical Guitar

Les Favorites des Salons for Classical Guitar
Author: Fernando Sor
Publisher: Clear Note Publications
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2022-06-13
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1625591969

Virtuoso guitarist Fernando Sor (1778-1839) was also one of the instrument's preeminent composers. In addition he composed many works for other instruments in the forms of symphonies, ballet music, string quartets, and sacred vocal music among others. Although these works were often more popular at the time of their creation it is only his guitar works that are performed or recorded with any regularity today. Sor's life and career can essentially be divided into five periods associated with his residences in Spain (1778-1813), Paris (1813-1815), London (1815-1823), Russia (through Paris, Berlin, and Warsaw, (1823-1826/7), and back to Paris (1826/7-1839) where he died. The present set of pieces originally written for piano solo dates almost entirely from his time in London. The musical forms taken are those of popular dances of the day. Included here are two sets of waltzes, three sets of quadrilles, and a lone mazurka published in Paris in 1835. In addition Sor's solo piano works included minuets, an arrangement of his Funeral March for Tsar Alexander (originally for military band), and arrangements of the overture, a largo, and a minuet from his own opera Telemaco. Only the works from Telemaco are known to have survived with the exception of one minuet that is a version of the final minuet in his Op.3 for guitar. They are not included here.

Julio S Sagreras Guitar Lessons

Julio S Sagreras Guitar Lessons
Author: Julio S. SAGRERAS
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-01-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780786695386

The guitar lessons of Julio Sagreras are among the most universally used collections of guitar music and represent a milestone in didactic guitar literature. This book, which includes the first three volumes of the original six-volume series, is an ideal introduction to classical guitar playing as well as to LatinAmerican guitar music. Text written in English and Spanish with French and German translations in an appendix at the back of the book

Classical Guitar Pedagogy

Classical Guitar Pedagogy
Author: Anthony L. Glise
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609740947

This comprehensive, illustrated text offers an in-depth look at the mechanics and musical thought process of teaching the classical guitar the "why" rather than the "how" the classical guitarist does things a certain way. In the author's words, "Classical Guitar Pedagogy is the study of how to teach guitarists to teach." This university-level text will be of enormous assistance to the teacher in explaining the musical, anatomical, technical, and psychological underpinning of guitar performance. It contains ideas and techniques to help organize your teaching more efficiently, plus tips on career development as a classical guitar teacher and performer. If you make your living as a classical guitar teacher/performer you owe it to yourself and your students to get this book.

Irish Melodies

Irish Melodies
Author: Thomas Moore
Publisher:
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1821
Genre: Ballads, Irish
ISBN:

The Physics of Musical Instruments

The Physics of Musical Instruments
Author: Neville H. Fletcher
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 763
Release: 2013-11-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0387216030

While the history of musical instruments is nearly as old as civilisation itself, the science of acoustics is quite recent. By understanding the physical basis of how instruments are used to make music, one hopes ultimately to be able to give physical criteria to distinguish a fine instrument from a mediocre one. At that point science may be able to come to the aid of art in improving the design and performance of musical instruments. As yet, many of the subtleties in musical sounds of which instrument makers and musicians are aware remain beyond the reach of modern acoustic measurements. This book describes the results of such acoustical investigations - fascinating intellectual and practical exercises. Addressed to readers with a reasonable grasp of physics who are not put off by a little mathematics, this book discusses most of the traditional instruments currently in use in Western music. A guide for all who have an interest in music and how it is produced, as well as serving as a comprehensive reference for those undertaking research in the field.