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A
collection of articles and music transcribed for solo classical guitar gathered
from ten years of the popular series in the journal Soundboard. Each of the music scores is accompanied by an article
describing the process of transcription for the guitar, the history of the
music and composer, and performance suggestions. All pieces are fully fingered
and suitable for intermediate to advanced players. 152 pages.
“It is just what you would expect it
to be from
MacDowell's music does not aim for virtuosic display and obscure intellectual
pleasures but, rather, it is about what is personal and what is felt by the
individual in common circumstances. The classical guitar is at its best with
music of smaller proportions that is personal, evocative, and imbued with
opportunities for subtle, expressive nuances in performance and so is eminently
suited to MacDowell's music. This collection includes his most famous
composition, To a Wild Rose, as well as ten other beautiful guitar solos in
both standard notation and tablature. An outstanding recording, by Aryeh Eller, of all of the music is included.
Sample Audio
clips from Woodland
Sketches: The Music of Edward MacDowell
‘The Peer Gynt Suite’ may be Edvard
Grieg's most famous composition. Its melodies have insinuated themselves into
our culture so that they are now universally familiar. The movements are:
Morning Song, Asa's Death, Anitra's
Dance, and In the Hall of the Mountain King. This edition presents, for the
first time, the entire suite in a version for solo guitar. This is a
substantial work for the guitarist that, while requiring solid technique, is
quite rewarding for both the player and the audience. Also included is a
transcription of Grieg's beautiful Solveig's Song.
There is a confusing error in the introductory text. Click here for the
correct version.
“I was surprised just how well
these transcriptions really worked, and if any of you have yet to hear any of this
material, and only think of
'
"...an eloquent sample of this
renewed
“Both
in the range of works included and in the manner in which they have been
transcribed, Yates has made the music of this popular composer accessible to
guitarists.”
Stephen Dick,
Acoustic Guitar Magazine, December 2002. Full Text of the
review.
'Frederic Chopin -
21 Selected Pieces' is published by Guitar Solo
Publications. It includes twenty-one solo classical guitar transcriptions
in both standard notation and tablature with introductory notes for each piece.
Although this music is eminently suited to the guitar, many of the pieces have
never been transcribed before. 165 pages. Cover art by
"This transcription deserves to
join the company of
and a select few other major adaptations of great music."
Stephen Kenyon, Classical Guitar Magazine,
November 2001. Full
Text of the review.
Felix Mendelssohn's Op. 54 variations are a blend of types that show the range
of both Mendelssohn's skill at composition and his knowledge of history. Strict
canon and fugue textures appear next to free variations and lyrical,
accompanied song. And yet, the set as a whole is a coherent, progressive and
unified elaboration of the theme. Although transferring this music to two
guitars was difficult, the result is a beautiful piece that is mesmerizing and
kaleidoscopic in performance. Written in standard notation
only. Includes landscape-format score and
portrait-format parts. 48 total pages. More
information here.
20 contrapuntal delights from the master of the High
Renaissance -
You may view and download a free sample or read an
on-line review
of the collection.
Chopin for Acoustic Guitar is published by Mel Bay Publications . It includes ten solo
classical guitar transcriptions in both standard notation and tablature, and a
CD of all the music. If you like the music on this Web site then I am sure your
will enjoy the book. You can read more about it here.
Soundboard, the journal of the Guitar Foundation of America , has published
my column, The Transcriber's Art, for the past few years. In these articles you
will find new music and discussions of the ways that transcriptions are made.
Your subscription to Soundboard includes membership in the GFA.
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