CLASSICAL FAVORITES FOR GUITAR DUO by Nadal BOOK

CLASSICAL FAVORITES FOR GUITAR DUO, by Nadal. SHEET MUSIC BOOK in standard notation for 2 GUITARS.

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Spanning the Renaissance through the twentieth century, this original collection features The Harmonious Blacksmith, selections from Bach's Art of the Fugue and Two-Part Inventions, plus works by Beethoven, Schubert, Granados, and others. Perfect for beginners as well as advanced players, it features several teacher-student duets. Pages 144.

This new collection of duos for classical guitar brings together a wide variety of pieces for beginning, intermediate and advanced players. Musical styles represented include a sampling from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods, as well as arrangements of several popular folk melodies. I have organized the selections into four groups:

Folk and Traditional Music includes many favorites arranged in an easy-to-play format. The majority of the parts are fingered to minimize shifts of the fretting-hand's position. The textures are all straightforward with the melody or soloist in the top part and the accompaniment below.

The Easy Music section consists of some repertoire arranged for the student and teacher as well as music for second- and third-year players. The selections include Elizabethan music (Dowland and Byrd), famous simple dances by Bach, a charming Valse by the great 19th-century guitar composer Fernando Sor, Beethoven's Ode to Joy theme, Schumann's Melodie from Album for the Young, Justin Holland's period arrangement of the theme to Auber's Fra Diavolo, and a simplified arrangement of the ever popular Foster song, My Old Kentucky Home.

Intermediate Music includes increasingly advanced music for third- through sixth-year players. Repertoire includes: Dowland's curious Galliard originally written for two to play on one lute; Bach Inventions and a Bourrt?e from his second English Suite; duos by Sor and Giuliani (the most important guitar composers of the early 19th century); two graceful Schubert Llindler, and an adaptation of his famous Stlindchen; arrangements of piano music by the Spanish nationalists, Albeniz and Granados; and Joplin's ragtime two step, The Entertainer.

Advanced Music contains three virtuosic selections. Handel's Harmonious Blacksmith (a posthumously bestowed nickname for a portion of his Fifth Harpsichord Suite) and Bach's Canon at the Octave from Art of the Fugue will present many challenges to the advanced player, but the rewards well surpass the difficulties. The famous Barber of Seville Overture is my own adaptation of Giuliani's arrangement of Rossini's Elisabetta. Try to seek out the original orchestral version (also published by Dover) to better mimic the orchestral timbres.

It is hoped that this new collection will bring you much joy in your music making. New York City 2005. Dedicated to my students, past and present-especially those who studied with me during the summer of 2005: Bernard Barisic, Michael and Rachel Edery, Matthew Linder, Ronnie Spiewak and my CUNY classes. Table of Contents for Classical Favorites for Guitar Duo Folk and Traditional Music

Amazing Grace - Tradizionale
Aura Lee - Tradizionale
Bill Boy - Tradizionale
Cradle Song - Tradizionale
Danny Boy, Londonderry Air - Tradizionale
Greensleeves - Tradizionale
The Kerry Dance - Tradizionale
The Rose of Tralee - Tradizionale
Remon - Creole Song
Thanksgiving Prayer - Colonial Congregational
The Wayfaring Stranger - Appalachian Lament
Easy Music
Sleep, wayward thoughts from the first booke of songs (John Dowland 1563-1626)
Lesson for Two Lutes from the Dowland lute book (Anonymous late 16th century)
Sellinger's Round from The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (William Byrd 1542-1623)
Awake, sweet love (John Dowland 1563-1626)
When Phoebus... (John Dowland 1563-1626)
Minuet in G from The Little Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750)
Bourrée from Suite for Lute, BWV 996 (Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750)
Musette in D (J.S. Bach)
Minuet in G from The Little Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750)
Valse in C N.1 from six Valses puor Deux Guitares, Op. 44 (Fernando Sor 1778-1839)
Ode to Joy from Symphony N.9, Op.125 (Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827)
Melodie N.1 from 43 Clavierstucke Fur Die Jugend, Op. 68 (Robert Schumann 1810-1856)
My Old Kentucky Home (Stephen Foster 1826-1864)
Fra Diavolo from Auber's Opera Comique (Justin Holland 1819-1887)
Intermediate Music
My Lord Chamberlin's Galliard "for two to play upon one Lute" from the first Booke of songs (John Dowland 1563-1626)
Invention No. 4 from fifteen two-part inventions (Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750)
Invention No. 8 from fifteen two-part inventions (Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750)
Invention No. 13 from fifteen two-part inventions (Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750)
Bourrée I from English Suite N.2 (Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750)
Andante N. 1 from Trois Dous, Op. 55 (Fernando Sor 1778-1839)
Souvenir de Russie Op. 63 (Fernando Sor 1778-1839)
Polonese and Trio N.1 from The Polonesi Concertanti, Op. 37 (Mauro Giuliani 1781-1829)
Ländler N.1 from Eight Ländler, D.378 (Franz Schubert 1797-1828)
Ländler N.8 from Eight Ländler, D.378 (Franz Schubert 1797-1828)
Ständchen from Schwanengesag (Franz Schubert 1797-1828)
Capricho Catalan N.5 from Espagna: 6 Hojas de Album, Op.165 (Isaac Albeniz 1860-1909)
Tango N.2 from Espagna: 6 Hojas de Album, Op.165 (Isaac Albeniz 1860-1909)
Spanish Dance No. 1 from Twelve Danzas Espagnolas (Enrique Granados 1867-1916)
Spanish Dance No. 2 from Twelve Danzas Espagnolas (Enrique Granados 1867-1916)
The Entertainer A Ragtime Two step (Scott Joplin 1868-1917)
Advanced Music
The Harmonious Blacksmith Air and Five Variations from suite in E major, (HG II/i/5) (George Frideric Handel 1685-1759)
Canon at the Octave Contrapunctus XII from The Art of the Fugue (J.S. Bach 1685-1750)
The Barber of Seville - Overture dall'Opera il Barbiere di Sivilia (Gioacchino Rossini 29 febbraio 1792 - 13 Novembre 1868)