PENTAGRAMMA - STANDARD NOTATION

BAROQUE GUITAR IN SPAIN AND THE NEW WORLD, BY FRANK KOONCE. 

Product Description:
A substantial amount of early music for the guitar remains unknown to modern performers and audiences. In recent years, however, musicologists, scholars and performers on period instruments have provided a wealth of accessible new source materials which players can now begin to interpret in convincing and effective ways. Nevertheless, many still feel intimidated by the prospect of sorting through and learning to use these resources for the first time. For the uninitiated, just knowing where to start can be difficult.

This anthology contains representative selections from the publications and manuscripts of four important Spanish Baroque guitarists: Gaspar Sanz, Antonio de Santa Cruz, Francisco Guerau, and Santiago de Murcia. In addition to being fun and entertaining music for all to enjoy, this collection is intended to help bridge the gap between scholarly editions and performance editions by providing a hands-on introduction to tablature transcription and to issues concerning historically informed performance on the modern guitar.

Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Dedication
1. Evolution of the Five-Course Guitar
1.1. Transition from the Vihuela and Four-Course Guitar
1.2. Dominance of the Five-Course Guitar
2. Tuning of the Five-Course Guitar
2.1. Terms Pertaining to Stringing and Tuning
2.2. Different Tunings for the Baroque Guitar
2.3. Issues and Opinions on Tuning Practices in Spain
2.4. Relevance of Baroque Tuning Practices to Modern Performers
3. Reading Baroque Guitar Tablature
3.1. Tablature and Transcription
3.2. Punteado Notation
3.3. Rasgueado Notation
3.4. Mixed Tablatures
4. Interpretation and Performance
4.1. Octave Selection and Voice Leading
4.2. Punteado Ornaments
4.3. Campanelas
4.4. Meter and Tempo
4.5. Hemiola and Syncopation
4.6. Rasgueado Techniques
4.7. Rasgueado Ornaments
5. Editorial Procedures
5.1. Philosophy and Intent
5.2. The Voicing and Notation of Strummed Chords
5.3. Editorial Notation
6. Gaspar Sanz
6.1-9. La cavalleria de Napoles con dos clarines, Rujero, Paradetas, Folías, Las Hachas, Zarabanda, La Esfachata de Napoles,La Miñona de Cataluña, Canarios
6.10-14. Pavanas, Españoletas, Matachín, Villanos, Passacalles
7. Antonio de Santa Cruz
7.1-3. Jácaras, Villano, Canario
8. Francisco Guerau
8.1-4. Marionas, Villano, Canario, Passacalles in B minor
9. Santiago de Murcia
9.1. Resumen de acompañar
La Guastala, Menuet, Preludio in D minor
9.2. Códice Saldívar No. 4
Marionas, Fandango, Jácaras, Zangarilleja, Cumbées
9.3. Passacalles y obras
Passacalles in G minor, Suite in G Major, Suite in D minor
10. Facsimiles

Selected Bibliography

Music
Gaspar Sanz
La cavalleria de Napoles con dos clarines
Rujero
Paradetas
Folías
Las Hachas
Zarabanda
La Esfachata de Napoles
La Miñona de Cataluña
Canarios
Pavanas
Españoletas
Matachín
Villanos
Passacalles

Antonio de Santa Cruz
Jácaras
Villano
Canario

Francisco Guerau
Marionas
Villano
Canario
Passacalles in B minor

Santiago de Murcia
La Guastala
Menuet(s)
Preludio in D minor
Marionas
Fandango
Jácaras
Zangarilleja
Cumbées
Passacalles in G minor
Suite in G Major
Suite in D minor

Facsimile Reproductions
Gaspar Sanz
Instruccion de musica
Antonio de Santa Cruz
Libro donde se veran pazacalles
Francisco Guerau
Poema harmonico
Santiago de Murcia
Resumen de acompañar
Códice Saldívar No. 4
Passacalles y obras

A CHRISTMAS PASTORALE, arranged by Michael Newman & Laura Oltman. CD

Product Description:
Celebration of the Christmas holiday includes a rich musical tradition. For this score and accompanying CD, the internationally-renowned Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo presents a ravishing collection of sacred music written for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. The duo has chosen music from six centuries in a wide variety of musical styles, including familiar Christmas tunes, little-known gems, and interesting variations on familiar themes written by such composers as Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. Selections range from beautiful Renaissance tunes suitable for beginning guitarists to concert repertoire for advanced players.

From Canta No. 147, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring -- Johann Sebastian Bach, Arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
From Cantata No. 140, Wake, Awake -- Philipp Nicolai, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
From Cantat No. 140, Zion Hears the Watchmen Singing -- Johann Sebastian Bach, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Chorale: Wake, Awake -- Philipp Nicolai, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
The Holly and the Ivy -- Arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
From William Ballet's Lute Book (Lulla, Lulla) -- Arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
I am so Glad each Christmas Eve -- Arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Chorale: (Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming) -- Arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Chorale Prelude: Op. 122 Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming -- Johannes Brahms, arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
The Son of Mary -- Edited by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Chorale: Dearest Emmanuel -- Arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Chorale: A Child is born to us -- Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
From Christmas Concerto - Adagio-Allegro-Adagio -- Arcangelo Corelli, arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
From Christmas Concerto -- Arcangelo Corelli, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel -- Arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
There is No Rose -- Arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Greensleeves (What Child is This?) -- Arranged by Francis Cutting, Trans. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Chorale: A Boy born in Bethlehem -- Johann Sebastian Bach, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Joy to the World! -- George Frideric Handel, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Chorale: From Heaven Above -- Martin Luther, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Chorale Prelude: From Heaven Above -- Johann Pachelbel. Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing -- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
From Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors Coventry Carol -- Arranged by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Chorale: The Newborn Child -- Melchior Vulpius, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Chorale: In Sweet Jubilation -- Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Prelude: In Sweet Jubilation -- Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
From Cantata No. 208 Sheep May Safely Graze -- Johann Sebastian Bach, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
From Messiah Pifa -- George Frideric Handel, Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman
Silent Night -- Arr. by Michael Newman and Laura Oltman

SCHUBERT FRANZ, ARRANGED FOR GUITAR, Javier Calderon. CD

Product Description:
There have been few previous examples of guitar versions of Schubert' piano music, and practically no attempts to transcribe a complete set of pieces, as Caldern has done here with the six pieces of Schubert's Moments Musicaux. These pieces are superb examples of Schubert's mastery in the miniature form, true "musical moments" of mood and feeling. Two other pieces complete this collection, which also includ notes on the preparation and performance of the pieces in English, German, and Spanish. The music is in standard notation only with a CD of performances of the pieces by the arranger.

BACH J.S., INVENTIONS, Transcriptions for 2 Four-String Electric Basses. CD-ROM TAB.

The Bach Two-Part Inventions are among the most famous of Baroque keyboard pieces. Marco Di Natale has transcribed this music for two electric basses, making a Bach to Rock connection. Included are 5 pieces: Invention No. 1 in C Major, Invention No. 2 in C minor, Invention No. 6 in E Major, Invention No. 8 in F Major, Invention No. 13 in A minor. The score also comes with a CD-ROM, allowing a bass player to listen to the pieces, and play along with either of the two parts at any tempo. The CD-ROM also may be used in a conventional CD player, with each of the two parts on a separate stereo channel. This Italian publication is fully translated, with Italian and English text. 36 pages.

PIAZZOLLA ASTOR, HISTOIRE DU TANGO AND OTHER LATIN CLASSICS FOR FLUTE & GUITAR DUET. CD

Series: Music Minus One
Publisher: Music Minus One
Medium: Softcover with CD
Composer: Astor Piazzolla
performed by Katarzyna Bury, flute
Accompaniment: Christian Reichert, guitar

Guitar and flute virtuosi Christian Reichert and Katarzyna Bury bring you this album featuring Argentina's most fabled 20th-century tango composer, Astor Piazzolla, who wrote this suite of tango pieces bridging a century of tango styles, drawn in a rich pallette for guitar and flute duet. Alongside this wondrous composition is a quartet of dance classics from such composers as Enrique Granados and Pablo de Sarasate. Sensational music and not to be missed! Includes an authoritative, newly engraved solo part printed on high-quality ivory paper, and a compact disc containing a complete version with soloist; then a second version in digital stereo of the orchestral accompaniment, minus the soloist. 77 pages