Mel Bay Publications

J. S. Bach is the most sought after composers of all time. He is everybody's favorite! Best selling author Ben Bolt has inked 12 solos for guitar in this book. Included are moderate to advanced solos...

This collection includes 58 pieces of music by the Spanish Guitar master Fernando Sor as well as audio of the entire book, recorded by Ben Bolt. Ben Bolt believes these pieces are the 'best of the bes...

Brazil guitar sensation Fabio Zanon exploded on the international scene in 1996 when he won the first prize at the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Competition, just weeks after...

This comprehensive edition brings together all of the standard pieces in the adopted Albeniz 'guitar repertoire' along with additional pieces that complete many of the suites and other groupings as pu...

This collection of etudes for classic guitar includes six in open position, nine in Position II, and five in Position IV. Standard notation only.

This is the first compilation of guitar music for a right hand technique that includes the little finger. The 12 complete compositions include original pieces by Charles Postlewate (Homage to Villa-Lo...

Filmed live at Texas Tech University's Hemmie Recital Hall on Thursday, January 27, 2000, this DVD reveals the full spectrum of Nikita Koshkin's composition and performance skills. Born in Moscow in 1...

Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995) belongs to an elite group of Brazilian/American guitarists, who by composing important works for the guitar reinstated the instrument in his native country as worthy of se...

Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995) belongs to an elite group of Brazilian/American guitarists, who by composing important works for the guitar reinstated the instrument in his native country as worthy of se...

Danse D'Azur for two guitars was written in 2002, and is a sonorous and successful work for guitar duet. It treats the two musicians as absolute equals, and while thoroughly idiomatic, puts considerab...

Odd-time signatures are often an enigma to the Western musician and present specific challenges when it comes to phrasing and feeling. This book will improve any musician's ability to intuit odd-time...

The arts flourished in the Baroque period. Music from that time is still performed worldwide by symphonies, opera companies, choirs, chamber ensembles and soloists on many instruments. The period was...

This collection of original, contemporary, concert-style compositions for plectrum or flatpicked guitar includes 15 preludes, 4 sonatas with multiple movements, and 12 nocturnes. The solos present a c...

This is a collection of 28 original guitar solos by William Bay-a portrait of growing up and living in the Midwestern United States. Echoed in each piece are the melodies of sprawling farmlands, woode...

The Guitar has so many moods and colours. I have always loved the expressive, lyrical pieces written for this unique instrument. This book is a collection of 19 solos of medium difficulty which presen...

This collection of compositions for piano solo spans four centuries, including a rarely heard piece by Gottchalk's sister, Clara, as well as a charming piece by Marie Antoinette. Other composers inclu...

This book presents seven piano solos that represent the wonderful variety of compositions by Clara Schumann. The brilliant 'Polonaise' was composed and performed by Clara as a child prodigy. The encha...

The pieces in this book were selected because most are popular themes from the hundreds of Symphonic and Opera pieces ever composed. Arranged for piano solos and may be performed in concerts, recitals...

To describe the music of César Franck is like trying to describe a delicious dessert; you must experience it for yourself! Although everyone has their own preference, the music of César Franck is cont...

Cada uno de los doce solos de piano originales de este libro son expresivos y tranquilos y tienen un sentimiento o estado de ánimo sereno. Los solos pueden tocarse uno tras otro como un largo preludio...

¿Qué pasaría si Bach hubiera compuesto música en otra época? La respuesta es una colección de las piezas más famosas de J. S. Bach, arregladas al estilo del impresionismo, que combina las característi...

Incluye siete clásicos escritos por Franz Joseph Haydn, arreglados para piano. Se incluyen: Minueto del Buey, Sinfonía del Amanecer (Tema de la Sinfonía nº 94), Romanze (De la Sinfonía nº 85 "La Reine...

This volume focuses on the medieval period from approximately the sixth to fifteenth centuries. The music of this era was traditionally performed as plainchant (sacred) or monophony (secular), that is...