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Arvo Pärt wrote the prayer of peace Da pacem Domine to fulfil a commission from Jordi Savall. He began to set this ninth-century Gregorian antiphon two days after the Madrid bombings on 11 March 2004...

The liturgical text of the Te Deum consists of immutable truths. I am reminded of the sense of immeasurable serenity imparted by a mountain panorama. Swiss artist Martin Ruf once told me that he can d...

The Berlin Mass is intended to be sung liturgically during Pentecost, and includes the Veni Sancte Spiritus specific to that service. The gently unfolding repetition deliberately avoids dramatic and p...

The Romanian Folk Dances are probably Béla Bartók's most popular and most frequently played compositions. They have certainly inspired the largest number of arrangements, her for accordion by Teodoro...

Robert de Visée, musician at the court of Louis XIV is well-known to players of the guitar because of the music he wrote for this instrument. Nevertheless comparatively few of his works have been publ...

The compositions and teachings of Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) represent a milestone in the development of guitar technique. The present preludes are among his most characteristic works. Strictly spe...

These cleverly arranged pieces are ideally suited for performance on two guitars. Bartók himself suggests that the pieces should be strung together in suite-like groups according to need. These small-...

These 27 pieces introduce beginners to the literature of their instrument from four centuries and may serve as an addition to Schaller-Scheit's Guitar Tutor volumes 2 and 3. This volume includes compo...

This study selection features only those exercises that are of enduring musical value. They provide the technical basis for every guitar player. A number of preliminary studies added by the editor giv...

Als Schüler Pierre Boulez' zeichnet sich Bennetts Musik durch ihren expressiv modernen Stil aus, der bei den vorliegenden fünf Impromptus für Gitarre besonders zur Wirkung kommt.

Im Vorwort zu seinem Libro de musica de vihuela de mano. Intitulado E maestro weist Milan auf die didaktische Absicht hin: das Buch sei in erster Linie für Anfänger gedacht und die Musik so dargeboten...

für Gitarre (2 Gitarren)

The works and influence of Francisco Tárrega represent a milestone in the development of guitar technique. Alone the practical value of these pieces for technique, as well as their rich display of all...

Mit diesen beiden und den bereits erschienen Suiten in e-Moll (UE16686, UE16688) und h-Moll (UE16689) liegen nunmehr fünf der insgesamt neun Suiten von Roncallis Capricci Armonici vor. Auch hier hat d...

Aus der reichhaltigen Literatur jener Zeit wurden in Fortsetzung des ersten Heftes (UE13973) weitere Werke ausgewählt. Auch sie entsprechen der Nachfrage nach leicht spielbarem, aber dennoch wertvolle...

Der durchsichtige Klaviersatz ermöglicht eine weitestgehend notengetreue und dabei der Eigenart der Gitarre angemessene Bearbeitung. Eine Ausführung auf diesem Instrument kommt im Vergleich zum modern...