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Stephen Goss (born 2 February 1964) is a Welsh composer, guitarist and academic. His compositional output includes orchestral and choral works, chamber music, and solo pieces.
As a result, a large part of the guitar repertoire consists of works by guitarists who did not compose extensively for other instruments. Music prior to the classical era was often composed for performance on various combinations of instruments, and could be adapted by the performer to keyboard instruments, the lute, or the guitar. Since the ...
Williams has expressed his frustration and concern with guitar education and teaching, [9] that it is too one-sided, i.e., focusing only on solo playing, instead of giving guitar students a better education, including ensemble playing, sight-reading and a focus on phrasing and tone production and variation. Williams notes that "students [are ...
Christopher Parkening Plays Vivaldi Guitar Concertos & Warlock Capriol Suite (1994), EMI/Angel; Angels' Glory with Kathleen Battle (1996), Sony Classical; Christopher Parkening Celebrates Segovia (1998), EMI/Angel; Stepmom film score with John Williams (1998), Sony Classical; Elmer Bernstein – Concerto for Guitar – Albeniz – Marshall ...
The romantic guitar eventually led to a different type of guitar in Spain: the fan-braced Spanish guitars of Torres, which may be seen as the immediate precursor of the modern classical guitar. In the 20th century, many non-guitarist composers wrote for the instrument, whereas previously only players of the instrument had done so.
The Concierto de Aranjuez ([konˈθjeɾ.to ðe a.ɾaŋˈxweθ], "Aranjuez Concerto") is a concerto for classical guitar by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Written in 1939, it is by far Rodrigo's best-known work, and its success established his reputation as one of the most significant Spanish composers of the 20th century.
The Guitar/Classical Guitar: Boot/London 1974 The Guitar Artistry of Liona Boyd: Boot/London 1975 Miniatures for Guitar: Boot/CBS Masterworks 1977 The First Lady of the Guitar: Columbia 1978 The First Nashville Guitar Quartet (with Chet Atkins) RCA 1979 Liona Boyd with Andrew Davis and the English Chamber Orchestra: CBS Masterworks 1979 Spanish ...
Fisk has increased the amount of material available to classical guitarists by transcribing music written for other instruments. This increased repertoire includes his transcriptions of Bach, Scarlatti, Paganini, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Haydn and Schubert.