João Pernambuco is the nickname of João Guimarães Teixeira, an important Brazilian composer and guitarist lived at the beginning of the twentieth century. Along with the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos, the work of João Pernambuco is remembered as the most…
Isaac Albéniz was a great Spanish pianist and composer known for his piano works based on Spanish folk music. Many of his compositions have been transcribed for piano by Miguel Llobet and other guitar. For example “Asturias (Leyenda)”, “Granada”, “Seville”,…
“Lagrima” is one of the best-known songs of Francisco Tarrega, even if it is short, it is very intense. A duration of about 2 minutes and a length of only 16 bars, serving Tarrega to give us one of the…
Composed by Scott Joplin for piano, it was published in 1902. It was also adapted by Marvin Hamlisch in 1973 for use in the movie “The Sting”, for which he won the Oscar for Best Soundtrack. There are different arrangements…
“Mad World” is one of the first hit songs of the British band Tears for Fears, which describes a crazy world through many dream images, as they could see a teenager. The song was later taken by the composers Michael…
Ottmar Liebert is a German guitarist known for being a member of the Nuevo Flamenco, however, his style could be called an easy listening influenced by flamenco. He has received five Grammy nominations and 38 gold and platinum certifications in…
“Nuages” is one of the most famous compositions by Django Reinhardt, who has made it thirteen versions. But it is also one of the standards gypsy jazz most played, to which are also added the words, even if the original…
