Italian classical guitarist and virtuoso Mauro Giuliani was admired by many great composers including Beethoven and Paganini, during his musical activity in Vienna. Thanks to its contribution, the guitar could prove to not only be a folk instrument, but to have…
One of Segovia’s greatest merits is that it has involved some great composers of the twentieth century and thus expanded the repertoire of the classical guitar. One of these composers was Joaquin Turina, who composed five pieces for guitar that…
The great Francisco Tarrega was important for the classical guitar because he set the modern school and wrote many songs and didactic works of various levels of difficulty. For example this Vals in D Major is a piece of intermediate difficulty, suitable…
The Prelude BWV 846 in C major is the first part of the “Prelude and Fugue” by Bach which is the first important collection “The Well-Tempered Clavier“. This song is very well known thanks to Charles Gounod who took the…
“Stairway to Heaven” needs no introduction, it is definitely one of the most popular songs of Rock music. On its meaning there are different interpretations, some even say that the lyric has satanic references, or that there are subliminal messages…
Spanish composer Enrique Granados was a leading member of the Spanish national school, in fact his is a distinctly Spanish style, so it is very suitable to be played with the classical guitar. In fact he played the piano, and…
The song that is now universally known as “Ave Maria” by Schubert, actually is a Lied called “The Lady of the Lake“, with a text by Walter Scott translated into German. The song began with the words Ave Maria, as…
