Repertoire Classical guitar repertoire

1 repertoire

1.1 renaissance era
1.2 baroque period
1.3 romantic era

1.3.1 golden age


1.4 modern era

1.4.1 guitarist-composers of 20th century
1.4.2 other composers classical guitar


1.5 contemporary classical guitar

1.5.1 solo


1.6 new perspectives classical guitar repertoire

repertoire
renaissance era

during renaissance, guitar have been used today, provide strummed accompaniment singer or small group. there several significant music collections published during sixteenth century of contrapuntal compositions approaching complexity, sophistication , breadth of lute music same time period.

main compositions , composers:

el maestro luis de milán (1536)
los seys libros del delphin luis de narváez (1538)
tres libros de música alonso mudarra (1546)
silva de sirenas enríquez de valderrábano (1547)
libro de música de vihuela diego pisador (1552)
orphénica lyra miguel de fuenllana (1554)
el pamasso estevan daça (1576).

baroque period

baroque music describes era , set of styles of european classical music in widespread use between approximately 1600 1750 (see dates of classical music eras discussion of problems inherent in defining beginning , end points). era said begin in music after renaissance , followed classical music era. original meaning of baroque irregularly shaped pearl , strikingly fitting characterization of architecture , design of period; later, name came applied music. associated composers such j.s. bach, george friedrich händel, antonio vivaldi, , claudio monteverdi. during period, music theory, diatonic tonality, , imitative counterpoint developed. more elaborate musical ornamentation, changes in musical notation , advances in way instruments played appeared. baroque music see expansion in size, range , complexity of performance, increasingly complex forms.

main composers baroque guitar:

francesco corbetta (1615–1681)
gaspar sanz (1640–1710, spain)
robert de visée (c.1655–c.1735, france)
ludovico roncalli (1654-1713)
sylvius leopold weiss (1687–1750, germany)

romantic era

main composers of romantic era:

carl maria von weber (1786–1826): weber s last waltz
niccolò paganini (1782–1840): several virtuoso pieces guitar

the golden age

the first golden age of classical guitar repertoire 19th century. notable guitar composers period are:

dionisio aguado (1784–1849)
julián arcas (1832–1882)
luigi boccherini (1743–1805)
josé broca (1805–1882)
matteo carcassi (1792–1853)
ferdinando carulli (1770–1841)
napoléon coste (1806–1883)
anton diabelli (1781–1858)
fernando ferandiere (1771–1816)
francois de fossa (1775–1849)
mauro giuliani (1781-1829)
luigi legnani (1790–1877)
antoine de lhoyer (1768–1852)
wenzel thomas matiegka (1773–1830)
johann kaspar mertz (1806–1856)
francesco molino (1768–1847)
pierre jean porro (1750–1831)
giulio regondi (1822–1872)
fernando sor (1778–1839)
francisco tárrega (1852–1909)
marco aurelio zani de ferranti (1800–1878)

modern era

some genres of modern music include atonal music, rejects tonal system of other musical styles, aleatoric, rejects absolutism of composer , allows player take active role in how piece played. example, in leo brouwer s Étude no. 20, supplies series of melodies increase in length, , invites player play each section of melody many times or chooses. regional styles prevalent in modern guitar music, such music of latin america, unique harmonies , fresh material can found.

guitarist-composers of 20th century


heinrich albert (1870–1950)
sergio assad (*1952)
agustín barrios mangoré (1885–1944)
gilbert biberian (*1944)
dusan bogdanovic (*1955)
leo brouwer (*1939)
abel carlevaro (1918–2002)
carlo domeniconi (*1947)
john w. duarte (1919–2004)
roland dyens (1955–2016)
dimitris fampas (1921–1996)
angelo gilardino (*1941)
brian head (*1965)
david a. jaffe (*1955)
francis kleynjans (*1951)
nikita koshkin (*1956)
annette kruisbrink (*1958)
andrei krylov (*1961)
antonio lauro (1917–1986)
miguel llobet (1878–1938)
josé luis merlin (*1952)
behzad mirkhani (*1969)
gentil montaña (1942–2011)
jorge morel (*1931)
marco pereira (*1950)
joão pernambuco (1883–1947)
máximo diego pujol (*1957)
stepán rak (*1945)
brad richter (*1969)
rodrigo riera (1923–1999)
eduardo sáinz de la maza (1903–1982)
reginald smith brindle (1917–2003)
eythor thorlaksson (*1930)
heitor villa-lobos (1887–1959)
andrew york (*1958)
eric sessler (*1969)
vojislav ivanovic (*1959)

other composers classical guitar

in 20th century, many non-guitarist composers wrote instrument, players of instrument had done. larger list of composers have written solo guitar, see list of composers classical guitar. of better-known are:

miguel del aguila (*1957)
louis andriessen (*1939)
malcolm arnold (1921–2006)
boris asafiev (1884–1949)
georges auric (1899–1983)
milton babbitt (1916–2011)
robert beaser (*1954)
richard rodney bennett (1936–2012)
niels viggo bentzon (1919–2000)
luciano berio (1925–2003)
lennox berkeley (1903–1989)
benjamin britten (1913–1976)
elliott carter (1908–2012)
tristram cary (1925–2008)
mario castelnuovo-tedesco (1895–1968)
peter maxwell davies (1934–2016)
stephen dodgson (1924–2013)
petr eben (1929–2007)
manuel de falla (1876–1946)
michael finnissy (*1946)
jean françaix (1912–1997)
roberto gerhard (1896–1970)
giorgio federico ghedini (1892–1965)
alberto ginastera (1916–1983)
cristóbal halffter (*1930)
hans werner henze (1926–2012)
vagn holmboe (1909–1996)
antonio josé (1902–1936)
ernst krenek (1900–1991)
gian francesco malipiero 1882-1973
frank martin (1890–1974)
nicholas maw (1935–2009)
darius milhaud (1892–1974)
federico mompou (1893–1987)
federico moreno torroba (1891–1982)
lior navok (*1971)
per nørgård (*1932)
maurice ohana (1914–1992)
goffredo petrassi (1904–2003)
Ástor piazzolla (1921-1992)
manuel m. ponce (1882–1948)
francis poulenc (1899–1963)
andré previn (*1929)
einojuhani rautavaara (*1928)
alan rawsthorne (1905–1971)
george rochberg (1918–2005)
joaquín rodrigo (1901–1999)
ned rorem (*1923)
albert roussel (1869–1937)
poul ruders (*1949)
john rutter (*1945)
henri sauguet (1901–1989)
ananda sukarlan (*1968)
toru takemitsu 1930-1996
alexandre tansman (1897–1986)
michael tippett (1905–1998)
joaquín turina (1882–1949)
pēteris vasks (*1946)
william walton (1902–1983)

contemporary classical guitar

main compositions , composers:

solo

robert beaser - shenandoah
luciano berio - sequenza xi
benjamin britten - nocturnal
roland chadwick - song , dance nos. 1,2 & 3
constantinos chizaris - guitariana
pascale criton - la ritournelle et le galop 1/16th tone tuned guitar
brian ferneyhough - kurze schatten ii
alberto ginastera - sonata
sofia gubaidulina - serenade
bruno maderna - y después
julian mock - ecstatic mechanism
tristan murail - tellur
lior navok - remembrances of jerusalem / 6 dance / meditation
maurice ohana - tiento
marco pereira - samba urbano
toru takemitsu - folios
william walton - 5 bagatelles
hans werner henze - royal winter music
ananda sukarlan - 5 lovers of drupadi
anton del forno - guitar concerto
eric sessler - sonata no.1; rhapsody & afterglow; bombadiliana

new perspectives classical guitar repertoire

music guitar in 21st century.