This collection of 72 pieces by 32 composers is offered as a celebration of the guitar's unique and diverse repertoire--for the modern classical guitarist enjoys music that is vast and tremendously varied. Perhaps no other instrumentalist is so readily able to choose from works that span such a wide gamut of periods and compositional styles.

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More than 50 classic guitar works, from rarities to popular favorites, appear in this remarkable musical tre sury. Each work has been newly edited and/or transcribed for solo guitar by guitarist and music scholar David Nadal and printed from engraved plates prepared specially for this edition.

This collection features such hard-to-find gems as the 13th-century Cantigas de Santa Maria by Spanish ruler Alfonso X, modern guitar transcriptions of two 16th-century Fantasias for lute by the legendary Francesco da Milano, and Vivaldi's complete Concerto in D. In addition, this volume contains such 20th-century masterworks as Enrique Granados' Spanish Dance (Andaluza) and Isaac Albeniz's world-famous Asturias (Leyenda), as well as time-honored compositions by Bach, Dowland, Paganini, Scarlatti, Schubert, Tarrega and other great composers.

Guitarists at every level of expertise will find this sturdy, attractive, modestly priced collection of enduring works an indispensable addition to their musical libraries.

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC

ALFONSO X, "EL SABIO" (1221-1284)

Two Cantigas de Santa Maria

   Por nos de dulta lirar 1

   Quen serve Santa Maria 2

ANONYMOUS (16th c.)

Greensleeves 28

   [combining an anonymous early setting with a

   version by Francis Cutting (flourished 1583-1603)]

BRAYSSING, GREGOIRE (ft. 1547-1560)

   Fantasie 24

DALZA, JOAN AMBROSIO (ft. 1508)

   Pavana alla Venetiana 3

DOWLAND, JOHN (1563-1626)

   Tarleton's Resurrection 25

   Mistress White's Thing 26

   Dowland's Adieu for Master Oliver Cromwell 27

   The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy 30

FRANCESCO DA MILANO (1497-1543)

   Fantasia [I] 11

   Fantasia [II] 12

LE ROY, ADRIAN (c. 1520-1598)

   Fantasie 4

MARCO DALU AQUILA (c. 1480-after 1538)

   Ricercar 7

MILAN, LUIS (c. 1500-1561)

   Pavan III 8

   Pavan V 9

   Pavan VI 10

MUDARRA, ALONSO (c. 1510-1580)

   Fantasia... en la manera de Ludovico 22

NARVAEZ, LUYS DE (ft. 1530-1550)

   Fantasia [I] 14

   Fantasia [II] 16

   Ya se asienta el Rey Ramiro 18

   Canci6n del Emperador 20

SERMISY, CLAUDIN DE (c. 1490-1562)

   Tant que vivray 6

MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (1685-1750)

   Bourree (from BWV 996) 47

   Bourree (from BWV 1010) 58

   Prelude (BWV 999) 48

KAPSBERGER, GIOVANNI GIROLAMO (c. 1580-1651)

   Canarios 31

   Colascione 32

   Toccata arpeggiata 33

KELLNER, DAVID (c. 1670-1748)

   Phantasia in A minor 58

SANZ, GASPAR (c. 1640-1710)

   Rujero 36

   Fuga 36

   Canarios 38

SCARLATTI, DOMENICO (1685-1757)

   Sonata in D major (K178) 52

   Sonata in D minor (K213) 54

VIVALDI, ANTONIO (1678-1741)

   Concerto in D major (RV230/Bach, BWV 972)

     I.  Allegro 40

     II. Larghetto 42

     III. Allegro 44

WEISS, SYLVIUS LEOPOLD (1686-1750)

   Musette (from Sonata, L'infid~le) 50

MUSIC OF THE CLASSICAL ERA

AGUADO, DIONISIO (1784-1849)

   Study in A minor 88

   Fandango Variations (Op. 16) 89

GIULIANI, MAURO (1781-1829)

   Study in A major (Op. 51, No. 14) 61

   La Rose (Op. 46, No. 9) 62

   La Melanconia (Op. 148, No. 7) 64

   Study in A minor (Op. 51, No. 3) 66

   Variations sur "Les Folies d'Espagne" (Op. 45) 67

   Study in G minor (Op. 50, No. 17) 72

UHOYER, ANTOINE DE (1768-c. 1836)

   Exercise (Op. 27, No. 3) 84

   Romance (Op. 43, No. 4) 86

PAGANINI, NICOLO (1782-1840)

  Minuetto (from Sonata No. 31) 101

   Sonata No. 13 102

   Caprice No. 24 (from Op. 1) 104

SCHUBERT, FRANZ (1798-1828)

Transcribed by Francisco Tarrega

   Menuetto (from Op. 78/D894) 98

SOR, FERNANDO (1780-1839)

   Study in B minor (Op. 35, No. 22) 72

   Study in C major (Op. 35, No. 19) 74

   Study in A minor (Op. 35, No. 14) 75

   Study in C major (Op. 6, No. 8) 76

   Galop (Op. 32, No. 6) 77

   Study in D minor (Op. 6, No. 9) 78

   Study in E minor (Op. 29, No. 24) 80

   Minuet (from Op. 3) 83

MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC ERA

ALBt~NIZ, ISAAC (1860-1909)

   Mallorca (Barcarola) (Op. 202) 130

   Asturias (Leyenda) (from Opp. 47/232) 135

COSTE, NAPOLEON (1806-1883)

   Rondoletto (Op. 48, No. 3) 115

   Study in A major (Op. 38, No. 23) 116

GRANADOS, ENRIQUE (1867-1916)

   Spanish Dance No. 5 (Andaluza) 143

   Spanish Dance No. 2 148

     (transcribed for two guitars)

MERTZ, JOHANN KASPAR (1806-1856)

   Tarantelle (Op. 13, No. 6) 108

PARGA, JUAN (1843-1899)

   Recuerdo de Sevilla (from Op. 3O) 129

REGONDI, GIUILIO (1822-1872)

   Theme (from Op. 21) 113

TARREGA, FRANCISCO (1852-1909)

   Recuerdos de la Alhambra 120

   iMarieta！ (Mazurka) 124

   Maria (Gavota) 126

   iAdelita！ (Mazurka) 128

   Prelude in A major 129