Intermediate
Classical Guitar
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Basic classical guitar technique such as rest stroke, free stroke, bar chords, arpeggios, multiple voices, and chords, and knowledge of the fingerboard or the ability to "figure it out" are assumed.

It is impossible to avoid the subjective nature of this page. We have chosen the pieces that we have enjoyed the most over our years of playing and/or teaching that we feel lie within the grasp of an intermediate classical guitar player.

We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please let us know which pieces you have enjoyed playing and which you have not. This will assist us in updating the repertoire list from time to time.

We would like to thank all of you who have made suggestions and comments. It is our hope that with these suggestions, the page can continue to develop as a useful resource. We would like to give special thanks to Seth Himmelhoch and Vic Brod for their numerous recommendations to the list.

If you have any comments please email them to Jamie at

or to Richard at

DIFFICULTY CODE

ANTHOLOGY ABBREVIATIONS

BG = The Baroque Guitar by Frederick Noad, Ariel Publications

RG = The Renaissance Guitar by Frederick Noad, Ariel Publications

WFS = World's Favorite Solos for Classic Guitar (Vol. 43), ed. Harvey Vinson, Ashley Publications

RCT4, RCT5, RCT6 = Royal Conservatory of Music/Toronto Guitar Series, Volumes 4, 5, 6, Frederick Haris Publications

SLPR = Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance, Oscar Chilesotti, ed. Neidle, Columbia Music Co.

MUSIC SOURCES

Below are several sources from which you can order most or all of the music we have listed. While we have no connection with these commercial establishments and assume no responsibility for their delivery practices, we have personally ordered from all of them and have been pleased with the results. We receive no compensation for listing them on this page.

GUITAR SOLO
514 Bryant Street
San Francisco, California 94107-1217
USA
Phone: (415) 896-1144
Fax: (415) 896-1155
Email: gsp@sirius.com
Web page: http://www.gspguitar.com/

Guitar Solo publishes an extensive catalog listing guitar music, CD's, strings, and accessories, and has provided mail order service for over 20 years. They also publish their own GSP editions and CDs.

ROSEWOOD GUITAR
1406 B NE 50th
Seattle, Washington 98105
USA
Phone: (206) 522-6399
Email: rosewood@halcyon.com
Web page: http://www.halcyon.com/rosewood/

Rosewood has an online catalog that you can scroll through to see what publications they carry. Go to their web page and click on music. They carry most of the listings from our web page.

SPANISH GUITAR CENTRE OF NOTTINGHAM
44 Nottingham Road
New Basford
Nottingham NG7 7AE
Phone: (01159) 622709
Fax: (01159) 625368
Email: sales@spanishguitar.com
Web page: http://www.spanishguitar.com/

The Spanish Guitar Center of Nottingham publishes the most extensive guitar catalog that we've ever seen. It is available for about $10 plus shipping, and the catalog is heavy! In addition to listings of the music they stock, it gives dates and place of birth for the composers. SGC also recently created a web page, however it does not yet list its music catalog.

Click on one of the categories below to jump directly to the period of interest. Otherwise, continue to scroll down to view the entire list.

RENAISSANCE

BAROQUE

CLASSICAL

ROMANTIC

TWENTIETH CENTURY/POPULAR/LATIN

RENAISSANCE

Anonymous

• Balleto, RCT4. (X)
• King Dagobert (Traditional), RCT4. (XX)
• Se io m'accorgo, SLPR. (XX)
• Vaghe belleze et bionde treccie d'oro vedi che per ti moro, SLPR. (XX)
• Wilson's Wilde, RG. (X)

Dowland, John

• Galliard "Can She Excuse," RCT6. (XX)
• Lady Laiton's Almain, RCT5. (XX)
• Mrs. Winter's Jump, RCT4. (XX)
• The Round Battle Galliard, RG. (XX)
• Tarleton's Resurrection, RG. (XX)

Holborne, Anthony

• The Night Watch, RG. (XX)

Johnson, Robert

• Alman, RCT5, RG. (XX)

Milan, Luis

• Pavan, RG. (XX)

Negri, Cesare

• Bianco fiore, SLPR. (XX)

Neusidler, Melchior

• Der Fuggerin Tanz, RCT4. (X)

BAROQUE

Anonymous

• Minuet in G, BG. (X)

Bach, J.S.

• Bourree from Suite in E minor, BWV 996, BG, RCT6, WFS. (XXX)
• Gavotte I & II from Suite in G minor, BWV 995, from The Solo Lute Works of Johann Sebastion Bach, ed. Frank Koonce, Neil Kjos Music. (XXX)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, arr. Papas, Columbia Music Co. 494-00274. (XXX)
• Prelude from Suite BWV 1007 (First Cello Suite), ed. John Duarte, Schott GA213. (XXX)

Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio

• Diciotto Partite per chitara, transcribed by Ruggero Chiesa, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Milano. (X-XXX)

Falckenhagen, Adam

• Vivace, BG. (XX)

Logy, Johann Anton

• Air, RCT4. (X)
• Partita in A minor, arr. Scheit, Universal Edition #UE 12102. (X-XXX)
• Sarabande, RCT4. (X)

Murcia, Santiago de

• Cancion O Tocata, BG. (XX)

Sanz, Gaspar

• Canarios, BG. (XXX)

Scarlatti, Dominico

• Allegro in A major, BG. (XXX)

Visee, Robert de

• Suite in D minor, ed. Karl Scheit, Universal Edition #UE 11322. (X-XXX)
  Individual movements are found in the following collections:
  • Prelude, RCT5
  • Menuet I, WFS
  • Menuet II, WFS
  • Bourree, WFS

Weiss, Silvius Leopold

• Courente, RCT4. (XX)
• Prelude, RCT4. (XX)

CLASSICAL

Aguado, Dionisio

• Study No. 3, E minor arpeggio, RCT5. (X)

Carcassi, Matteo

• Opus 60, No. 3 in A major, WFS. (XX)
• Opus 60, No. 7 (or No. 9, depending on edition--A minor tremolo), RCT5, WFS. (XX)

Giuliani, Mauro

• Op. 40, No. 11, Divertimento, RCT4. (X)
• Op. 48, No. 5, E minor, WFS page 62. (XX)
• Op. 50, No. 23, Grazioso, RCT5. (XX)

Sor, Fernando

• Op. 35, No. 13, (Segovia No. 2) in C major, RCT5, WFS. (XX)
• Two Minuets, Op. 22 & Op. 25, RCT6, WFS. (XX)

ROMANTIC

Anonymous

• Spanish Ballad, WFS. (XX)

Llobet, Miguel

• El Noi de la Mare, from Miguel Llobet Guitar Works, Vol. 2, Chanterelle 892. (XXX)
• El Testament de Amelia, from Miguel Llobet Guitar Works, Vol. 2, Chanterelle 892. (XXX)

Tarrega, Francisco

• Adelita, WFS, RCT5. (XXX)
• Lagrima, RCT4, WFS. (XX)

TWENTIETH CENTURY/POPULAR/LATIN

Barrios Mangore, Agustin

• Julia Florida - Barcarola, from The Guitar Works of Agustin Barrios Mangore, Vol. 3. Belwin EL 2604. (XXX)

Brouwer, Leo

• Etudes 1, 3, 4, 5, Max Eschig Pub. (X)
• Etudes 6, 7, 8, 9, Max Eschig Pub. (XX)

Calatayud, B.

• Vals B. Calatayud, from Quatro piezas faciles para guitarra, Union Musical Espanola. (X)

Feggelen, Carol van

• Homage to Luis Bonfa, RCT5. (XX)

Harrison, George

• Here Comes the Sun, from Beatles for Classical Guitar, arr. Beekman, Hal Leonard HL699073. (XX)

Gagnon, Claude

• Douze Preludes en Forme d'Etudes (12 Preludes in the Form of Etudes), Doberman publication, Canada. ISBN #2-921204-49-5. (X-XXX)

Jobim, Antonio Carlo

• Desafinado, from The Brazilian Masters, arr. Hodel, Hollis Music. (XXX)
• Samba do Aviao (Song of the Jet), from The Brazilian Masters, arr. Hodel, Hollis Music TRO 5017. (XXX)
• Solidao, from The Brazilian Masters, arr. Hodel, Hollis Music TRO 5017. (XX)

Katz, Brian

• Gentle Waltz, RCT4. (X)

Kleynjans, Francis

• Deux Valses:, Editions Henry Lemoine, Paris. ISBN #24727 HL.
  • Valse-Choro. (X)
  • Valse Francaise. (XX)

Lauro, Antonio

• Two Venezuelan Waltzes (El Negrito, La Gatica), arr. John Duarte, Universal Edition UE 29173. (XX)

Lennon, John and Paul McCartney

• The Long and Winding Road, from Beatles for Classical Guitar, arr. Beekman, Hal Leonard HL699073. (XX)

Marshal, Jack and Chris Parkening, arrangers

• Afro-Cuban Lullaby, from Parkening and the Guitar, Sherry Brener SB 4. (XXX)

Pernambuco (Joao Texeira Guimaraes)

• Sons de Carilhoes, from Famous Choros, Vol. 1, Chanterelle ECG 761. (XXX)

Ponce, Manuel

• Prelude #1, from Preludes I, No. 1-6 (Edition Andres Segovia), Schott GA 124. (XX)

Villa Lobos, Heitor

• Prelude 1, Max Eschig Pub. (XXX)
• Prelude 3, Max Eschig Pub. (XX)
• Prelude 4, Max Eschig Pub. (XXX)

York, Andrew

• Selections from 8 Dreamscapes, Guitar Solo Publications GSP 102.
  • The Current. (XX, if you change the fingering on the high C# and E to 1 and 3, instead of 2 and 4; otherwise it's XXX+)
  • Hejira. (XX)
  • In Sorrow's Wake. (XX)
  • Pine Cove. (XX)
  • Tufnell Park. (XXX)
• King Lotvin, Guitar Solo Publications GSP 98. (XXX)
• Snowflight, from 8 Discernments, Guitar Solo Publications GSP 101. (X)
• Waiting for Dawn, Guitar Solo Publications GSP 100. (XX)

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This page was first created on 5/6/96 and was last updated on 1/6/98.