Description

This two-volume anthology, Time Pieces for Guitar, presents a chronological collection of well-crafted, idiomatic arrangements spanning 700 years of music, from the 13th century to the present. Each piece is accompanied by the year it was written, allowing readers to trace the evolution of musical styles over time - from the medieval compositions of Machaut to the modern works of Bernstein and Granados. Additionally, the volumes include duets suitable for students and teachers.

Songs / Content

• 1. Sumer is icumen in [Anon.]
• 2. Saltarello [Anon.]
• 3. Two Branles [Morlaye]
• 4. Two Pieces [John Dowland]
• 5. Never weather-beaten Sail [Thomas Campion]
• 6. Italian Rant from Musicks Hand-Maide [Anon.]
• 7. Rondeau (from The Fairy Queen) [H. Purcell]
• 8. Three Pieces [George Frideric Handel]
• 9. Musette from English Suite No. 3 [J. S. Bach]
• 10. Largo from 'Winter', The Four Seasons [Vivaldi]
• 11. Menuet [Rameau]
• 12. Allegro, K. 3 [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• 13. Menuet, Hob. IX/3 No. 2 [Joseph Haydn]
• 14. The Ploughboy from The Farmer [Shield]
• 15. Moderato from Sonatina in G [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• 16. Allegretto, Op. 50 No. 15 [Giuliani]
• 17. Pastorale, Op. 21 No. 16 [Carcassi]
• 18. Three Pieces from Schule fur die Guitare [Mertz]
• 19. Funeral March of a Marionette [Charles Gounod]
• 20. March of the Wooden Soldiers [Tchaikovsky]
• 21. Vals poetico No. 1 [Enrique Granados]
• 22. Prelude 'Lagrima' [Tarrega]
• 23. Two Lessons [Ferrer]
• 24. Bye Bye Blackbird [Ray Henderson / Mort Dixon]
• 25. No walk today! [Khachaturian]
• 26. Hop-Scotch from Duets for Children [Walton]
• 27. My Favorite Things [Richard Rodgers / Hammerstein