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In her compositions she used motifs from Argentine folk music. Thus, in this piece Aires de mi Tierra (Songs of my Country) the forms Zamba, Vidalita and Pericón are used. The piece is dedicated to María Luisa Anido. There is some position play in the piece. To support that, I have at least indicated the […]

Eric Satie composed the Gymnopedies after one of his jokes: One night in the cabaret Le Chat Noir, he introduced himself as Gymnopediste and felt it necessary to substantiate this title. Gymnopedies in fact are old-Greek sacred dances.

Sons de Carilhoes is a delightful piece of music by the Brazilian Joao Pernambuco, also known as Joao Teixeira Guimaraes. It is a Maxixe, one of the many Brazilian dance forms, it resembles a tango. The title translates as “sound of bells”. Well, these bells were not quite clear to me in the piece, until

Suite de los Mita is a suite of 48 pieces, composed by Jorge Cardoso and published in four collections. I scored the first twelve in Sibelius for my own use. The first twelve pieces are Bruno (Galopa), Sofia (Zamba), Joaquin (Rasguido Doble), Sarita (Guarania), Laurita (Valsecito criollo), Johan (Baguala), Maria (Huella), Citiallin (Milonga), en Diego

Piazzolla wrote one solo work for guitar: Cinco piezas para guitarra. The fourth piece from this suite – Tristón- forms a considerable technical challenge with its sad melody and its subtle chord progressions.

Valsa sem Nome by Baden Powell de Aquinho is an almost jazzy waltz that plays well after some practice. The main challenge is its sound, it must be sultry, laid-back and almost lazy rather than a straight waltz. Valsa sem Nome appeared on the album Estudos from 1971.

Introduction (Theme) Renaissance (Branle) Barok (Menuet) Romantiek (Parallels with Schumann) Modern (Allegro) I am not quite a composer myself, which does not mean, however, that I never gave it a go. One of the occasions for it was a second-grade examination for the School of Music. On this level, an own composition was compulsory. So,

Poulenc used an old baroque dance form for a serene piece with a repeated pattern. As far as I know this is his only guitar composition, he wrote it at the insistence of the guitar virtuoso Ida Presti (1924 – 1967) (known from the duo Lagoya/Presti). The challenge of this piece is theme consistency in

Birds flew over the Spire originates from the suite City Scenes (Camden Music Publication – CM251), the score in this post is a quote from this suite. There is a lot of position play in this piece, yet careful practice will result in a nice quiet piece. In my imagination I see the flocks of