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Antonio de Torres — The Father of the Modern Classical Guitar

Antonio de Torres — The Father of the Modern Cl...

If Francisco Tárrega is the father of modern guitar playing, then Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817–1892) is the father of the modern guitar itself. Before Torres, the guitar was a...

Antonio de Torres — The Father of the Modern Cl...

If Francisco Tárrega is the father of modern guitar playing, then Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817–1892) is the father of the modern guitar itself. Before Torres, the guitar was a...

Hermann Hauser — The Guitar-Making Dynasty That Shaped a Sound

Hermann Hauser — The Guitar-Making Dynasty That...

If you asked guitarists to name the single greatest classical guitar ever made, a remarkable number would point to one instrument: the 1937 Hermann Hauser that Andrés Segovia played for...

Hermann Hauser — The Guitar-Making Dynasty That...

If you asked guitarists to name the single greatest classical guitar ever made, a remarkable number would point to one instrument: the 1937 Hermann Hauser that Andrés Segovia played for...

The Godfather Theme on Classical Guitar

The Godfather Theme on Classical Guitar

Few melodies conjure a whole world in a single phrase the way the theme from The Godfather does. Written by the Italian composer Nino Rota for Francis Ford Coppola's 1972...

The Godfather Theme on Classical Guitar

Few melodies conjure a whole world in a single phrase the way the theme from The Godfather does. Written by the Italian composer Nino Rota for Francis Ford Coppola's 1972...

Spanish Music on the Classical Guitar — A Guide

Spanish Music on the Classical Guitar — A Guide

No country is more bound up with the guitar than Spain. When people imagine the instrument, they often imagine it Spanish — sun-warmed, rhythmic, full of longing — and for...

Spanish Music on the Classical Guitar — A Guide

No country is more bound up with the guitar than Spain. When people imagine the instrument, they often imagine it Spanish — sun-warmed, rhythmic, full of longing — and for...

Fernando Sor — The Beethoven of the Guitar

Fernando Sor — The Beethoven of the Guitar

If Tárrega is the father of modern guitar technique, Fernando Sor (1778–1839) is the composer who first proved the guitar could carry serious music. Nicknamed "the Beethoven of the guitar,"...

Fernando Sor — The Beethoven of the Guitar

If Tárrega is the father of modern guitar technique, Fernando Sor (1778–1839) is the composer who first proved the guitar could carry serious music. Nicknamed "the Beethoven of the guitar,"...

Enrique Granados on Classical Guitar — Spanish Romanticism for Six Strings

Enrique Granados on Classical Guitar — Spanish ...

Like his countryman Albéniz, Enrique Granados (1867–1916) was a pianist and composer who never wrote for the classical guitar — and whose music the guitar has nonetheless claimed as its...

Enrique Granados on Classical Guitar — Spanish ...

Like his countryman Albéniz, Enrique Granados (1867–1916) was a pianist and composer who never wrote for the classical guitar — and whose music the guitar has nonetheless claimed as its...

Cavatina on Classical Guitar — The Theme from "The Deer Hunter"

Cavatina on Classical Guitar — The Theme from "...

Some melodies become famous through a film, and then outlive it. Cavatina, by the British composer Stanley Myers, is one of those — known to millions as the haunting theme...

Cavatina on Classical Guitar — The Theme from "...

Some melodies become famous through a film, and then outlive it. Cavatina, by the British composer Stanley Myers, is one of those — known to millions as the haunting theme...

Astor Piazzolla on Classical Guitar — Tango Nuevo for Six Strings

Astor Piazzolla on Classical Guitar — Tango Nue...

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) remains one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century, and his music has found a remarkable second home on the classical guitar. From the melancholic...

Astor Piazzolla on Classical Guitar — Tango Nue...

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) remains one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century, and his music has found a remarkable second home on the classical guitar. From the melancholic...

Agustín Barrios Mangoré — The Guitarist-Composer of the Americas

Agustín Barrios Mangoré — The Guitarist-Compose...

For much of the twentieth century, the music of Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944) was a secret kept by guitarists who knew. Today it is impossible to imagine the repertoire without...

Agustín Barrios Mangoré — The Guitarist-Compose...

For much of the twentieth century, the music of Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944) was a secret kept by guitarists who knew. Today it is impossible to imagine the repertoire without...

Bach on the Classical Guitar — A Guide to the Essential Works

Johann Sebastian Bach on the Classical Guitar: ...

This guide is part of our overview of the essential classical guitar repertoire.No composer sits closer to the heart of the classical guitar repertoire than Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) —...

Johann Sebastian Bach on the Classical Guitar: ...

This guide is part of our overview of the essential classical guitar repertoire.No composer sits closer to the heart of the classical guitar repertoire than Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) —...

Francisco Tárrega — The Father of the Modern Classical Guitar

Francisco Tárrega — The Father of the Modern Cl...

Almost everything that feels natural about the modern classical guitar — the way it is held, the way the right hand strikes the strings, the very repertoire students learn first...

Francisco Tárrega — The Father of the Modern Cl...

Almost everything that feels natural about the modern classical guitar — the way it is held, the way the right hand strikes the strings, the very repertoire students learn first...

Schubert's Ständchen (Serenade) on Classical Guitar

Schubert's Ständchen (Serenade) on Classical Gu...

Franz Schubert wrote some of the most beautiful melodies ever penned, and few are more tender than Ständchen — his "Serenade." Conceived as a song for voice and piano, it...

Schubert's Ständchen (Serenade) on Classical Gu...

Franz Schubert wrote some of the most beautiful melodies ever penned, and few are more tender than Ständchen — his "Serenade." Conceived as a song for voice and piano, it...

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