Agustin Barrios Mangoré: Guitar Works of Agustin Barrios Mangoré Vol. II:

For Guitar Vol. 2-This is volume two of a landmark publication celebrating the life and works of the Paraguayan guitarist and composer Agustin Barrios Mangore. This book contains 65 original compositionsin standard notation plus a unique audio download available online featuring Barrios himself playing 21 original works including Danza Paraguaya La Catedral Un Sueo en la Floresta Maxixe Tarantella AirePopular Paraguayo and more. In addition to the music The Complete Works Of Agustin Barrios Mangore: Vol. 2 also includes 82 pages of exhaustive critical notes that shed light on the Barrioscatalogue making this the definitive anthology of his work. More reliable comprehensive and articulate than any previously published edition this Mel Bay Publications compilation (524 pages in all) will make the entireworld of Barrios more accessible.

A range of fabulous educational and concert guitar music by the UK's top guitar composers educators and performers.Rush originally started out as a study for the right hand thumb. The piece opens in five with a darting weaving bass melody and harmonic language similar to the Cuban feel of Leo Brouwer's first study. As the piece progresses I played around with some poly-rhythms and syncopations in 3/4 time with a Venezuelan flavour similar to the music of Antonio Lauro.The title Metropolis was created like many of my pieces retrospectively. It was suggested to me by Mark Eden and resonated with much of what I felt the piece conveyed essentially the non-stop hustle and bustle of a musical 'city' where influences combine from many different ages and musical cultures. The initial ideas for the piece came from trying to formulate a study for the left hand where the 4th finger jumps from the first string to the lower bass strings. As is often the case on finishing the piece I now hear many things which although not used consciously have emerged in the music to remind me of music I have listened to or studied in the past.At various points a musical quote taken from the end of the first movement of La Catedral by the Paraguayan guitarist and composer Agustin Barrios Mangore appears which I have syncopated and used as a musical junction with the music taking a different direction each time it appears.Towards the end of the piece the performer combines left hand hammered chords with right hand finger clicks and tamboura creating a visual juggling effect when performed. Something resembling the sound of a siren can then be discerned before the piece moves into the closing E major section. I did most of the work for the final version of this piece in the autumn of 2005 just after the birth of my second daughter!I think the music reflects something of the pace of my life around then!Birds Flew Over The Spire is a short lyrical piece which was also

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Par BARRIOS MANGORE AGUSTIN. Volume three of the Paraguayan guitar virtuoso's complete works, as arranged by Richard D. Stover./ Recueil / Guitare