I usually do a piece for classical guitar for Christmas time. On this occasion, I have written variations on “We Three Kings of the Orient are. The original was written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. for a Christmas pageant in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1857. Click the link to hear the music: Variations on “We Three Kings of the Orient Are” – HBosler by Howard Bosler Continue reading
Classical guitar and cello work from a larger work with four parts. Continue reading
Variations on “Jingle Bells” for keyboard. Continue reading
This is a charming piece by Ferdinando Carulli for classical guitar that I arranged in B Major. https://musescore.com/user/14413256/scores/5269508/embedAndante+by+Ferdinand+Carulli” by Howard Bosler Continue reading
This is the third movement of the String Serenade. This will need polishing but I have other projects to do. I’m working on a painting, writing 3 new articles for my blogs, plus trying to get things organized for a house to remodel. In the middle of the month, I have eye surgery to replace … Continue reading
I have finished–completed for now–the second movement of this string quartet. The first movement was at a walking pace and this more toward a brisk jaunt, even though there is an adagio piece toward the end. The third movement, which will probably extend the work to over thirty minutes, will strictly be a sweeping adagio … Continue reading
I’m writing what is essentially a string quartet in three movements and have made a good start on the first movement which includes an Introduction (Largo) and a following Andante con Expressione. The second movement will be an Allegro, or maybe even a Presto and the third will be a sweeping Andante Cantabile or even … Continue reading
As part of my personal holiday traditions, I have arranged for guitar a piece from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. This was taken from studying the score and reducing it, in a rather idiosyncratic way, to piano and, then, to guitar from this reduction. Unfortunately, I had all sorts of … Continue reading
Among the greatest works of sophisticated music, Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings ranks among the prized gems of human creation. Intensely moving, surprisingly ordered and logical, this work of art reaches beyond ordinary entertainment or intellectual satisfaction to a deep emotional level. Rather than simply relate the history and facts about the Adagio, I will … Continue reading
A musical Christmas gift an arrangement for classical guitar of O Holy Night. Continue reading
