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
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String Serenade Part 3
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
String Serenade, 2nd Movement
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
String Serenade
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
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
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
Samuel Barber’s Adagio
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
A musical Christmas gift an arrangement for classical guitar of O Holy Night. Continue reading
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