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Variaciones Sobre El Punto Guanacasteco by Agustin Barrios Mangore (Guitar Tab)

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Variaciones Sobre El Punto Guanacasteco by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944) Composed in Costa Rica in 1939. This extended theme and variations is based on a popular Costa Rican dance from the province of Guanacaste, known as the “Punto Guanacasteco”. Barrios presented this work only once in concert in National Theater in San Jose, Costa Rica …

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Deux Arabesques No 1 by Claude Debussy (Guitar Tab)

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Deux Arabesques No 1 by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) The Two Arabesques (Deux arabesques), L. 66, is a pair of arabesques composed for piano by Claude Debussy when he was still in his twenties, between the years 1888 and 1891. Although quite an early work, the arabesques contain hints of Debussy’s developing musical style. The suite …

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Aires Mudejares by Agustin Barrios Mangore (Guitar Tab)

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Aires Mudejares by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944) Diana Guarani was one of Barrios’ most popular works with which he used to close his concerts. It is essentially a theme and variations on the Paraguayan song “Campamento Cerro Leon” (Leon Hill Camp), a melody that became popular during the years that Paraguay was engaged in the …

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El Afectuoso by Jose Ferrer (Guitar Tab)

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El Afectuoso by Jose Ferrer (1835-1916) José Ferrer was a Spanish guitarist and composer, born in Spain. Ferrer studied guitar with his father, a guitarist and collector of sheet music, before continuing his studies with José Brocá. In 1882, he left Spain for Paris in order to teach at the Institut Rudy and at the …

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Bwv1007 Prelude in D (Arranged by Segoiva/Ponce) by Johann Sebastian Bach (Guitar Tab)

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BWV1007 Prelude in D by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.

Diana Guarani by Agustin Barrios Mangore (Guitar Tab)

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Diana Guarani by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944) Diana Guarani was one of Barrios’ most popular works with which he used to close his concerts. It is essentially a theme and variations on the Paraguayan song “Campamento Cerro Leon” (Leon Hill Camp), a melody that became popular during the years that Paraguay was engaged in the …

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Jota by Agustin Barrios Mangore (Guitar Tab)

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Jota by Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944) This well known Spanish dance in an arrangement by Barrios and reputedly based on Francisco Tarrega’s arrangement. The earliest reference to this work is from a double-sided recording made in Buenos Aires in 1914. A concert program in Rio de Janeiro dated August 1, 1916 lists this work as …

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Caprice Opus 20 No 34 by Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (Guitar Tab)

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Caprice Opus 20 No 34 by Luigi Legnani (1790-1877) Luigi Rinaldo Legnani was an Italian guitarist, singer, composer and luthier. He is perhaps best known for his 36 Caprices for the guitar, which cover all the major and minor keys, and which were probably inspired by Paganini’s 24 Caprices for the violin.

Caprice Opus 20 No 33 by Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (Guitar Tab)

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Caprice Opus 20 No 33 by Luigi Legnani (1790-1877) Luigi Rinaldo Legnani was an Italian guitarist, singer, composer and luthier. He is perhaps best known for his 36 Caprices for the guitar, which cover all the major and minor keys, and which were probably inspired by Paganini’s 24 Caprices for the violin.

Caprice Opus 20 No 25 by Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (Guitar Tab)

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Caprice Opus 20 No 25 by Luigi Legnani (1790-1877) Luigi Rinaldo Legnani was an Italian guitarist, singer, composer and luthier. He is perhaps best known for his 36 Caprices for the guitar, which cover all the major and minor keys, and which were probably inspired by Paganini’s 24 Caprices for the violin.