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'30's through '50's Spanish CG Music

Steve Freides

8/25/2011 9:33:00 PM

Well, my wife and a couple of friends went to hear Andrew Schulman play
last night. As usual, good playing, interesting conversation, and good
food - what more can want from life than to sit for 3 hours listening to
classical, and sometimes popular, guitar while eating well in nice
weather in New York City?

Andrew played a piece or two by Torroba - I thought, since I'm
apparently going to be playing for brunch for 2 hours every week at this
place in my town, I'd ask about pieces for me to play.

Here are a few books I found - please comment on any of these about
their level of difficulty because I don't want anything terribly
difficult to play. Some of these are collections:

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/instruments/classical-guitar/45?id=288755&in=45&sort=top_selling&rows=25&narrow_...

or

http://tinyurl.c...

and please also suggest the works of other composers in this style and
time period.

Thanks in advance.

-S-


6 Answers

Andrew Schulman

8/25/2011 9:49:00 PM

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On Aug 25, 5:33 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@kbnj.com> wrote:
> Well, my wife and a couple of friends went to hear Andrew Schulman play
> last night.  As usual, good playing, interesting conversation, and good
> food - what more can want from life than to sit for 3 hours listening to
> classical, and sometimes popular, guitar while eating well in nice
> weather in New York City?
>
> Andrew played a piece or two by Torroba - I thought, since I'm
> apparently going to be playing for brunch for 2 hours every week at this
> place in my town, I'd ask about pieces for me to play.
>
> Here are a few books I found - please comment on any of these about
> their level of difficulty because I don't want anything terribly
> difficult to play.  Some of these are collections:
>
> http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/instruments/classical-guitar/......
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.c...
>
> and please also suggest the works of other composers in this style and
> time period.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -S-
>
>
Thanks Steve - you'd asked about the Torroba pieces I played. They
are Madroños, Romance de los Pinos, and Torija.

Always good seeing you at Alouette!

Andrew

Paul Magnussen

8/25/2011 11:33:00 PM

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Andrew Schulman wrote:

>> Andrew played a piece or two by Torroba - I thought, since I'm
>> apparently going to be playing for brunch for 2 hours every week at this
>> place in my town, I'd ask about pieces for me to play.

> Thanks Steve - you'd asked about the Torroba pieces I played. They
> are Madroños, Romance de los Pinos, and Torija.

Romance de los Pinos and Torija are from Castles of Spain. It?s all
attractive music, and pretty manageable if I remember correctly.

Paul Magnussen

John Nguyen

8/26/2011 12:41:00 AM

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On Aug 25, 5:33 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@kbnj.com> wrote:
> Well, my wife and a couple of friends went to hear Andrew Schulman play
> last night.  As usual, good playing, interesting conversation, and good
> food - what more can want from life than to sit for 3 hours listening to
> classical, and sometimes popular, guitar while eating well in nice
> weather in New York City?
>
> Andrew played a piece or two by Torroba - I thought, since I'm
> apparently going to be playing for brunch for 2 hours every week at this
> place in my town, I'd ask about pieces for me to play.
>
> Here are a few books I found - please comment on any of these about
> their level of difficulty because I don't want anything terribly
> difficult to play.  Some of these are collections:
>
> http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/instruments/classical-guitar/......
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.c...
>
> and please also suggest the works of other composers in this style and
> time period.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -S-

Torroba's Suite Castellana is a good one to add to the repertoire. Not
too difficult, but very high in the "wow" factor.
Cheers,

John

Andrew Schulman

8/26/2011 1:28:00 AM

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On Aug 25, 7:32 pm, Paul Magnussen <magicon...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Andrew Schulman wrote:
> >> Andrew played a piece or two by Torroba - I thought, since I'm
> >> apparently going to be playing for brunch for 2 hours every week at this
> >> place in my town, I'd ask about pieces for me to play.
> > Thanks Steve - you'd asked about the Torroba pieces I played.  They
> > are Madroños, Romance de los Pinos, and Torija.
>
> Romance de los Pinos and Torija are from Castles of Spain.  It’s all
> attractive music, and pretty manageable if I remember correctly.
>
>
Paul-

Yes, very attractive, well constructed and not difficult. Madroños
requires a bit more technique, but also an attractive piece. I like
Torroba a lot. The Suite Castellana is a dandy, especially the first
movement. The Sonatina in A, excellent piece, here's the old man in a
classic performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6...

Andrew

Steve Freides

8/26/2011 1:42:00 AM

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Andrew Schulman wrote:
> On Aug 25, 7:32 pm, Paul Magnussen <magicon...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Andrew Schulman wrote:
>>>> Andrew played a piece or two by Torroba - I thought, since I'm
>>>> apparently going to be playing for brunch for 2 hours every week
>>>> at this place in my town, I'd ask about pieces for me to play.
>>> Thanks Steve - you'd asked about the Torroba pieces I played. They
>>> are Madroños, Romance de los Pinos, and Torija.
>>
>> Romance de los Pinos and Torija are from Castles of Spain. It?s all
>> attractive music, and pretty manageable if I remember correctly.
>>
>>
> Paul-
>
> Yes, very attractive, well constructed and not difficult. Madroños
> requires a bit more technique, but also an attractive piece. I like
> Torroba a lot. The Suite Castellana is a dandy, especially the first
> movement. The Sonatina in A, excellent piece, here's the old man in a
> classic performance:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6...
>
> Andrew

At his best, here - wonderful. Such a clear communication of the tune -
you could almost hear someone singing it as he's playing it. Very nice.

-S-


Richard Jernigan

8/26/2011 4:39:00 PM

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On Aug 25, 8:27 pm, Andrew Schulman <and...@abacaproductions.com>
wrote:
> On Aug 25, 7:32 pm, Paul Magnussen <magicon...@earthlink.net> wrote:> Andrew Schulman wrote:
> > >> Andrew played a piece or two by Torroba - I thought, since I'm
> > >> apparently going to be playing for brunch for 2 hours every week at this
> > >> place in my town, I'd ask about pieces for me to play.
> > > Thanks Steve - you'd asked about the Torroba pieces I played.  They
> > > are Madroños, Romance de los Pinos, and Torija.
>
> > Romance de los Pinos and Torija are from Castles of Spain.  It’s all
> > attractive music, and pretty manageable if I remember correctly.
>
> Paul-
>
> Yes, very attractive, well constructed and not difficult.  Madroños
> requires a bit more technique, but also an attractive piece.  I like
> Torroba a lot.  The Suite Castellana is a dandy, especially the first
> movement.  The Sonatina in A, excellent piece, here's the old man in a
> classic performance:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6...
>
> Andrew

...same video, better quality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v...

RNJ