Mel Bay

Creative Transcriptions for Today's Guitarist

Arranger: Mark Anthony Cruz
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Book
Level: Intermediate-Advanced

This second volume of The Classical Guitarists Gig Book contains 63 intermediate to advanced solo arrangements of pieces in various styles. From The Water Is Wide and Christmas and patriotic favourites to opera arias, Julia Florida by Agustn Barrios and Cello Suite No. 1 by J. S. Bach, all of the music in this book is written in standard notation only. Award-winning composer, university professor, 2013 Winfield Fingerstyle Champion and 2022 Indiana State Fingerstyle Guitar Competition winner, Mark Cruz, has added a few of his own engaging compositions to this exceptional collection---ideal for the performing classic guitarist.

Contents:

• Affettuoso (from Sonata for Flute, RV 48) - Vivaldi
• All Creatures of Our God and King - Hymn.
• Allegro - Haydn
• Allegro (from Concerto in D, RV 93) - Vivaldi
• Alman - Johnson
• Amazing Grace - Hymn
• Andante (from Concerto for Two Mandolins, RV 532) - Vivaldi
• Angels We Have Heard on High - Traditional French
• Anitra's Dance (from Peer Gynt - Suite No. 1 Op. 46) - Grieg
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, The - Handel
• Ballo "plus de tristesse ta maitresse" - Milano
• Battle Hymn of the Republic - American Folk Song
• Cello Suite No. 1 (BWV 1007) - Bach
  • Allemande
  • Courante
  • Gigue
  • Menuet I
  • Menuet II
  • Prelude
  • Sarabande
• Christ The Lord Has Risen Today - Hymn
• Come Again - Dowland
• Couplet (Combined studies from Sixty Short Reading Exercises, Studies and Pieces) - Cruz
• Coventry Carol - English 14th Century
• Divertimento - Cruz
  • I. Rondo
  • II. Sonata
  • III. Air
  • IV. Capricho
• Fugue (BWV 1000) - Bach
• Fur Elise - Beethoven
• God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen (Theme and Variations) - English Tune
• God Save the Queen (Op. 6, No. 10) - Traditional
• Guardame las Vacas - Narvaez
• Hornpipe (No. 13 from Water Musik HWV 349) - Handel
• In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt - Suite No. 1 Op. 46) - Grieg
• Julia Florida - Barrios Mangore
• Kossler Prelude (from Prelude and Fugue in d Minor) - Cruz
• Lascia Ch'io Pianga (Aria from Rinaldo) - Handel
• Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) - Traditional Irish Melody
• Malaguena - Cruz
• Malaguena Facil - Tarrega
• March of the Toys (from Babes in Toyland) - Herbert
• Maria (Gavotte) - Tarrega
• Military March No. 1 (from Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, Op. 39) - Elgar
• Minuetto and Trio (from Grande Sonata, Op. 25) - Sor
• O Sacred Head Now Wounded (Matthew Passion) - Bach
• Overture - Carulli
• Pavan No. 1 - Milan
• Pavan No. 3 - Milan
• Polovtsian Dance (from Prince Igor) - Borodin
• Prelude (BWV 999) - Bach
• Rondo (Op. 2, No. 3) - Aguado
• Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata BWV 208) - Bach
• Sicilienne (Op. 78) - Faure
• Sleepers, Wake (from Cantata No. 140, BWV 645) - Bach
• Sonata K. 334 - Scarlatti
• Standchen - Schubert
• Star-Spangled Banner, The - Smith
• Study No. 57 (from Sixty Short Reading Exercises, Studies and Pieces) - Cruz
• Thaxted (excerpt from Jupiter from The Planets) - Holst
• Trumpet Tune - Clarke
• Vals (Op. 8, No. 4) - Barrios Mangor
• Water Is Wide, The - Scottish Folk Song
• Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Op. 65, No. 6) - Grieg 29