The complete Laurindo Almeida anthology of guitar solos / edited by Ron Purcell.

Author/creator Almeida, Laurindo
Other author Purcell, Ron, editor.
Format Musical Score
Publication InfoPacific, MO : Mel Bay, ©2001.
Description1 score (175 pages) ; 30 cm
Subjects
Guitar music--Scores.
Guitar music, Arranged--Scores.

Uniform titleGuitar music
Variant title Mel Bay presents The complete Laurindo Almeida anthology of guitar solos
Contents Having fun with scales ; More fun with scales ; Etude no. 1, op. 5 ; Etude no. 2, op. 10 ; Samba of the arpeggios ; Samba along with me ; Chôro melancolico ; The fox ; Escadoo ; That lazy thing ; Mimi ; Music box ; Danza gitana ; Amor flamenco ; Gypsy suite I ; Gypsy suite II ; Autumnal prelude ; Pages from an album ; Crepusculo em Copacabana ; Almeida a la carte ; Serenata in memory to Garoto ; Garoto ; Lament in tremolo form ; Preludio y tremolo ; Tremolo melancolico ; Mystified ; Insomnia ; Old time rag ; Spring in New York ; Cadenza from Concerto #1 for guitar and orchestra / Laurindo Almeida -- Bourrée BWV 996 ; Air on the G string ; Praeludium no. 1 in C major from the Well-tempered clavier ; Jesu, joy of man's desiring ; Arioso BWV 156 / Johann S. Bach -- Solfeggio in C minor ; Rondo espressivo / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach -- Gavotte from "Iphigenie in Aulis" / Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck -- Menuetto / Franz Joesph Haydn -- Schwanengesang. Serenade = Ständchen / Franz Schubert -- Kinderscenen. Traumerei / Robert Schumann -- Menuetto from G major sonata, op. 78 / Franz Schubert -- Prelude op. 28 no. 20 / Frédéric Chopin -- Meditation from Thäis / Jules Massenet -- Gymnopédie no. 1 / Erik Satie -- The little shepherd ; La fille aux cheveux de lin / Claude Debussy -- Soms de carrilhões / João Pernambuco -- Duas contas ; Three chôros / Annibal Augusto Sardinha -- Dansa brasileira ; Saudade ; Alma brasileira / Radamés Gnattali -- A dormir a hora mismo ; A la puerta del cielo / Spanish folk songs -- Viola quebrada -- Danza mexicana ; Bulerías y canción / José Barroso -- Bossa californiana / Elizabeth Waldo -- Dialogue ; The night and the sea / Franklin Marks -- Toccata / Jerry Goldsmith -- Impromptu / Dan Lincoln -- Romance of love.
Abstract This collection presents Almeida's solos preserving the original left and right hand fingerings. The fingering is unique and tells us something about his skills as a professinal guitarist. It also reflects the Brazilian school of guitar technique in the 1930s. Written in standard notation only.
General noteOriginal works and arrangements by Laurindo Almeida.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical sketch of composer.
LCCN 2002541681
ISBN0786661836 (pbk.)
ISBN9780786661831 (pbk.)
UPC 796279079525
Publisher numberMB99738 Mel Bay

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