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    A member of my local classical guitar society introduced me to the music of Maria Linnemann last year. I got a copy of her book "Quiet Waters" and have really been enjoying the pieces. They're both varied and fun to play.

    Who are your favorite contemporary composers for classical guitar?


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    Currently enjoying working on a Richard Charlton piece, Black Cockatoo Flying Alone, but I've also enjoyed working on a few pieces by William Bay already, and others by Annette Kruisbrink.

    Yes, I know, the Bay pieces are officially for plectrum guitar, but perfectly suitable for classical guitar too.

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    Thanks, all three are great suggestions. I'll check them out!

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    I forgot to mention a bundle I haven't yet checked out myself:
    https://www.melbay.com/Products/3066...ert-isbin.aspx

    From what I recall these pieces were composed specifically to work well on both plectrum and classical guitar.

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    Right now I‘m playing pieces by Eliseo Fresquet-Serret and Bernard Reeb. I’m also working on Rob McKillop‘s JSB Serial Blues.








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    Quote Originally Posted by RJVB
    I forgot to mention a bundle I haven't yet checked out myself:
    https://www.melbay.com/Products/3066...ert-isbin.aspx

    From what I recall these pieces were composed specifically to work well on both plectrum and classical guitar.
    I got these through a recommendation from this forum, but somehow they didn’t click with me.

    The William Bay book is not bad, but I have the impression that he composes the same four pieces over and over again. Played them through and picked the ones I liked best.


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    Quote Originally Posted by docsteve
    \The William Bay book is not bad, but I have the impression that he composes the same four pieces over and over again. Played them through and picked the ones I liked best.
    The Preludes, Sonatas & Nocturnes book or one of his others? You do have a point, but I find that many contemporary compositions in this kind of style have something suggesting that their authors had been listening a lot to much earlier music. The piece from the OP has this too: a bit as if it was written for (renaissance) lute.

    I've even had that with one of David Laibman's ragtimes (Pandora's Rag), which has a very (pre)classical sounding theme.

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    Achieving Guitar Artistry - Concert Solos.

    After playing through the book, it seemed to me that he has got one tune in A, one in D, one in E, one in A minor, one in E minor. I picked the ones I liked best.

    True, there are a few others, which btw generally stand out from the Rest, but overall I found the material a bit repetitive. But hey, it has 56 pieces in it, you're not going to play all of them anyway.

    Another collection I liked are the 12 Etudes by Christian Vasseur. Incidentally, Vasseur, William Bay and Gilbert Isbin we're all showcased here by Rob McK, who evidently had a hand in the editions.

    Another piece I'm working on at the moment ist "Für Alina" by Arvo Pärt. Transpose the piano score to E Minor and you're good to go.