are there any compositions written for the electric or classical “spanish” guitar?

4 Comments

1. jeligula says:

   March 10, 2010 at 12:42 pm

   Playing Spanish classical guitar is my passion.

   Here are some of the pieces I know:

   Francisco Tárrega:
   Etude in C
   Lagrima
   Adelita
   Recuerdos de la Alhambra

   Fernando Sor:
   Various Etudes and Tarantellas
   (too many to list in the five minutes before I head to work)

   A few each by these luminaries:
   J.K. Mertz
   Isaac Albéniz
   Manual de Falla
   Joaquin Turina

   All of these men have made substantial contributions to the world of Spanish guitar composition.
2. Left-T ... says:

   March 10, 2010 at 12:42 pm

   I will add to what the top poster said and adding a few modern guitarist of our time. Mostly all classical piano pieces are aranged for classical guitar. As far as ccompositions, Paco DiLuca and Rosenberg all compsed for classical , classical jazz and gypsy.

   As for electric guitar…

   Paco Deluca….Percusión flamenca
   George Benson…. Breezin and Affirmation
   Larry Carlton….All in excellent time, Room 335, Kid Gloves
   Pat Mentheny… Au lait, Third Wind, The Awakening, April Joy,
   Al DiMeola (electric, acoustic, classical) ….Spanish glide, Racing with the Devil, Egyptian Danza, Flight over Rio

   Classical Guitarist
   Narcisco Yepes…..Concierto de Aranjuez, Jeux interdits, La Fille aux Yeux d’Or , La viuda del capitán Estrada (film music)

   Francisco Tárrega…. Nokia, Gran Valse, Minueto , La Mariposa , Preludio En Re , Preludio En Mi, Preludio En Sol , Pepita among others

   Niccolò Paganini….. Le Streghe, The Carnival of Venice, and Nel cor più non mi sento, The Spanish Dance,
3. KT in Austin says:

   March 10, 2010 at 1:19 pm

   in a lot of older music, ‘spanish’ meant a regular 6 string guitar, as opposed to the ‘hawaiian’ guitar, which we know today as lap steel or dobro.