2.10 Who are the composers and performers for the classical guitar?
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This article is from the Classical Guitar FAQ, by Joshua Weage (jpweage@mtu.edu) with numerous contributions by others.
2.10 Who are the composers and performers for the classical guitar?
Here is a list of classical guitar performers and significant
composers. I don't think the list is bad, but is not complete. It can't
be. However, Orphee supply a data-base available from Orphee, Guitar
Solo, Nottingham Spanish Guitar Centre, or any reputable music
shop, which include 5,100 composers and 2,500 recording artists.
Listed here, hopefully, are some of the most prominent and popular.
The performer list includes only those performers who have recordings
readily available. No sense was seen in including such outstanding performers
as Tarrega of Giulliani.
The composer list includes some who did not write specifically for the
guitar but are none-the-less crucial to the guitar repertoire (e.g. Albeniz)
Please make a note that the periods have no exact beginnings or endings. There
is definite overlap. The composers are listed more by style rather than
strictly by period. I'm sure people will disagree. That's fine.
CLASSICAL GUITAR PERFORMERS:
Individuals:
Odair Assad
Segio Assad
Carlos Barbosa-Lima
Manuel Barrueco
Dusan Bogdanovic
Liona Boyd
David Brandon
Julian Bream
Eduardo Fernandez
Eliot Fisk
Nicola Hall
Sharon Isbin
William Kanengiser
Alexandre Lagoya
Christopher Parkening
Ida Presti
Jose Rey de la Torre
Manuel Lopez Ramos
Angel Romero
Celedonio Romero
Celin Romero
Pepe Romero
David Russel
Andres Segovia
David Starobin
David Tanenbaum
John Williams
Narcisco Yepes
Andrew York
Ensembles:
Andriaccio & Castellani
The Amsterdam Guitar Trio
The Buffalo Quartet
The Falla Trio
Hill & Wiltchinsky
The L.A. Guitar Quartet
The Omega Quartet
Pearl & Gray
il Trio Italiano
COMPOSERS:
KEY:
REN = Renaisance
BAR = Baroque
CLA = Classical
ROM = Romantic
MOD = Modern
CON = Contemperary
Dioniso Aguado [CLA/ROM]
Isaac Albeniz (never wrote for guitar but is heavily transcribed & played)[ROM]
J.S. Bach (wrote Lute Suites transcribed for guitar;many other
transcriptions)[BAR]
Jan Bobrowicz [ROM]
Reginald Smith Brindle [MOD]
Leo Brouwer [MOD]
Mateo Carcassi [CLA/ROM]
Ferdinando Carulli [CLA/ROM]
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco [MOD]
Napolean Coste [ROM]
Anton Diabelli [CLA/ROM]
John Dowland (wrote for the Lute) [REN]
John Duarte [MOD]
Manuel de Falla (wrote one work for guitar. Many other transcribed &
played)[ROM/MOD]
Jose Ferrer [ROM]
Mauro Giuliani [CLA/ROM]
Enrique Granados (never wrote for guitar but is heavily transcribed &
played)[ROM]
Antonio Lauro [ROM]
Luigi Legnani [CLA/ROM]
Agustin Barrios Mangore [ROM]
Johann Kasper Mertz [ROM]
Luis Milan (wrote for the vihuela) [?]
Alonso Mudarra (wrote for the vihuela) [?]
Luis de Navarez (wrote for the vihuela) [?]
Niccolo Paganini [CLA/ROM]
E. Pujol [ROM]
Manuel Ponce [MOD]
Guilio Regondi [ROM]
Joaquin Rodrigo [ROM]
Gaspar Sanz [?]
Domenico Scarlatti (never wrote for guitar but is heavily transcribed &
played)[BAR/CLA]
Fernando Sor [ROM]
T. Takemitsu [MOD]
Alexandre Tansman [MOD]
Francisco Tarrega [ROM]
Federico Moreno Torroba [ROM]
Joaquin Turina [ROM/MOD]
Heitor Villa-Lobos [ROM]
Robert de Visee (wrote for the baroque guitar) [BAR]
Antonio Vivaldi (lute & mandolin works, among others, transcribed for
guitar)[BAR]
William Walton [MOD]
Leopold Silvus Weiss (wrote for lute, transcribed for guitar) [BAR]
Yukihiro Yoko [MOD]
Andrew York [CON]
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