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Classical Guitar Sheet Music Classical Masterpieces arranged for Classical Guitar. From Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Offenbach, Fucik, Bartok, Lange, Chopin, etc... Search by Title or Composer..

Links Pages

The following web pages list links to even more classical guitar sites!

Guitar Foundation Of America GFA's site consists of links to artist home pages, guitar societies, luthiers & dealers, music & supplies, Lute & early guitar, Flamenco, newsgroups, education sites, etc.. GFA is probably the best classical guitar resource around.

Gunnar Eisel's World Guitarist A major site dedicated to classical guitar information with over 2,000 hits daily.

Classical Guitar Home Page - Links

Classic guitar.com links page.

Useful Sheet Music Links Links to quite a few sheet music sources and other web sites of interest.

Classical Guitar links page

CG Aficionados Links page

Classical Guitar.NET Links page

guitarandlute.com links page

Tidewater Classical Guitar Society links page

The Classical Guitar Society of the Tri-Cities links

Classical Guitar MIDI archives links page

Search Engines

If you are looking for web sites or information, a good search engine is essential. Here are a few editor's picks.

Google Huge database and no spam.

Dog Pile Sends queries to 10 major search engines, and I have found it delivers good results.

37.COM Sends your search query to 37 other search engines.

All The Web.COM Has over 250 million web pages indexed; more than most major search engines.

Yahoo! Classical Guitar Section Yahoo has a section devoted specifically to classical guitar, including a listing of guitar societies in various cities. In addition to the guitar section, key word searches will list individual web pages.

Alta Vista Although Alta Vista does not have a section specifically devoted to classical guitar, Alta Vista has very powerful web searching capability. Enter key words such as "classical guitar" and it will return an extensive list of individual web sites.

Other Miscellaneous engines:

Hot Bot
Lycos
Mamma - the mother of all search engines
Worldwide Web Search Engines Listing This is a set of links to lots of other search engines.

Societies and Organizations

Guitar Foundation Of America. This web site is a valuable resource for information and other links that is worthwhile to spend time browsing. GFA is an important, well-established guitar organization, whose charter includes running the prestigious GFA guitar competition, maintaining research and sheet music archives, and publishing Soundboard Magazine, a leading guitar publication, which is part of the $35 annual membership dues. We encourage you to join GFA.

Austin Classic Guitar Society Our good friends and neighbors in Austin. Info about the Austin CGS, events, etc..

Ft. Worth Guitar Society Our good friends and neighbors in Ft. Worth. Info about the Ft. Worth CGS, events, etc..

Columbus Guitar Society Info about the Columbus society.

Guitar Review A guitar publication affiliated with Augustine strings.

Guitar Alive Guitar Alive is the only radio show of its kind that we know of--it focuses on the classical guitar! The show is hosted by guitarist Tony Morris. Information on the show's programs and locations, etc., can be found here. We are excited about this program, as it will greatly promote the classical guitar as an art form.

Sheet Music Vendors and Publishers - Classical Guitar

Guitar Gallery of Houston By far Houston's biggest classical guitar music store. Extensive sheet music selection, also Acoustic instruments at the store. The web site has a database with searching capability. Guitar Gallery can special order or locate classical guitar music.

Tecla Editions Home page Among the publications are the Complete Works for Guitar of Fernando Sor (1778-1839) and Complete Works of Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829). Within these editions are many hundreds of pieces including solos, duets, chamber and vocal music, ranging from virtuoso to beginners. The New Complete Works of Sor for Guitar solo and Guitar Duet is now under way; this is a completely new re-engraved edition, edited by the reputable musicologist Dr. Brian Jeffery, which is expected to become the standard edition of this composer. The Tecla catalogue also includes many works by other composers. Altogether there are about 2,000 separate compositions contained in about 300 publications. Highly recommended.

Hebe's Web The sister site to Tecla, also run by Dr. Brian Jeffery. A significant innovation in the history of the classical guitar can be found here: you can order material online as PDF format. This makes it possible to distribute a wide variety of publications that could not be economically sustained in print form. Currently, works of Sor are the primary offering, although more is coming soon.

Mel Bay Music Publishers Mel Bay has been a leading publisher of sheet music for many instruments for over 50 years, including classical guitar. Many instructional materials are offered. The web site allows you to browse their catalog. Also note that as of October 1997, Mel Bay is the North American distributor for Chanterelle Verlag (see below).

Chanterelle Verlag Music Publishers Chanterelle (Heidelberg, Germany) focuses on high-quality, authoritative guitar literature. The "Collected Editions" are usually a composer's complete works and are often not available anywhere else. Much of the standard literature is found here, such as the Barrios and Llobet recordings, the complete Sor studies, Tarrega original edition reprints, and complete works of Paganini, Llobet, Mertz, Coste, Aguado, Ferranti, Tolsa, Manjon, Regondi, and Sagreras. These editions are recommended for the serious guitarist or teacher. Distribution in the United States is now handled by Mel Bay, and is widely carried in music stores.

Editions Orphee Scholarly guitar editions that have widened the guitar literature. Other classics can be found here, such as Domingo Pratt's Dictionary of Guitarists (1935), the Regondi etudes, and Pujol's method translated to English ("Guitar School").

Free Sheet Music Locate thousands of free sheet music downloads, lessons, tips, and articles; many instruments, many musical styles.

Guitar Solo Publications GSP is one of the most well-known sheet music distributor and has a huge selection. Unfortunately, they do not have the full catalog on line - you have to pay to get the catalog, or call with what you're searching for. GSP is starting to issue its own brand of publications, rather than just re-selling.

Spanish Guitar Centre of Nottingham If you're unable to find an item in the USA, the Spanish Guitar Centre is a major source in England. Unfortunately, a catalog search is unavailable at the web site; you'll need to email them and pay about $18 to have their thick catalog shipped to your door. Very comprehensive selection. Expense can be high due to the exchange rates, so get a quote first, but if you can't find it elsewhere it's worth it.

SheetMusicNow.com
Downloadable sheet music from prominent publishers and famous performing artists. Musicians' communities and Artist Collections. Many free sheet music titles available. Extensive unique content and additional information on composers' and arrangers' personal notes and ideas etc.

Fredrick Noad Web Site
This site showcases Noad's guitar literature collections and study guides. Noad is perhaps the leading guitar educator; his self-instruction books are among the most popular. The Renaissance / Baroque / Classical / Romantic guitar series can be found here, as well as the new Villa-Lobos collection.

Tuscany Guitar Publications Tuscany has a few publications unique to the guitar world, including Merlin's Suite de Recuerdo, and many concert works by Carulli. A few free downloads, too.

Classical Sheet Music Publishers & Distributors A listing of music publishers by country on the web, with links to the publisher's web site.

Classical Net: Classical Music Commercial Sites Good resources & links, including a listing of music publishers on the web.

JW Pepper Company A searchable database of scores, can search by title/composer, and their database will search multiple publishers.

Corda Music Publications A U.K.-based publisher, with a lot of ensemble material.

Encore Music - Guitar Spot Another web based store with a guitar section.

Early Romantic 19th Century Guitar

Lute and Early Music

Tablature in PostScript form Tons of free lute tablature, for those of you who play lute or are interested in transcribing.

The Lute Society of America Page Can get the catalog of their microfilm collection, etc..

Flamenco

Houston Society for Flamenco Arts Houston is also home to a Flamenco society; Lucia Rodriguez-Sanchez and Valdemar Phoenix are the contacts for this fine organization.

Flamenco: Affedis Web Site Specialized publisher of Flamenco Transcriptions.

Guitar Foundation of America Flamenco Page GFA is a good place to start.

www.FranciscoNavarro.com Navarro Guitars - Memorial Music
Navarro guitars are made in Paracho, Mexico, a town with over 200 years of guitar building tradition. Navarro studied with Rozas in Spain and focuses on quality classical and flamenco guitars.

Flamenco-World.comShopping and downloads.

Manuel Ferre Flamenco MIDI Files A good sampling of free MIDI files.

Flamenco Guitar Transcriptions Resources Index Links, downloads, information.

Flamenco Information PageInformation, Instruction, and audio samples.

Classical Guitar Recordings

CD Now A very popular CD-vendor with secure credit-card ordering over the web. Select "search classical", and tap into an EXCELLENT selection of classical guitar CD's, searchable by composer, artist, etc.. If you are studying a piece, and can't find a recording of it in the music stores, you can often find it here in their extensive database.

CD Universe Another very popular CD-vendor with secure credit-card ordering over the web. Select "search classical", and tap into an EXCELLENT selection of classical guitar CD's, searchable by composer, artist, etc.. Good prices.

Research, Free Downloads & Info

First arm yourself with some utilities. If you download any music, it will probably be GIF format or EPS / PS (PostScript) format. Although PS files are by far superior to GIF in print quality, most people pass up these treasures because they lack PS software. PS files are neat and crisp, and can often be read by a print shop directly. If you want to use your own printer for PS files, you'll need software.

GSView (GhostScriptViewer) is a good program for viewing and printing PS files, and it's free! Check out Ghost Script Home Page. If you need a utility to print GIF files, PolyView is a good shareware viewer for lots of graphic formats: PolyView Home Page. The shareware version is free; to get the full version it's only $20, and well worth it.

Lime is a shareware music notation package you can download; some people I know swear by it. Lime can import MIDI files for arranging and printing; however, I found the MIDI import features somewhat clunky.

Classical Guitar Sheet Music Classical Masterpieces arranged for Classical Guitar. From Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Offenbach, Fucik, Bartok, Lange, Chopin, etc... Search by Title or Composer..

Richard Yates Transcriptions Yates is well-respected in the classical guitar community and he provides many solo and ensemble pieces for free download on his web site. Yates has published transcriptions of Chopin for Mel Bay and is a regular columnist of the GFA Soundboard magazine's transcription column. These pieces are usually on the more-challenging end of the spectrum, but there is a lot of high quality material available.

Music Archive: Sheet Music Check out the BACH section !! The 6 cello suites and 5 violin suites are free for the download. These are in Treble Clef, so they are perfectly readable on the guitar. Files are in PostScript format; many print shops can print the files, or you will need software that can print PS. Very high quality scores, incredibly neat and crisp!

The classical guitar archive Several GIF format short pieces to download.

Bach Plucked A site devoted to Bach on the classical guitar. Also links to Weiss Plucked.

Classical Guitar Illustrated History Quite a bit of guitar history listed here; good content.

Giuitar pre-1650 Excellent discussion of the guitar's evolution up to the 1800's.

19th Century Italian Guitar Index A collection of biographical information on 19th Century Italian guitar composers. Very good listing; many obscure composers are listed here. Part of the "Just Classical Guitar" web site.

Dionisio Aguado Home Page A site devoted to Aguado.

Classical Guitar Aficionados Page Lots of excellent information and links. Discography for major artists, etc..

The Classical Guitar Homepage Transcriptions, midi files, FAQ, mailing list, other links.

International Guitar Research Archives Check out the Winter 1998 Guitar Review, there's an article about the Vahdah Olcott-Bickford collection - possibly the largest collection of sheet music assembled by one individual. This music, and much more music long out of print, is archived in a database of guitar related information at this site. They work on a volunteer basis and can be hard to get a hold of (plus reprints are expensive!), so make sure you REALLY need the score before contacting them.

Musicians & Injuries It can happen to you! Poor technique and strain do not just cause poor tone; it can put a permanent stop to your playing. This site provides general advice and a listing of reference materials. Read up and be aware, but always see your doctor.

Guitar Music Theory A good basic primer on guitar music theory; link to the table of contents page.

Music Secrets: A Clarification of How Things Really Work Very good Q&A of the music learning process, practice habits, attitude, etc..

MIDI & MP3 Files

Classical MIDI Files at MIDIWORLD MIDI files for download, good BACH section.

Classical MIDI Archives Extensive MIDI files, indexed by composer. These are available for download or listening on line. Been wondering what that Albeniz or Bach transcription is supposed to sound like? Though most of the pieces are not for guitar, there's a LOT here...

Classical Guitar MIDI Archives Many great pieces in MIDI form. Check out the Boccherini!

Vendors & Accessories

Guitar Houston guitar dealers page Click to go to the "guitar dealers" page.

Just Strings An EXCELLENT selection of classical guitar strings, or for that matter strings for any instrument, pretty much every kind available. On-line ordering, low prices. Mixed sets, individual / bulk, and sets with two sets of bass strings available. 8-string and 10-string guitar strings available.

Los Angeles Classical Guitars Guitars, music, etc. - a selection of good quality items, including guitars, strings, books; the essential items of each category.

Artists' Home Pages

Guitar Foundation of America Artists Page. GFA lists many home pages for important artists, both famous and up-and-coming. This is a tremendous resource; there is no need to duplicate the GFA links on this page.

Miguel Antonio Miguel is based in Dallas where he maintains a busy teaching and performing schedule of Flamenco, Spanish, and South American music. Miguel teaches through Texas Select Music on an occasional basis.

Angelo Gilardino Home PageArtistic director of the "Andrés Segovia" Foundation in Spain. Angelo has an incredible wealth of knowledge of the guitar's history. He is a published composer.

Susan McDonald Home Page. Susan McDonald is one of America's new breed of leading guitarists, with a fast-growing career and impressive discography. Susan is an active performer and teacher based in Austin, with home roots in Houston.

CannonSong Media. Houston-based guitar studio of Andrea and Jim Cannon; certified Suzuki teaching and materials.

David LeisnerThis is Mr. Leisner's official website and includes biography, discography, upcoming concerts, reviews and more.

The Judicael Perroy Official Web Page. Perroy was the 1997 GFA competition winner, and recently performed a concert and master class in Houston to great acclaim and success.

Manuel Barrueco Home Page. Bio info, concert schedule, and an interesting review with my favorite guitarist, David Russell.

The Eliot Fisk Official Web Page. The official web site of Eliot Fisk.

Christopher Parkening Home Page. Official website.

Jeffry Hamilton Steele Home Page. Guitarist and composer of classical guitar music.

Gabriel Estarellas. Official web site. Bio, discography, reviews, and other information about the artist.

Trio Campanella. Trio Campanella is regarded as one of the most promising guitar ensembles of Scandinavia.

Raphaella Smits. Raphaella is the undisputed queen of the 8-string guitar. Several excellent CD's that are prominent favorites in my collection.