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Bach and Guitar? – Music by J. S. Bach for Guitar Quartet and Guitar Orchestra

Recently I have attended the concert of the mandolin orchestra Kollnau-Gutach. This concert was dedicated to compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. The program included the 3rd movement of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 played by a guitar quartet. The slogan used for this concert was: Bach – And Now!? (Bach – Und Jetzt!?) After the […]

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Karlsruhe Guitar Quartet plays Telemann and Kurt Weill’s “Moritat von Mackie Messer”

The Karlsruhe Guitar Quartet has won the second price in a competition for guitar quartets composed of students in Gevelsberg (Gitarrenwettbewerb in Gevelsberg). The four members of the quartet are studying classical guitar at the music university of Karlsruhe: Roman Hernitscheck (Germany), Marco Lima (Brazil), Gleb Simak (Estonia), Kristjan Tamm (Estonia). Kristjan Tamm and Gleb

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Bantu by Andrew York for Guitar Quartet – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ)

Bantu is the name of a piece for four guitars by Andrew York. I have dicovered this piece on the CD Labyrinth by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Like in Rumba by Stepan Rak the guitars are also used as percussion instruments. Andrew York has been a member of the LAGQ for many years. He

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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Some days ago I found a concert by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet on the CBC Concerts on Demand website. David Kanengiser has created a great piece for one actor and guitar quartet based on the novel Don Quixote by Cervantes. The actor Phil Proctor recites the story in a fascination way, I have never

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The Best Guitar Quartets – Part 2

The best guitar quartets – Review by the German guitar and luth magazine Gitarre und Laute Here are some more interesting videos of great guitar quartets from the review. Corona Guitar Quartet: East L.A. Phase Corona Guitar Kvartet: www.coronaguitarkvartet.dk, composer: Wayne Siegel Aquarelle Guitar Quartet You can find several examples played by the Aquarelle Guitar

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The Best Guitar Quartets – CDs and Videos

The German guitar and luth magazine Gitarre und Laute has been published since 1979, for many years as a printed magazine but beginning with this year it is published as a blog. So you can find interesting information about the guitar and luth, editions, players or CDs. Gitarre & Laute … seit 1979! 28 Jahrgänge

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Guitar Quartet and Guitar Duo from Brazil with many interesting Videos

Guitar Quartet – Quarteto Abaruna Accidentally I have found the youtube channel of the Quarteto Abaruma from Brazil. In this channel you can find many videos of concerts of the Quarteto Abaruna and the Abaruma Guitar Duo. Unfortunately the titles of the different tunes are not noted in the video, but the programs contain pieces

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Heinrich Albert and the first Guitar Quartet in Munich around 1909

Heinrich Albert was a German guitar player and composer at the beginning of the 20th century. He was born in Würzburg in 1870. He lived in Gauting for a long time where he died in 1950. During the first decades of the 20th century Alberts composition were regularly played in concerts. Alberts guitar method Lehrgang

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Clash on the Big Bridge from Final Fantasy V – For Mandolin Orchestra, Guitar, String Quartet or Symphonic Orchestra

Mandolin orchestras from Japan are known for playing arrangements of music from computer games. I have recently discovered this great example, a version of Battle at the Big Bridge / Clash on the Big Bridge from Final Fantasy V played by the mandolin orchestra of the Yamagata Higashi High School: Clash on the Big Mandolin

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Enrico Marucelli – Valtzer Fantastico and other Compositions for Mandolin & Guitar or Mandolin Quartet

Enrico Marucelli (1877 – 1907) was a bass player, guitarist, mandolin player, conductor and successfull composer. He was born in Florence and played in the Reale Circolo Mandolinistico Regina Margherita where he met several other famous mandolin players like Bianchi, Graziani-Walter, Matini and Carlo Munier. During the 1890s he went to London as a popular

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