Guitar Chamber Music RCS

Dr Peter Argondizza Style in Performance

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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The Guitar in Classical and Romantic Chamber Music • Lute • Early Guitars • The Classical Guitar

o 1740-90 Period of transition for the guitar- four types of guitars used: Five course (Baroque)- lasted into the Classical period and

played a limed role in the classical period Six course-Used in Spain and Latin America 1759-1805 Five string- used in France 1777-1808 Six string- the Classical guitar emerged from different cultures-

Generally established around 1780.

Performance practice:

• Tuning and seating position: angle of the hands • Use or non use of nails

o Sor- no nails o Aguado- nails

• Right hand technique and sound quality o Straight stroke o Pinky on sound board- all free stroke o Giuliani 120 right hand studies

• The left hand o Use of the left hand thumb o Avoid barring

• Ornamentation o Trill-hammering and cross string trills

• Footstools and guitar rests- consideration of size in relation to the modern guitar

o Use of strap- placed on left leg o Standing position o Cross left leg over the right o Aguado Tripodium



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Composers and Works Ferdinando Carulli (b Naples, 9 Feb 1770; d Paris, 14 Feb 1841) Concerto, gui, fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2vn, va, b, op.8 (1809) Petit concerto de société, gui, 2 vn, va, vc obbl/(gui, pf) op.140 (1820) 2 solos, gui, vn, va, b/(gui, pf), op.207 (1823) 2 nocturnes, gui, vn, va, b or vc/(gui, pf), op.208 (1823) Variations (on H. -M. Berton’s opera Aline), gui, 2 ob, 2 hn, vn, va, b obbl, db ad lib/(gui, pf), op.219 (1823/4) Petit quatuor, gui, fl, vn, vc, op.252 (1824/5) Petit quatuor, gui, vn, va, vc, op.253 (1824/5) Troisième concerto, A, gui, orch/pf (1825) Trios: c20 pieces, fl, vn, gui Nocturnes, 2vv, gui/pf Duos: 76 opuses for 2 gui 66 opuses, vn, gui 2 duos, va, gui 40 pieces, fl, gui c45 pieces, pf, gui 6 petits duos, hp, gui 6 ariettes and 3 romances, solo v, gui Fernando Sor (b Barcelona, bap. 14 Feb 1778; d Paris, 10 July 1839) at least 25 boleros or seguidillas boleras for 1–3vv, acc. gui/pf various guitar duos Napoléon Coste, (27 June 1805; d Paris, 17 Feb 1883). French guitarist and composer. 2 gui: Scherzo et pastorale, op.10; Duetto, unpubd; Marche et scherzo, ob, gui, op.33[b]; Le montagnard, divertissement pastoral, ob, gui or pf, op.34; Vocal: Chant heroïque, 1v, pf; songs, 1v, gui; arr. of lieder by Schubert and Beethoven, 1v, gui Francesco Molino- (June 4, 1775, Ivrea, Piedmont – 1847) Trois Duos Faciles for violin and guitar, op. 3 Francesco Molino- Trois Trios, op. 4, for flute, viola, and guitar. Francesco Molino- Second Grand Trio Concertant, op. 45 Luigi Legnani, (b Ferrara, 7 Nov 1790; d Ravenna, 5 Aug 1877). Legnani Of particular interest are the Variations concertantes sur un thême original de Rossini op.28 for guitar and piano, composed in collaboration with Marcus Leidesdorf (1787–1840) and published in a version for guitar and piano with string quartet accompaniment.



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Mauro Giuliani (b Bisceglie, 27 July 1781; d Naples, 8 May 1829). 3 gui concs., opp.30, 36, 70; ed. (Milan, 1973) Chbr: gui, str qt, opp.65, 101–3 gui, fl/vn, opp.24a, 25, 52–3, 63, 74–7, 80–82, 84–6, 126–7, 6 works without op. no. gui, pf, opp.68, 93 (with Hummel), Grand duo concertant (with Moscheles; known also as Moscheles’s op.20), 2 gui, opp.66–7, 130, 137 (Tecla Editions) Nicolò Paganini, (b Genoa, 27 Oct 1782; d Nice, 27 May 1840) violin and guitar: Carmagnola, variations Sonata concertata, 1804 6 Sonatas, c1805, op.2 (Milan, 1820), 6 Sonatas, c1805, op.3 (Milan, 1820), 45 sonatas, 1805–9 Cantabile e Valtz, 1823, Centone di sonate, 18 sonatas, after 1828. [60] Variations on ‘Barucabà’, 1835, op.14 Grand Sonata, A. Variazioni di bravura, on Caprice no.24. 4 sonatine, e, F, d, G. other chamber works: Grande Sonata, A, gui, vn, 1803 3 Quartets [nos.1–3], a, C, A, vn, va, gui, vc, 1806–16 3 Quartets [nos.4–6], D, C, d, vn, va, gui, vc, 1806–16, op.5 Serenata, C, va, vc, gui, before 1808. Terzetto, D, vn, vc, gui, 1833. Terzetto concertante, D, va, gui, vc, 1833. Serenata, 2 vn, gui. François de Fossa, French born in Perpignan on 31 August, 1775 died in 1849. Three Grand Duos based on the works of Haydn. Trio Op. 18 No. 1 in A Major for violin, guitar and `cello. Trio Op. 18 No. 2 in G major for violin, guitar and `cello. Trio Op. 18 No. 3 in F major for violin, guitar and `cello.



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Luigi Boccherini (b Lucca, 19 Feb 1743; d Madrid, 28 May 1805) Quintet for gtr/strings in D minor, G. 445 (arrangement of Pn Quintet, G. 416) Quintet for gtr/strings in B flat major, G. 447 (arr. Piano Quintet, G. 414) Quintet for gtr/strings in D major, G. 449 (arr. String Quartets G. 232, G. 237 & String Quintet, G. 411) Quintet for gtr/strings in E minor, G. 451 (arrangement Piano Quintet, G. 407) Quintet for gtr/strings in E major, G. 446 (arrangement of Piano Quintet, G. 417) Quintet gtr/strings in D major ("Fandango"), G. 448 (arrangement of String Quintets, G. 270 & 341) Quintet gtr/strings in G major, G. 450 (arrangement of Quintet for Flute and strings, G. 531 & String quartet, G. 240) Quintet for gtr/strings in C major ("La Ritirada di Madrid"), G. 453 (arr.of Pno Quintet, G. 409) Symphony in C major, G. 523 (arrangement of Symphony G. 491 & Quintet G. 268) Filippo Gragnani (1767-1812) Quartet in A Major Op.8 for violin, Clarinet and two Guitars Duet in A Major No. 1 and 2 for Violin and Guitar Trio in D Major Op.13 for Flute, Violin and Guitar Sextet in A Major op.9 for Flute, clarinet, violin, two guitars and Cello. Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (b Bohemia, bap. 6 July 1773; d Vienna, 19 Jan 1830). His only published works were those involving the guitar, an instrument that he handled expertly. He arranged Beethoven’s Serenade op.8 (for violin, viola and cello) and Adelaide op.46, in versions with guitar (replacing cello and piano respectively). In turn, Schubert arranged Matiegka’s Nocturne op.21 for flute, violin and guitar as a quartet (daII/2) by adding a cello part. 32 published opp. include 23 works (sonatas, variations, etc.) for solo guitar; duets, trios and chamber music with guitar. Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (b Pressburg [now Bratislava], 14 Nov 1778; d Weimar, 17 Oct 1837) Sonata, c, hpd/pf, mand/vn (Vienna, c1810) Potpourri, g, pf, gui (Vienna, c1810–14) Sérénade en potpourri, G, (pf, vn, gui, cl/fl, bn/vc)/(pf, fl, vc)/(pf, vn, cl, bn) (Vienna, c1814–15) Sérénade no.2, pf, vn, gui, cl/fl, bn/vc (Vienna, c1814–15) Grand potpourri national, pf, gui (Vienna, c1818), collab. M. Giuliani Other works- some spurious origin but good chamber music, nevertheless. Schubert: Quartet for Guitar, Flute, and Viola & CelloVarious lieder arranged for voice and guitar (Schubert approved!) (Tecla Editions) Hector Berlioz- Twenty-Five Songs (Chanterelle) C.M. von Weber: Minuet & Trio for Flute, Viola & Guitar - Doblinger F.J. Haydn: Cassation in C Major for Guitar, Violin & Cello -Doblinger F.J. Haydn: Quartet from opus 2, no 2. Doblinger- Haydn arranged this quartet

to have the lute play the first violin part. Later edited and arranged lute part for guitar by various players/editors.



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Operas that include Guitar: The Barber of Seville Gioachino Rossini Oberon Carl Maria von Weber Don Pasquale Gaetano Donizetti Beatrice and Benedict Hector Berlioz Otello and Falstaff Giuseppe Verdi

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ferdinando Carulli: Oeuvres choisies pour deux guitares, Oeuvres choisies pour piano et guitare and Oeuvres choisies pour violon et guitare et flûte et guitare (Florence, 1982) P.J. Bone: The Guitar and Mandolin: Biographies of Celebrated Players and Composers (London, 1914, 2/1954/R1972) C.F. Whistling: Handbuch der musikalischen Literatur (Leipzig, 1817–27/R, 2/1828–39/R) [19th-century printed guitar music] W. Moser: Gitarre-Musik: ein internationaler Katalog (Hamburg, 1973/R, 2/1977) G. Gilmore: Guitar Music Index: a Cross-Indexed and Graded Listing of Music in Print for Classical Guitar and Lute (Honolulu, 1976–81) J. Tyler: The Early Guitar: a History and Handbook (London, 1980) J. Rezits: The Guitarist's Resource Guide: Guitar Music in Print and Books on the Art of the Guitar (San Diego, 1983) J. Macauslan: A Catalog of Compositions for Guitar by Women Composers (Portland, OR, 1984) W. Schwarz: Guitar Bibliography/Gitarre-Bibliographie: an International Listing of the Theoretical Literature on Classic Guitar from the Beginning to the Present (Munich and New York, 1984) M.A. McCutcheon: Guitar and Vihuela: an Annotated Bibliography (Stuyvesant, NY, 1985) M. Jape: Classical Guitar Music in Print (Philadelphia, 1989) J. Torpp Larsson: Catalogue of the Rischel and Birket-Smith Collection of Guitar Music in the Royal Library of Copenhagen (Columbus, OH, 1989) D.H. Smith and L.Eagleson: Guitar and Lute Music in Periodicals: an Index (Berkeley, 1990) J. Maroney: Music for Voice and Classical Guitar, 1945–1996: an Annotated Catalog (Westport, CT, 1997) W.G. Sasser: The Guitar Works of Fernando Sor (diss., U. of North Carolina, 1960) F.V. Grunfeld: The Art and Times of the Guitar (New York, 1969/R) B. Jeffery: Fernando Sor: Composer and Guitarist (London, 1977, 2/1994) Victor Anand Coelho; Performance on Lute, Guitar and Vihuela; Historical practice and Modern Interpretation. (Cambridge, 1997).



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