Category Early Music

Early music with classical guitar, lute, theorbo, vihuela and Baroque guitar. Music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras for classical guitar.

Daniel Shoskes Plays Valderrábano on Vihuela

Daniel Shoskes, aka Kidney Kutter (he’s a Urologist) plays Fantasia #1 Quarto Tono & Duo Pleni Sun from Silva de Sirenas (1547) by Enríquez de Valderrábano (c. 1500-1557) on a gut strung renaissance Vihuela by Dan Larson. This comes via…

Rupert Boyd Plays Prelude, BWV 1006a by Bach

Rupert Boyd plays Prelude in E Major, BWV 1006a by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via his YouTube Channel. This recording is featured on Boyd’s upcoming release, The Guitar (Sono Luminus), available 04.26.2019. Pre-order via Amazon. I’ll doing a…

Kanahi Yamashita Plays Prelude BWV 998 by Bach

Kanahi Yamashita Plays Prelude BWV 998 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Young Classicals on YouTube. Since her childhood in Nagasaki, Japan, Kanahi Yamashita was a member of Kazuhito Yamashita Family Quintet. I had the pleasure of meeting…

Bourree, BWV 996 by Bach (PDF)

Bourrée from Suite in E Minor BWV 996 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). – PDF Sheet music for classical guitar. Includes a free sheet music edition or a premium TAB Edition. The level is Intermediate (Approximately Grade 6-7). Youtube Video…

Recercar by Dalza (Free PDF)

Recercar by Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl. 1508) – Free PDF Sheet Music and Tab includes two editions: Notation Only & Notation with modern TAB. Sheet Music for Classical Guitar, PDF Download. Level: Early-Intermediate (Grade 3). All fingering and tab for 3rd…

Peter Graneis Plays Weiss

Peter Graneis plays Courante from Suite XVIII (originally G major) by Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687 – 1750). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube channel. Really nice playing here by Graneis with some excellent cross-string ornaments and clean, crisp but…

Tengyue Zhang Plays Scarlatti K53

Tengyue ‘TY’ Zhang plays K53 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) on a 2003 Greg Smallman guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their great YouTube channel. Shocking virtuosity here with an amazing tempo, clarity, and fantastic ornamentation. Considering what he’s doing…

Folias by Gaspar Sanz (Lesson & PDF)

Folias by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) for Classical Guitar. PDF download. Includes two editions: Notation only edition and Notation & TAB edition. Early Intermediate level (grade 4). Gaspar Sanz is one of the most beloved Spanish guitar composers of the Baroque…

Minuet in G by Petzold / Bach for Classical Guitar

Minuet in G, Anh.114 by Christian Petzold (1677–1733) – From J.S. Bach’s Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. PDF Sheet Music or Tab for Classical Guitar. Includes both a notation-only edition and a tab edition. The level is an Intermediate Piece…

Mr. Dowland’s Midnight by John Dowland

Mr. Dowland’s Midnight by John Dowland (1563-1626). PDF Sheet Music and Video for Classical Guitar. Includes both a notation-only edition with left hand fingering and a tab edition. The level is Early-Intermediate (Grade 4). This work is found in the Margaret…

Raphaella Smits plays Bach

Raphaella Smits (via sponsor Strings by Mail) plays the fugue from Prelude BWV1011 (for unaccompanied cello) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) via SBM on Youtube. Played on a Mirecourt 1827 guitar restored by B.Kresse (Köln). This recording is a live concert-recording…

Sanel Redžić plays Prelude, Fugue, & Allegro BWV 998 by Bach

Sanel Redžić plays Prelude, Fugue & Allegro BWV 998 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Redžić’s amazing YouTube channel. Guitar by Otto Vowinkel 2004 and recorded in Schottenkirche, Erfurt, Germany. Another great video by Redžić with a musical and well-paced performance here.…