Gaspar Sanz

This ideal concert opener is also a wonderful vehicle to teach low 2 fingerings to violinists. Originally from Gaspar Sanz's Suite Española, the entire piece is based on several variations on a contin...

The guitar music of Gaspar Sanz retains its popularity to this day. This particular excerpt crackles with rhythmic vitality and a fascinating use of hemiola.

The guitar music of Gaspar Sanz retains its popularity to this day. This particular excerpt crackles with rhythmic vitality and a fascinating use of hemiola.

This suite was created from, what was then (1674), an instructional book on the art of Spanish guitar playing. It is a wonderful collection of short pieces in many tempos and styles. The shifting 6/8...

This volume contains 20 pieces by the famous Baroque guitarist Gaspar Sanz (1640 - 1710) arranged specially for the Ukulele. Sanz' works are tuneful and memorable, with fiery cross-rhythms and cascadi...

A study of the most important Spanish composer of the baroque (so-called Spanish) guitar. The first step consisted in transcribing his tablature cipher to the current notation and to study in detail a...

A must-have for solo Guitar. Here is an opportunity to play part of the repertoire often performed by the greatest guitarists.

A must-have for solo Guitar. A lively dance from the Canary Islands, this piece is interesting for its simple/compound rhythms and its brio.

Canarios is a movement taken from the Suite Espanola for guitar by Gaspar Sanz, a leading composer of Spanish Baroque music. Deborah Baker Monday presents this delightful arrangement in D major which...