Description

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829),  “The Complete Works Volume 27:  Concerto for Guitar,  opus 30.  Arranged by Anton Diabelli for Guitar & Piano″.
Edited & with an Introduction by Brian Jeffery.
Published by Tecla Editions.

This Volume 27 contains Giuliani’s guitar concerto op. 30,  in Diabelli’s arrangement for terz guitar & piano.  There are parts for guitar and for piano (no score).  The guitar part is written in A major as in the orchestral version and is very similar to it,  with some differences but not big ones (for example it has some additional material at the beginning).  However,  the terz guitar is of course a transposing instrument so it actually sounds in C and the piano part is written in C.   It is possible to play this terz guitar part on a normal modern guitar by placing a capotasto at the third fret.

The 3 Volumes for this Concerto in this Tecla series are:

*  Volume 25:  the version for guitar & full orchestra,  in A.  The guitar is a normal guitar (not a terz guitar).
*  Volume 26:  the version for guitar & string quartet,  in A (same guitar part as in Volume 25).
*  This Volume 27:  the arrangement of the concerto which Diabelli made for terz guitar & piano.  The guitar part here is a terz guitar so although it is written in A it actually sounds in C and the piano part is in C.

All are in facsimiles of the first editions,  parts only,  no score.

Giuliani composed 3 concertos for guitar,  opus numbers 30, 36 & 70.  This concerto op. 30 in A is the first and most famous of them.