Description

“The Russian Collection,  Volume X:  Selected Concert Works”.

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• Compiled & Edited by Matanya Ophee
• Introduction in English
• Includes Bibliographical References
• Standard Notation
• Format:  210×300 mm
• 44 Pages

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As the previous volume of the Russian Collection, this volume is also intended to serve as a general introduction to Russian seven-string guitar music.  The music contained in these pages is mainly devoted to concert repertoire, i.e, transcriptions, themes and variations, fantasias and other pieces that were not primarily intended by their composers to serve as didactic material.  One does not need to abandon the standard guitar when embarking on getting acquainted with the rich repertoire of classical Russian guitar music.  This volume includes the original 7-string version of some of the same pieces included in previous volumes of the Russian Collection, as well as a few works printed here for the first time in the West.  The six-string guitar is tuned in fourths, while the Russian seven-string guitar is tuned in thirds as follows:

The technique of playing both variants is practically the same but the aural palette produced by a different array of overtones is unique to each of them.  It usually does not take long to get used to playing in this tuning and to read the music without the aid of tablature.  However, to facilitate reading of this music by newcomers into the field, this edition is equipped with a generous layer of fingering.

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• CONTENT:
  1.-  Cello suite no. 1, BWV-1007 / Johann Sebastian Bach; arranged by Vasilii Yuryev
  2.-  Prelude:  from the Moscow ‘Weiss’ Manuscript, no. 39 / arranged by Matanya Ophee
  3.-  Courante:  from the Moscow ‘Weiss’ manuscript, no. 40 / arranged by Matanya Ophee
  4.-  Galanterie:  from the Moscow ‘Weiss’ manuscript, no. 30 / arranged by Matanya Ophee
  5.-  Oh What is with you my Turtle-Dove / Mkhail Vyssotsky
  6.-  The fog has come in / Mkhail Vyssotsky
  7.-  Amidst the flat valley / Andrei Sychra
  8.-  Ah, today is a gloomy day:  Russian lyric song / arranged by Vasilii Svarog & Arsenii Popov
  9.-  The youth and the maiden / Alexander Dargomyzhsky;  arranged by Vasilii Sarenko
  10.-  I walked among the flowers / attributed to Andrei Sychra
  11.-  Etude-fantasia / Fiodor Zimmerman
  12.-  Fantasia:  on themes from the etudes of J.B. Cramer / Mikhail Vyssotsky
  13.-  What have I done to upset you / Mikhail Vyssotsky
  14.-  Adagio on a theme by Sychra / Vladimir Morkov
  15.-  Troika Variations / Sergei Orekhov
  16.-  Annunciazione:  omaggio al Beato Angelico / Angelo Gilardino

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