AbstractsPhilosophy & Theology

The objective of this classical guitar recital is to present a program which has been developed over the past two years of graduate study. This program is designed not only to display an understanding of representative styles of guitar and lute music, but to exemplify the techniques demanded by the pieces chosen. It is my belief that this recital is an aesthetically balanced program worthy of being performed on the professional concert stage. The six lute pieces are representative of the late Renaissance style of composition in Italy. These piece have been transcribed for guitar and are performed with a capo at the third fret, rendering the exact tuning of the Renaissance lute. My own transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach's Suite in G Major for Violoncello follows. The key of D Major has been chosen because of the open string possibilities afforded by the scordatura tuning of the sixth string to D. In transcribing this work I have tried to stay as close as possible to the original texture adding bass notes and chords only when they do not detract from the structure of the pieces. Fernando Sor's Variations on a Theme by Mozart is one of the corner stones in classical guitar literature, embodying nearly all guitar techniques employed during the classical period. (See more in text)...