{"id":6390,"date":"2017-03-14T12:19:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T19:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=6390"},"modified":"2017-03-14T12:19:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T19:19:08","slug":"recent-releases-tuesday-sheet-music-by-frederic-hand-david-leisner-francois-de-fossa-and-benoit-albert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/recent-releases-tuesday-sheet-music-by-frederic-hand-david-leisner-francois-de-fossa-and-benoit-albert\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Releases Tuesday: Sheet Music by Frederic Hand, David Leisner, Fran\u00e7ois de Fossa, and Beno\u00eet Albert"},"content":{"rendered":"

We get so much sheet music sent to us by various publishers year \u2019round\u2014literally hundreds of pieces in every setting imaginable (solo guitar, multiple guitars, guitar-flute, guitar-harp, etc.)\u2014but we don\u2019t have the space to write about the great majority of them in our four quarterly issues each year.<\/p>\n

So, just as we are now listing new classical guitar CD releases every other Tuesday here, we now use the Tuesdays in between those to announce new print music releases. As with the CDs, these are not reviews per se (some\u00a0will<\/em>\u00a0be reviewed in the magazine, but frankly most will not), but we think it\u2019s important to at least get the word out about what\u2019s being offered to guitarists out there. Where possible, we\u2019ve linked the titles to the publisher\u2019s website or some other outlet where it can be purchased, and stated the degree of difficulty (if provided by the publisher or it\u2019s obvious).\u00a0\u00a0\u2014Blair Jackson<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is a link to our previous listings from\u00a0October 25<\/a>,\u00a0November 8<\/a>,\u00a0November 22<\/a>,\u00a0December 6<\/a>,\u00a0December 20<\/a>, January 3<\/a>, January 17<\/a>, January 31<\/a>, February 14<\/a>, February 28<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nFrederic Hand<\/strong>
\nA Psalm of Thanksgiving<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>(for flute and guitar)
\nHandwerks Music, 12 pp. plus parts<\/p>\n

Appealing, tuneful, serene flute-guitar duo by one of America’s top guitar composers. Hand says in the notes to the piece that the inspiration was Psalm 100 from the Old Testament: “It begins with a musical dedication, using unisons and octaves. The flute entrance reflects the opening words of the psalm: ‘Make a joyful noise unto the Lord,’ and the rest of the piece was informed by each line of the psalm.” You can hear Hand performing the piece with flautist Jayna Nelson on this YouTube audio recording<\/a>, which is taken from Hand’s excellent album, \u00a0Odyssey<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nDavid Leisner<\/strong>
\nAway: A Fantasy on ‘Shenandoah’ for Flute and Guitar<\/em><\/a>
\nTheodore Presser Company, 12 pp. plus parts<\/p>\n

Description from Leisner’s website: “The folk tune ‘Shenandoah’ provides the material for this piece, commissioned\u00a0by the Diller-Quaile School of Music for the Arc Duo. \u00a0Small fragments of the tune are each explored obsessively, to\u00a0hypnotic effect. While the music never abandons the tonal language of the song, there is, instead of harmonic\u00a0conflict, more rhythmic conflict. It is all set in the context of a journey along a river, with episodes evoking currents,\u00a0a rolling river, rapids, waterfall, calming waters, canyon echoes, and still waters.” Advanced. You can hear the Arc Duo (Heather Holden, flute, and Bradley Colten, guitar) perform this intriguing piece in this YouTube audio extract <\/a>from their 2012 album New Works for Flute and Guitar<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Fran\u00e7ois de Fossa<\/strong>
\nPremi\u00e8re Fantaisie Op. 5<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>(solo guitar)
\nUt Orpehus, 16 pp.<\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois de Fossa (1775\u20131849) is perhaps best-known for his three guitar quartets (Op. 19) published in 1826, and for his work helping his friend Dionisio Aguado on his influential 1825 Escuela de Guitarra<\/em> method book. He was firmly rooted in the music of the classical period, influenced by Haydn, Boccherini, and others. Below, watch Gabriel Bianco (featured in last week’s new CD release\u00a0<\/a>announcements for his work with oboist Michaela Hrabankova) play this challenging early de Fossa piece. The Ut Orpehus urtext edition was edited by Fabio Rizza.
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