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PERIOD PIECES (Solo Series)
Full contents of Period Pieces (Solo Series) are listed here
Books of similar standard from other Garden Music series that can be used alongside these
are listed below the cover scans in lighter type
Titles of pieces underlined can be clicked on for links to recordings on Youtube and SoundCloud
24 pages
FOLK MUSIC
Swedish Traditional - Apusski Dusky
Neapolitan Traditional - The Carnival of Venice
Sea Shanty - Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her
Spiritual - Poor Wayfaring Stranger
English Traditional - Country Gardens
Turlough O’Carolan - Planxty Drew
EARLY & RENAISSANCE PERIOD
English Anon. - Wilson’s Wilde
Morley - Now is the Month of Maying
Praetorius - Gavotte (Terpsichore)
BAROQUE PERIOD
Augustin - Du Lieber Augustin
Dancing Master - The Whirligig
The Division Violin - An Italian Rant
The Division Violin - Portuguese Traditional - La Folia
CLASSICAL PERIOD
Giuliani - Ecossaise
Giuliani - Ecossaise
Carcassi - Waltz
Carcassi - Allegretto
Doisy - Walse
Schubert - The Trout Theme
Schubert - Briar Rose
ROMANTIC PERIOD
Brahms - Lullaby
Glinka - Polka
Ferrer - Andantino
Ferrer - Allegretto
Ferrer - Ejercicio
Sagreras - Leccion No. 61
Sagreras - Leccion No. 75
MODERN PERIOD
20th Century Anon. - Romance
Burden - Tango Arpeggio
Burden - Tango Repetitivo
Burden - Sad Thoughts
Burden - Solea No. 1
Burden - The Mad Magician’s Waltz
Hanna, Barbera & Curtin - Meet the Flintstones
Performance Notes
Period Pieces Book 1 (GM54)
£9.95
Grade 1 to 3
Other books in the Garden Music catalogue that can be used alongside this:
Guitarist's Progress Solo Series Book 1 (GM01)
Young Guitarist's Progress Part 1 (GM06) & Part 2 (GM07)
Young Guitarist's Progress Repertoire Series Part 1 (GM39) & Part 2 (GM40)
Travelling in Style Series 1 - The Start (GM18) & Stage 1 (GM14)
Travelling in Style Series 2 - The Restart (GM24) & Trek 1 (GM25)
48 pages
FOLK MUSIC
Venetian Folk Song (arr. Mertz) - Mamma Mia Cara
Austrian Folk Song (arr. Mertz) - 'S Mailuterl
Italian Dance (arr. Mertz) - Saltarello
Styrien Folk Song (arr. Mertz) - Abschied von der Sennerin
Spanish Dance (arr. Mertz) - El Zapateado
Irish Traditional - The Top of the Hill
Irish Traditional - Down by the Salley Gardens
Irish Traditional - The Three Little Drummers
EARLY & RENAISSANCE PERIOD
English Medieval Anon. - Sumer is icumen in
Campion - Never Weather-Beaten Sail
Morley - Where the Bee Sucks
Medieval Anon. - Danza Rondeau
English Renaissance Anon. - Packington's Pound
Sabio - A Que Por Muy Gran Fremosura
BAROQUE PERIOD
Petzold - Menuet
Sanz - Las Hachas
Sanz - Fuga
de Visee - Bouree
de Visee - Sarabande
Bach - Musette
Bach - Gavotte II ou la Musette
Vivaldi - Largo
CLASSICAL PERIOD
Doisy - Walse
Mozart - Menuet
Drexel - Cosaque
Martini - Plaisir d'Amour
Molino - Walse
Carulli - Siciliana
Molino - Rondo
Horetzky - Alla Marcia
ROMANTIC PERIOD
Bosch - Lamento
Bosch - Gitanilla
Sagreras - Nostalgia
Shand - Valse
Arcas - Solea
Ferrer - Ejercicio Guitarra)
Ferrer - Cantilene Espagnole
Ferrer - Belle Gavotte
Larionov - Kalinka
MODERN PERIOD
Burden - Solea
Rodriguez- La Cumparista (Tango)
Burden - Crossing the River Shribble
Burden - The Great Snow Dance
Henderson - Bye, Bye, Blackbird
Kosma - Autumn Leaves
Performance Notes
Period Pieces Book 2 (GM55)
£10.95
Grade 4 to 6
Other books in the Garden Music catalogue that can be used alongside this:
Guitarist's Progress Solo Series Book 2 (GM02) & Book 3 (GM08)
Young Guitarist's Progress Part 3 (GM38)
Travelling in Style Series 1 - Stage 2 (GM15) & Stage 3 (GM16)
Travelling in Style Series 2 - Trek 3 (GM27) & Trek 4 (GM28)
Certain Hits 5! (GM22)
56 pages
FOLK MUSIC
Burden - Spirituals Suite No. 4
Spiritual - Ride the Chariot
Spiritual - Let us Break Bread Together
Spiritual - Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho
EARLY & RENAISSANCE PERIOD
Byrd - The Earl of Salisbury's Pavan
Dowland - Lady Hunsdon's Puffe
Mudarra - Fantasia No. 10
BAROQUE PERIOD
Santa Cruz - Jacaras
de Murcia - Fandango
Rameau - Tambourin
Purcell - Rondeau
CLASSICAL PERIOD
Paradis - Sicilienne
Gossec - Gavotte
Mateo Albeniz - Sonata
Sor (arranged Burden) - La Romanesca (
ROMANTIC PERIOD
Arcas (adapted Burden) - Solea
Cottin - Balalayka (Chanson Russe)
Bosch - Cello
Morkov (adapted Burden) - Romance
Ferrer - Charme de La Nuit
Shand - The Gnomes
MODERN PERIOD
Hamilton - Cry me a River
Berlin - Let's Face the Music and Dance
Cohen - Hallelujah
Rosendo - El Entreriano (Tango)
Arolas - El Marne (Gran Tango de Salon)
Burden - Two Guitars (Variations on the song by Ivan Vasiliev) Performance Notes
Period Pieces Book 3 (GM56)
£11.95
Grade 6 to 8
Other books in the Garden Music catalogue that can be used alongside this:
Guitarist's Progress Book 3 (GM08) & Book 4 (GM13)
Travelling in Style Series 1 - Stage 3 (GM16) & Stage 4 (GM17)
Travelling in Style Series 2 - Trek 4 (GM28)
Certain Hits 3! (GM20) & Certain Hits 4! (GM21)