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Books and music from other publishers obtainable from Tecla

New light on Sor's La Despedida (Les Adieux) op. 21, JUNE 2007

Sor:
Complete Studies for guitar. Giuliani:
Complete Studies for guitar.

Tecla is the place to come for all the guitar music of Sor and Giuliani, for the Etudes of Carcassi, for a large quantity of other music, and for some books. The standard of editing is always rigorously high. The publications are reasonably priced and you can easily get them worldwide.

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Associated Board current guitar syllabus 2009-10. Items published by Tecla.
Best sellers
For students
Suggestions for guitarists of all levels
Danish guitar composers in Tecla: Rung, Degen, Lemming
A customer writes about TECLA 0038, Dowland English Lute Songs:
What a delight - I wish I had discovered Tecla Editions years ago. The quality of the collections that I have bought so far is really impressive and how sensible to offer a price incentive to dissuade people from photocopying. [This refers to the special low prices which we offer when singers buy two copies of a book at the same time, one for the singer and one for the pianist or guitarist, as for example for English Lute Songs.]
The Dowland English Lute Songs is superb. I haven’t yet played them with a singer but the accompaniments alone are a delight to play as solos! Having tried a capo for the first time, as you recommend for some of the songs; I am quite astonished by the difference in the sound quality - it is almost as though I am playing a different instrument. Everyone who enjoys Elizabethan music must try this book. Thank you Brian Jeffery - it is a pleasure to deal with your company. Alan Moore

A NOTE (SEPTEMBER 2007) ABOUT OUR BOOK OF SONGS WITH GUITAR English Romantic Songs and Ballads from a user of the book, who writes: 'I have often played many of them to private audiences with wonderful results'. He writes: "Sometime in the early eighties I found the songbook English Romantic Songs and Ballads for guitar and voice. I started playing some of them immediately and soon found that they were different enough from the normal fare to attract attention and applause, even occasional encores, from listeners looking for something different. I have kept some of these beautiful, light and appealing songs in my repertoire ever since. My musical choices range far and wide, from Dowland to Dylan, The Stones to Jewel, Folk, Blues, Country, Classical and beyond. These delightful songs fit right in."
Arthur Sherry, NY, NY, USA
"You can know how much happiness you have brought me by providing this music I can play every night at my 'classical music station' in my house. (As I said, I have much music, but at least 2 or 3 feet of it is Tecla publications)." (a guitarist customer)

"These volumes arrived yesterday and are simply beautiful; a treasure for any music library." (Leslie Tung, professor of piano at Kalamazoo, on the Tecla edition of the Beethoven 32 piano sonatas in facsimiles of the first editions, May 2007).

"My wife gave me the entire works of the Fernando Sor collection for Christmas and it's fantastic in every way." (a customer, August 2006).
"Full of natural grace and charm . . . engaging melodies, pleasant contrasts, and interesting byplay among the parts. I would expect this to receive many performances and very warm audience reactions." (David Grimes in Soundboard, 2006, on the new Tecla edition of Francesco Molino's Grand Trio Concertant, op. 30 for violin or flute, viola, and guitar).
SEPTEMBER 2006: the Overture to Alphonse et Léonore, by Sor, for orchestra, in an edition from Spain; and three Simfonias by Sort.
MARCH 2006: Napoleon Coste Compositeur, a charming new small book about Coste.
FEBRUARY 2006: a short video (on Jens Bang-Rasmussen's website), from a ballet on Rung's Tarantella for solo guitar. The dancer is Karina Elver who used to be in the Danish Royal Ballet. And another short video of a ballet on Sor's sonata op. 22.
DECEMBER 2005: CDs- Giuliani's three concerti and other works
OCTOBER 2005:
The Complete Solo Concert Works for Guitar of Ivan Padovec

JULY 2004: A visit to the music festival at Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia

A nuestros amigos en España y Latinoamerica

NEW EDITIONS JULY 2009: Molino's Three trios op. 4 and Second Grand Trio Concertant op. 45 with guitar, and Luigi Moretti's Gran Trio for violin, horn (or viola), and guitar, all re-engraved, score and parts. Diabelli's 30 very easy exercises for the guitar, op. 39. Re-engraved.

NEW EDITION NOVEMBER 2008, THE FIRST MODERN RE-ENGRAVED EDITION OF THIS FINE WORK: Mauro Giuliani: Two Rondos for guitar and keyboard, op. 68 A brand new Tecla edition, re-engraved not facsimile, score and separate guitar part, ready for performers.

Giuliani: Sonatina for guitar, op. 71 no. 3. AUGUST 2008 A new Tecla re-engraved edition, prescribed in the new Associated Board 2009-10 syllabus.

Schubert songs arranged for voice and guitar by Coste, online.

Napoleon Coste Composer. NOW AVAILABLE AGAIN, this time as a Tecla book, May 2008, in both English and French. A charming small book, the only book published about Coste.

CD: La Seguidilla Galante. New addition to Tecla stock June 2008.

Sor: The Sixteen Easiest Pieces. New book for beginners, very easy. (If you're beginning the guitar, try it. Very cheap, worldwide.)

Giuliani: Dances of 1810, for guitar. Pre-Strauss. Easy, vivacious (nice cover!)

Carcassi: 25 Etudes for guitar, op. 60. This is the standard edition of this work that everyone plays.

Giuliani: 24 Exercises for guitar, op. 48. New edition of this standard work.

Oleg Kiselev: Ten Episodes in a Young Guitarist's Day. Easy and delightful pieces.

Dojcinovic: Two Oriental Marches from Serbia. For two guitars.

EMAIL ADDRESS FOR TECLA: the new e-mail address for Tecla is at the foot of this page. (Old email addresses for Tecla do not work any more).

Henrik Rung (1807-1871)- The complete chamber and solo music of this Danish composer for the guitar, a new edition (not Tecla) by Jens Bang-Rasmussen.

Matiegka's Sonata op. 23 for guitar solo, with an article by Mário Carreira.

COMPLETE WORKS: Among our publications are the New Complete Works for Guitar of Fernando Sor (1778-1839) and Complete Works of Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829). With these editions you have access to the many hundreds of pieces which are the core of that repertory. There are also many works by other composers, about 2,000 separate compositions contained in about 300 publications.

REVIEWS:

"So impressed and delighted by the quality (of print, binding, packaging and delivery), scholarly, instructive introduction and authenticity of my recent purchases - Aguado (Method) and Sor (Studies) - I can't resist the pleasure of adding to my collection with these other Tecla editions (and of gaining another splendidly stout cardboard box!)" (a customer)

What a wonderful account of a man's life. There is so much to interest one." (on the biography Fernando Sor Composer and Guitarist, from Brian Middleton)

AUGUST 2005: "I've received my order!!!! It's the best collection that I've seen!!!! The quality is incredible!!!" (a customer in Brazil, writing about the New Complete Works for Guitar of Sor)

JUNE 2005: "My order arrived safely today - and was packaged FANTASTICALLY! - many thanks" (a customer in the USA)
FEBRUARY 2005: "Great site, great service!" (a guitarist in the Netherlands). "I truly appreciate the careful packaging. The music arrived in perfect condition" (a customer in the USA). "Terrific edition. Thank you" (a guitarist, on TECLA 101).

FEBRUARY 2005: "I was thrilled with the edition. Scholarly work, beautifully engraved, page turns optimized, high-quality paper. Outstanding, in fact." (a guitarist, Jack Watson, on the Tecla edition of Giuliani's Sonata op. 15, TECLA 0497)

DECEMBER 2004: "I just received my new Complete Studies for Sor and Giuliani in the cloth version, and they are fabulous ... Thanks again for many wonderful products" (a customer)

JUNE 2004, on the new Sor edition the New Complete Works for Guitar: This is a new contribution by Brian Jeffery . . . Most interesting in this work are Jeffery's "Notes on the Pieces" at the beginning of each volume. These notes contain such information as publication history, background, and major editorial concerns. This really provides a wealth of information for the player of these works. This is a beautifully produced work. The paper and covers are of very high quality, and the volumes stay open easily on the stand. These books are a pleasure to work with. This new edition of Sor is excellent. (Soundboard, 2004).
MARCH 2004: I have been meaning to thank you for the excellent quality of the shipment which I received. We do not see packing like this from U.S. suppliers. Very impressive!"
"Deseo enviarles mi más sincera y entusiasta felicitación por el maravilloso trabajo que están llevando acabo" (customers).
MORE REVIEWS, from students, teachers, readers and reviewers, some of which say why they like and use Tecla. Have a look!

A FEW SPECIAL ITEMS:

Sor- The Complete Italian Arietts etc.,

Mozart/Sor- Three arias from Don Giovanni, arranged with guitar accompaniment by FernandoSor. An exciting new publication. The first time that these arrangements by Sor have been published in our day.

Sor- Seguidillas Book 2. Performed with great success so far at the Darwin Guitar Festival, the New York Festival of Song, Gilbert Biberian's summer school, etc. Seguidillas of Sor, recorded by Montserrat Caballé, Teresa Berganza and others.

Also we have some copies of a splendid new edition by Darko Petrinjak of the Songs with Guitar Accompaniment of Ivan Padovec, published by the Croatian Musicological Society. Also a new edition from Spain of piano solo pieces by Sor.

A few words on editing;
A brief history of Tecla;
A reply to an attack (updated June 1998);
Bele Buche e Bele Parleure, a guide to medieval and Renaissance French pronunciation.

"Dar en la tecla" - to hit the nail on the head (old Spanish phrase).
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