CONTEMPORARY SOLO CLASSICAL GUITAR REPERTOIRE
This page presents contemporary classical guitar music. The collection features a repertoire of new classical guitar pieces and modern guitar repertoire, with a special focus on unique and original guitar miniatures and solo guitar works.
REMEMBRANCES OF JERUSALEM
for solo classical guitar
Duration:
11 minutes
Instrumentation:
guitar solo
Year Composed:
1995
Written For:
William Riley
Premiere Performance:
William Riley
7 November 1999
Boston, MA, USA
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL GUITAR
Program Notes:
In 1995, while residing in Jerusalem, I was in the midst of composing a chamber work that included the guitar. Ideas for a solo piece started to emerge during this time. Soon, I found myself composing a prelude and a set of variations, a process that was quite challenging for me, as I do not play the guitar. The variations are not to be taken in the traditional sense of melodic development over a fixed form. Instead, they are based on fragments or motives from the prelude.
Score of Remembrances of Jerusalem for solo guitar
