The Origin of this List
This list dates back to the mid 1990s. Classical Guitar teachers shared the original webpage with each other from the mid-1990s to around 2004, when the webpage went offline. Unfortunately, the original authors didn't have a backup, and the list was presumed lost.
In June of 2021, I did a teaching training with Andrea Cannon, who still has the original website address on her training materials. My first thought was to check the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. I was in luck; the page had been archived.
With the permission of one of the original authors (the other is deceased, I believe), I've republished it here and updated it where possible. Some slight improvements have been made; the columns are sortable (click on the column heading).
Two pieces have been removed as I haven't been able to find current publications: King Dagobert (Anonymous) and Homage to Luis Bonfa (Feggelen)
Please let me know in the comments below if you find any errors.
Original Author's Notes
Jamie Williams Grossman and Richard Tadaki have designed this Intermediate Classical Guitar Repertoire page for those with basic classical guitar skills who are eager to find fun, enjoyable music that is within their intermediate technical range.
Basic classical guitar technique such as rest stroke, free stroke, bar chords, arpeggios, multiple voices, and chords, and knowledge of the fingerboard or the ability to "figure it out" are assumed.
It is impossible to avoid the subjective nature of this page. We have chosen the pieces that we have enjoyed the most over our years of playing and/or teaching that we feel lie within the grasp of an intermediate classical guitar player. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please let us know which pieces you have enjoyed playing and which you have not. This will assist us in updating the repertoire list from time to time.
We would like to thank all of you who have made suggestions and comments. It is our hope that with these suggestions, the page can continue to develop as a useful resource. We would like to give special thanks to Seth Himmelhoch and Vic Brod for their numerous recommendations to the list (Jan 6, 1998)
Most of the publishing information for our list is included within the list itself, but some anthologies are listed below. It is not our intention to claim that they are "definitive editions;" rather, they are mentioned because so many of you already have them. They have been given abbreviations and listed in this separate section only to save us the trouble of repeatedly typing out the information, and to save space. Most of the pieces in them can be acquired in other sources, or are published individually.
BG:The Baroque Guitar by Frederick Noad, Ariel Publications
RG:The Renaissance Guitar by Frederick Noad, Ariel Publications
WFS:World's Favorite Solos for Classic Guitar (Vol. 43), ed. Harvey Vinson,Ashley Publications
RCMX: Royal Conservatory of Music, Volume X
SLPR: Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance, Oscar Chilesotti, ed. Neidle, Columbia Music Co.
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Piece Title | Composer | Period | Publication | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ballet (?, originally Balleto) | Anonymous | Renaissance | ||
Se io m'accorgo | Anonymous | Renaissance | ||
Vaghe belleze et bionde treccie d'oro vedi che per ti moro | Anonymous | Renaissance | ||
Wilson's Wilde | Anonymous | Renaissance | ||
Galliard "Can She Excuse" | Dowland, John | Renaissance | RCM8 (?, formerly in RCM6) | |
Lady Laiton's Almain | Dowland, John | Renaissance | ||
Mrs. Winter's Jump | Dowland, John | Renaissance | ||
The Round Battle Galliard | Dowland, John | Renaissance | ||
Tarleton's Resurrection | Dowland, John | Renaissance | ||
The Night Watch | Holborne, Anthony | Renaissance | ||
Allmayne | Johnson, Robert | Renaissance | ||
Pavan | Milan, Luis | Renaissance | ||
Bianco fiore | Negri, Cesare | Renaissance | ||
Der Fuggerin Tanz | Neusidler, Melchior | Renaissance | ||
Minuet in G | Anonymous | Baroque | ||
Bourree, BWV 996 | Bach, J.S. | Baroque | ||
Gavotte I &II, BWV 995 | Bach, J.S. | Baroque | ||
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | Bach, J.S.Bach, J.S. | Baroque | ||
Prelude, First Cello Suite (BWV 1007) | Enter your text here... | Baroque | ||
Diciotto Partite per chitara | Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio | Baroque | Range: | |
Vivace | Falckenhagen, Adam | Baroque | ||
Aria (?, originally Air) | Comte d'Logy, aka Jan Antonín Losy (?, originally Johann Anton Logy | Baroque | ||
Partita in A minor | Comte d'Logy, aka Jan Antonín Losy (?, originally Johann Anton Logy | Baroque | Range: | |
Sarabande | Comte d'Logy, aka Jan Antonín Losy (?, originally Johann Anton Logy | Baroque | ||
Cancion O Tocata | Murcia, Santiago de | Baroque | ||
Canarios | Sanz, Gaspar | Baroque | ||
Allegro in A major | Scarlatti, Dominico | Baroque | ||
Suite in D minor | Visee, Robert de | Baroque | Prelude:Le petit livre de guitare, vol. 2 (?, originally in RCM) Menuet I & II, Bourree: WFS | Range: |
Courente | Weiss, Silvius Leopold | Baroque | RCM6 (?, originally RCM4) | |
Prelude | Weiss, Silvius Leopold | Baroque | RCM6 (?, originally RCM4) | |
Study No. 3, E minor Arpeggio | Aguado, Dionisio | Classical | Originally in RCM5. Not on IMSLP | |
Op. 60, No. 3 in A minor | Carcassi, Matteo | Classical | ||
Opus 60, No. 7: A minor tremolo (No. 9 in some editions) | Carcassi, Matteo | Classical | ||
Op. 40, No. 11, Divertimento | Giuliani, Mauro | Classical | ||
Op. 48, No. 5, E minor | Giuliani, Mauro | Classical | ||
Op. 50, No. 23, Grazioso | Giuliani, Mauro | Classical | ||
Op. 35, No. 13, (Segovia No. 2) in C major | Sor, Fernando | Classical | ||
Two Minuets, Op. 22 & Op. 25 | Sor, Fernando | Classical | ||
Spanish Ballad | Anonymous | Romantic | ||
El Noi de la Mare | Llobet, Miguel | Romantic | ||
El Testament de Amelia | Llobet, Miguel | Romantic | ||
Adelita | Tarrega, Francisco | Romantic | ||
Lagrima | Tarrega, Francisco | Romantic | ||
Julia Florida (Barcarola) | Barrios Mangore, Agustin | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Etudes 1, 3, 4, 5 | Brouwer, Leo | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Etudes 6, 7, 8, 9 | Brouwer, Leo | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Vals | Calatayud, Bartolomé | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Here Comes the Sun | Harrison, George | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Douze Preludes en Forme d'Etudes | Gagnon, Claude | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | Choro: Francaise | |
Desafiado | Jobim, Antonio Carlo | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Samba do Aviao (Song of the Jet) | Jobim, Antonio Carlo | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Solidao | Jobim, Antonio Carlo | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Gentle Waltz | Katz, Brian | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Deux Valses | Kleynjans, Francis | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Two Venezuelan Waltzes (El Negrito, La Gatica) | Lauro, Antonio | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
The Long and Winding Road | Lennon, John and Paul McCartney | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Afro-Cuban Lullaby | Traditional | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Sons de Carilhoes | Pernambuco (Joao Texeira Guimareaes) | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Prelude #1 | Ponce, Manuel | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Prelude 1 | Villa Lobos, Heitor | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Prelude 3 | Villa Lobos, Heitor | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Prelude 4 | Villa Lobos, Heitor | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
The Current | York, Andrew | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Hejira | York, Andrew | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | Refinger high C♯ & E to 1 & 3. | |
In Sorrow's Wake | York, Andrew | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Pine Cove | York, Andrew | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Tufnell Park | York, Andrew | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
King Lotvin | York, Andrew | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Snowflight | York, Andrew | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin | ||
Waiting for Dawn | York, Andrew | 20th Century/ Popular/ Latin |
