music for Guitar ensembles - Duets

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Bovaglie's Plaid is a strathspey composed by James Scott Skinner (1843-1927).
The name may refer to the woodland around Bovaglie, a woodland purportedly likened to a Highland plaid by Queen Victoria. Arranged for guitar duet, with the melody swapping between guitar 1 and guitar 2.

Cantique de Jean Racine This gorgeous piece is one of Fauré's most famous works, originally for choir and piano (or organ). First published: 1865 (keyboard version, Schoen). Arranged here for guitar duet. Score and parts.

Momentum for guitar duet is an exciting and challenging duet for two guitars. Score and parts.

Pergolesi Sinfonia
Pergolesi's beautiful Sinfonia in F major for violoncello and continuo, arranged here as a duet for two guitars. Score and parts.

Schubert's Hungarian Melody Hungarian Melody (D817) is a beautiful piano piece by Franz Schubert, here arranged for guitar duet. Score and parts.

Three Dances for guitar duet by Clive Lane.
Three original pieces: Fast waltz - Andante - Allegro

Duration: 4' 42" Score and parts

Two Guitar Duets by Clive Lane.
1. The Browning tune (also known as The Leaves Be Green)
was a popular song of the English Renaissance period on which many composers wrote sets of variations. The tune is stated in the first 8 bars of guitar 1.
2. Fantasy in Em was written as part ofthe score for a short film.
Duration: 4' 15" Score and parts.

music for Guitar ensembles - Trios

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Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite 1 (Op. 46).
Peer Gynt, Op. 23, is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt, written by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875.
Originally for string orchestra, it works extremely well on three guitars. Score and parts.

Christmas Carols for guitar trio
10 well-known (and some less well-known) carols.
I have added chord symbols for a possible 4th player, except for No.10, which is better as a trio.

Five Pieces for Three Guitars (Wirripang). Guitar trios. Written in a tonal idiom, with musical interest in each of the parts. Not aimed at beginners, but eminently performable by high school guitar ensembles and amateur groups. Score and parts.

Pur ti miro (I gaze upon you) is the famous love duet from Monteverdi's last opera L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1643). Arranged it for guitar trio, with guitar 3 as continuo. Gorgeous music! Score and parts.

Schubert Trio No.2 in Eb The famous second movement of the Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb, Op. 100.
It has been used in many movies – notably by Stanley Kubrick in his film Barry Lyndon. Score and parts.

Si dolce e l' tormento by Claudio Monteverdi This beautiful accompanied song from Quarto scherzo della ariose vaghezze (Venice:1624) is arranged here for guitar trio.
Score and parts.

Three pieces for guitar trio:
1. Andante
2. Barcarole
3. Scottish Dance
Duration 6'20"
Score and parts.

Two guitar trios
1. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
2. Variations on ‘Tower Hill’ (Giles Farnaby 1563-1640) by Clive Lane
Duration: 6’ 11”
Score and Parts

music for Guitar ensembles - Quartets/Quintets/Orchestra

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Air for John Jenkins John Jenkins (1592-1678) was the greatest of the English composers for consorts of viols. This is my tribute, as a renaissance-style Air. I have included versions for both four, and five guitars.
Score and parts.

And I Love Her Paul McCartney called And I Love Her "the first ballad I impressed myself with". Score and parts.

Andante cantabile from Tchaikovsky's 1st String Quartet, Op. 11 (1871) arranged for guitar quartet (or guitar orchestra). The haunting melody is said to be a Russian folk song that Tchaikovsky heard one of his housekeepers singing.
Score and parts

Australiana. Guitar ensemble/orchestra. Three Australian folk songs with lyrics by Henry Lawson (The Drover's Dream, Andy's Gone with Cattle, and Freedom on the Wallaby). Score and parts.

Bésame mucho (Kiss me a lot)
by Consuelo Velazquez (1916-2005)
Arranged for guitar quartet. Score and parts.

Browning à 5 ("The leaves be green")
This magnificent composition is a set of 20 variations on the melody of a popular song: "The leaves be green". Guitar quintet/orchestra. Score and parts.

Bushfire & Flood for guitar quartet or guitar orchestra
This two-movement piece is a meditation on the extremes of the Australian environment. Score and parts.

Chan Chan This great Cuban classic can be played by guitar quartet, quintet (with optional bass guitar part) or guitar orchestra.

Christmas Carols for Guitar Quartet - Book One 20 well-known (and some less well-known) Christmas carols in two books, arranged for guitar quartet (four guitars, or three guitars and bass guitar).

Christmas Carols for Guitar Quartet - Book Two 20 well-known (and some less well-known) Christmas carols in two books, arranged for guitar quartet (four guitars, or three guitars and bass guitar).

Daphne - a Renaissance melody arranged for guitar quintet/ensemble. Score and parts.

Entrée de Polymnie by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) for guitar quartet/ensemble/orchestra. An arrangement of incidental music from Rameau's opera Les Boréades (c.1763). Score and parts.

Es ist ein Ros ('Lo, how a rose e'er blooming'). This arrangement for guitar quartet combines the Praetorius Es ist ein Ros entsprungen with Melchior Vulpius's four part canon on the same melody to create an attractive Xmas piece.
Score and parts.

Four Seasons In One Day is one of Crowded House's biggest hits. The title refers to the changeable weather in Melbourne, Australia. Arranged here for guitar quartet. Score and parts.

Here, There and Everywhere was written by Paul McCartney (but credited as Lennon-McCartney). In his authorised biography Paul named it as one of his personal favourites. I have arranged it here for guitar quartet. Score and parts.

Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945).
Cavalleria Rusticana was Mascagni’s first opera and premiered when he was 27.
The Intermezzo Sinfonico is played during a scene where the village square is briefly empty, and is justly famous. Score and parts.

I Saw a Maiden This is an arrangement for guitar quartet of two old English carols:
I Saw A Maiden and Sussex Carol
Not difficult and quite beautiful! Score and parts

J S Bach Fugue 14 (Well-Tempered Clavier) for guitar quartet. The guitar 1 part is challenging but the other three are straightforward. Score and parts.

Jenkins Fantasia 5 for guitar quartet. John Jenkins (1592-1678) was the greatest of the composers for consorts of viols, though his works are little-known outside the viol-playing community. I think this Fantasia (and No.6) are the best of his numerous pieces for four viols and they work very well on four guitars. Score and parts.

Jenkins Fantasia 6 for guitar quartet. John Jenkins (1592-1678) was the greatest of the composers for consorts of viols, though his works are little-known outside the viol-playing community. I think this Fantasia (and No.5) are the best of his numerous pieces for four viols and they work very well on four guitars. Score and parts.

Kirribilli On Parade is a jaunty march for guitar quartet, written for the Kirribilli 4 Guitar Quartet (Sydney, Australia). Score and parts.

'Lachrimae' Book One (1-7) by John Dowland (1563-1626) arranged for guitar quartet. Score and parts.

'Lachrimae' Book Two (8-14 by John Dowland (1563-1626) arranged for guitar quartet. Score and parts.

'Lachrimae' Book Three (15-21) by John Dowland (1563-1626) arranged for guitar quartet. Score and parts.

'Lachrimae' Book One (1-7) by John Dowland (1563-1626) arranged for guitar quintet. Score and parts.

'Lachrimae' Book Two (8-14) by John Dowland (1563-1626) arranged for guitar quintet. Score and parts.

'Lachrimae' Book Three (15-21 by John Dowland (1563-1626) arranged for guitar quintet. Score and parts.

March for guitar quartet is a march in three sections (4/4 - 12/8 -4/4).
Duration 3'.47". Score and parts.

Obsession for guitar quartet.The title refers to the obsessive 7/8 rhythm in Guitar 4.
Score and parts. Duration: 2' 35"

Obsession for guitar quintet.The title refers to the obsessive 7/8 rhythm in Guitar 4.The quintet version has a bass added.
Score and parts. Duration: 2' 35"

Round Dance for guitar quartet. Duration: 3':15". Score and parts.

Si dolce e'l tormento by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). Originally published as an accompanied song in the collection Quarto scherzo della ariose vaghezze (Venice:1624) and arranged here for guitar quartet. Score and parts.

Stop the Cavalry is an anti-war song and a Christmas song written and performed by English musician Jona Lewie, released in 1980.
I have arranged it for guitar quartet (Guitar 4 with low 'D').
Includes full score and individual parts.

Strike the Viol by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). A Purcell accompanied song (from 'Come ye sons of Art' 1694) that makes a great guitar quartet, or piece for guitar orchestra.
Score and parts (and optional bass guitar part).

The Catalpa Rescue (for Guitar Orchestra). The Catalpa Rescue is a piece of program music, using folk tunes that tell the story of a fascinating incident in both Australian and US history. Score and parts.

We Three Kings (for guitar orchestra). An arrangement of the well-known Xmas carol for guitar orchestra, featuring three solo guitarists - who take the roles of the three kings.
The guitar orchestra parts are very easy, but the three solo parts are challenging. A crowd pleaser! Score and parts.

Wexford Carol (for guitar quartet) The Wexford Carol or the Enniscorthy Carol (Irish: Carúl Loch Garman, Carúl Inis Córthaidh) is a traditional religious Irish Christmas carol originating from Enniscorthy in County Wexford. Score and parts.