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Commercial Classical Guitar Internet Web Sites
Links from this page are currently provided to commercial (you sell or produce Classical Guitar products) Classical Guitar sites that also provide a link to this site. Use the contact link on the menu to request a link.
NOTE - Fall 2005 - when I checked these links I found that several were not working - instead of removing the information I disabled the bad links - please send updates to the webmaster by submitting the form found here.
Table of Contents
This page contains links to commercial web sites The information is divided into the following categories:
- CG Printed Music Sources
- CG Instruments and Luthiers
- CG Music Publishers
- CG Miscellaneous Products
- CG Recordings/Artists/Composers
- CG Software
CG Printed Music Sources
The sites below offer online (or available for download) catalogs of CG music and sometimes more.
- Mel Bay Publications - FREE monthly downloads!, online catalog & more.
- Maple Street Guitars - The southeast US & Georgia's Best CG Shop; large selection of music, instruments, supplies.. (404) 231-5214, (404) 231-5271, FAX (404) 231-5529.
- TABULATURA - Books, Music and Drawings (New, Secondhand and Antiquarian - Specializing in Plucked Instruments As the Early Guitar and the Lute)
- Amber Rose Music - "Music teachers will find a wealth of Tutors, Solo, Duo and Ensemble material at all levels."
- Classical Guitar Studio - "Supplier of classical guitar sheet music by most major publishers, as well as supplies, recordings, and instruments."
- Want to buy sheet music, songbooks or guitar tabs? Try Sheet Music Plus. They have over a quarter million titles to choose from, and you can order online.
- GuitarNotes
(Spanish Guitar Centre) -"Guitarnotes, the new trading name of the Spanish Guitar Centre in Nottingham, Europe's leading
Classical Guitar music specialist .. with 15 000 stock titles we have most of the available commercially
published repertoire at our fingertips - the folks here were very helpful when I was searching for music that I could not find in the US... - Barry Mason's Spanish Guitar Centre - "in the heart of London, next to Leicester Square underground station".
- Classical Guitar Music Shop (UK) - "On this site you will find free resources for classical guitarists, and music, backing tracks and strings on sale in our Online Shop"
- Spanish Guitar Shop - Spanish guitar shop sells high quality guitars some of them with a historical value as José Pernas 1854 pear-shape or Joseph Martinez 1792. Others secction: Forum, Articles, Scores, Books...
- Los Angeles Classical Guitars - instruments, music, accessories, CD, videos and more; online orders.
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CG Instruments
Sites with instruments available for sale.
- Maple Street Guitars - The southeast US & Georgia's Best CG Shop; large selection of quality hand picked instruments (404) 231-5214, (404) 231-5271, FAX (404) 231-5529. E-mail: maplestreetgtrs@mindspring.com
- Guitar Salon International (GSI) - A very nice site for those searching for instruments - dealer of fine Classical and Flamenco Guitars; publishes a catalog (paper), special offerings, historical information, forums and online articles; all dealing with the guitar.
- Randy Wood Guitars - Custom Instrument Specialist, Engraving, Wood Carving, Pearl Inlay, Factory Authorized Gibson & Martin Repair. Randy makes incredible mandolins! Phone: (912) 748-1930 Fax: (912) 355-3408; 1304 E. Hwy 80, Bloomingdale, GA 31302
- Tom Blackshear, Luthier - classical & flamenco guitars. "I anticipate a promising future for guitar builders. We have everything at our fingertips, like the internet for information, with custom orders, and diverse retail shops to sell our works of art... Truly, we are in the golden age of guitar building."
- Classical Guitar Studio - "Supplier of classical guitar sheet music by most major publishers, as well as supplies, recordings, and instruments." This is the only store (that I know of) in South Carolina that is dedicated to CG...
- Bruce Banister - Fine & Rare Guitars - classical & flamenco guitars - Phone & fax 515-386-8863 - "...dedicated to bringing the finest classical and flamenco guitars to players and collectors."
- Casa de la Guitarra Espanola - located in Barbastro Spain - instruments, historical information, Gaspar Sanz downloads, links and more. (English and Spanish)
- Somervell Guitars - Doug Somervell, Luthier, Brasstown, NC. USA - custom made instruments, repairs, parts.
- Trilogy Guitars, Los Angeles, Ca (close to LAX.) New and used Classical, Acoustic and Flamenco guitars; SUPER customer service and a fun and interesting place to visit - tell them I sent you.
- Paul Weaver Guitars
- luthier, Eugene Oregon.
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CG Music Publishers
CG music publishers - a great resource for music coming out as well as additional links to CG/music related sites.
- Editions Orphée, Inc. Home of G.A.L.I., the on-line guitar and lute magazine; online catalog.
- Mel Bay Publications - all styles of guitar music, book & study aides.
- Les Productions d'OZ - Canadian CG music publisher.
- Tuscany Publications - Solo Guitar, Guitar Duos & Ensembles, Guitar & Voice/Other Instruments. (Richard M. Long, Publisher/Editor.)
- DOBERMAN-YPPAN, Publisher - Guitar solos, duets, trios, quartets, guitar ensembles, chamber music.
- Amoriello Guitar Publications - presenting works by contemporary composers for the classical guitar.
- Guitarinensemble.com - "specialized editorial which presents an educational, new and innovative material to treat the guitar as an ensemble instrument. We offer, to the guitar and chamber music teachers, several level scores and instrumental combinations which combine the guitar ensemble with wind, string instruments and voice."
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CG Miscellaneous
Assorted Miscellaneous CG product offerings.
- Maple Street Guitars - The southeast US & Georgia's Best CG Shop; large selection of music, instruments, supplies. (404) 231-5214, (404) 231-5271, FAX (404) 231-5529. E-mail: maplestreetgtrs@mindspring.com
- Musician's Friend Homepage - online and printed catalog for electronic music/gadget needs.
- Just Strings - "The Musical Instrument Superstore" -it looks like they might have just about any string you might need...
- Fernandez Music (CA, USA) - Instruments including Portuguese Guitars (guitarras portuguesas) includes: instruments for sale, a free internet lesson, info on a method, a song book; site also includes CG related offers and information including a well done article on 'custom set-up' of guitars.
- New Artificial Nail Product - new site online in 1/2006 - new product from Rico Stover.
- Notes
from Tom - 20+ year vendor of strings - now (2008) accepting orders
online (strings for guitars and other instruments.)
CG Software
- Virtualsolo Guitar - Java software (cross platform) Guitar Theory - Learn Notes, Natural Harmonics, Perfect Pitch, Relative Pitch, Intervals, Scales, Chords. Built-in Email can send Progress Reports.
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CG Recordings/Artists
Information on CG recordings by various artists and companies.
- Welcome from Pepe Romero (USA)
- Stanley Yates - a very talented scholar, performer and teacher. Make sure to read his Villa Lobos article! (USA)
- Progetto Avanti - The Swedish Guitar Project - "A classical guitar duo with an unique concept of transcribing and performing complete orchestral works on two guitars."
- David Qualey & DQMusic "This is the place where you will find everything you want to know about my music, about concerts, about publications, about my dog, about my golf game...etc." (Europe)
- Berta Rojas Classical Guitarist from Paraguay
- Gerald Garcia Perfomer, composer, and recording artist. (Europe)
- Trio Con Brio - "A trio with esprit, wit, charm and fire: characteristics which, many critics would agree, are optimally expressed in its name. This mixed ensemble (guitar, flute and viola) is comprised of three outstanding musicians who place the highest artistic demands on their work." (Europe)
- Bengt Wikström - Teacher and Performer (SWEDEN)
- The Divine Art Record Company - A small UK record label with just one CG recording "20th century British Guitar Music" by Jonathan Richards. Includes Rawsthorne's "Elegy" and John Tavener's "Chant".
- Glenn Weiser - Celtic Guitar Resources, folk music links, harmonica links/info, CG Celtic arrangements from Glenn's published collections (which are recommended by the WebMaster) and more! (USA)
- Jerry Williard - Guitarist & Lutenist, publications and other information (USA)
- Montreal Guitar Trio - "Three talented Quebécois guitarists make up the Montreal Guitar Trio, an ensemble formed at the beginning of 1998. Each guitarist is a graduate in performance from the University of Montreal and individually they have received a number of Canadian performance awards."
- New Guitar Web Site - (Canada) "We program contemporary concert music for classical and jazz guitar".
- Michael Bracken, classical guitarist -(Canada) "recently released his premiere compact disc Good News a recording of twentieth century works for guitar that has been met with critical acclaim."
- "The Goldspiel/lProvost Classical Guitar Duo is one of the most exciting and sought after guitar duos in the country." A nicely done site with biographical info, reviews of the duo, recording samples and listings of works published.
- Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
- was formed by students of the Royal Northern
College of Music in 1999. "A major focus of the group is to explore a wide range of musical styles, from standard guitar repertoire to string quartet arrangements and contemporary compositions. These include works by Joseph Haydn, Bela Bartok, Stephen Dodgson, Leo Brouwer and Patrick Roux." - Kaare Norge - Danish Guitarist: whose "career has been a traditional/untraditional, successful course with app. 10 albums, some 100 concerts a year and regular appearances on television and radio..."
- Erling Mřldrup - Danish Guitarits: "active as soloist and chamber musician and has appeared as soloist with various orchestras in scandinavia. As guest teacher, lecturer, soloist and member of various ensembles he has toured most West European countries, East Europe, South America, Korea and the USA."
- Andrew Zohn - USA (Georgia) Guitarist, composer/arranger and teacher.
- Eduardo Fernandez - virtuoso/teacher/composer from Uraguay. "Eduardo Fernández is also active as a teacher, having taught several years at the University Conservatory in Montevideo, as well as being very much in demand for masterclasses all around the world. He has written a major book on guitar technique ("Technique, Mechanism, Learning", to be published by Chanterelle Verlag, Heidelberg in 1999) as well as several articles in leading guitar publications."
- Cem Duruöz - classical guitarist - his new solo CD is available, French Baroque Music of Marin Marais Pieces de Viole, issued by Centaur Records, CRC2498.
- Editions Hill/Wiltschinsky. This on-line catalogue features many of the pieces recorded and played by the Hill/Wiltschinsky Guitar Duo over the last 28 years.
- Anthony Glise - classical guitarist, composer, author, music editor - make sure to check out his critical editions.
- Jan-Olof Eriksson - A diverse musician, Joe performs on both classical and electric guitars as a soloist and with groups. "He is a prolific composer and arranger for guitar solo, for guitar and other instruments, and also for ensembles and guitar orchestra." The site offers several PDF scores for download (solo and 2+ guitars.)
- Duo46 - (New music for Guitar and Violin) "Duo46 has been heard in Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Turkey, Germany, Italy, and as far away as Singapore..."
- Lawrence Johnson - Lawrence has recorded the complete works of Fernando Sor.
- John Lehmann-Haupt - John has a new CD out, Songs of the Guitar. "I've always loved to arrange songs for the guitar and interweave them with classical pieces to give audiences a mix of old and new that has both contrast and continuity." (It includes an arrangement of Ashokan Farewell (from The Civil War movie series) - a piece much discussed with CG players a few years ago..
- John Pearce Classical And Romantic Guitar - "Elegant Music for Weddings and Special Events" (Ca, USA)
- Aaron Brock - Concert Guitarist - Make sure to check out the video section (this is an extremely well done web site - worth a look!)
- Cristiano Porqueddu - Italian Guitarist - Cristiano maintains a web site with many resources and 'samples' including MP3 files. He will be releasing a series of CDs (beginning in 2005) where he is recording the 60 guitar studies of Angelo Gilardino.
- Martha Masters - winner of the 2000 GFA competition; Martha provided us with a wonderful musical evening in 2002 - read about it here. Martha has a New CD out, "Viaggio in Italia" (2006) - you can order online from the link provided. :)
- Sean Driscoll, Classical Guitarist
- Dr. Robert Phillips - performer, journalist, arranger/composer and leading Llobet scholar.
- Baltazar Benitez. - Guitarist from Uraguay living in the Netherlands.
- Harp Guitarist John Doan - six string not enough? Try 20 strings - John is both a performer and a composer with CDs, DVDs and printed music available. If you enjoy Celtic music this make sure to check out the samples.
- József Eötvös - Hungarian (guitarist) performer, composer and teacher. Offers MP3 (Bach, Brahms, Chopin) and composition downloads (some free!)
- The Tantalus Guitar Quartet (Kristian Anderson, Matthew Cochran, Kevin Manderville, Stephen Mattingly) - Debut CD is now available.
- Heike Matthiesen - German guitarist - "1998 her first solo-CD Sol y luna with Spanish and South American repertoire was released with Tyrolis. Her second CD entirely with works by Roland Dyens was released in March 2001."
- Eric Lemieux -
Canadian Guitarist/Composer - new 1/2010 CD of original, cotemporary music
for classical guitar.
Want to buy sheet music, songbooks or guitar tabs? Try Sheet Music Plus. They have over a quarter million titles to choose from, and you can order online.
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