Guitars Made of Old Hats (2023)

Guitars Made of Old Hats is a collection of arrangements I created as part of the final year of my undergraduate study at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. 

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The project aimed to expand the repertoire of music available for guitar from around the turn of the 20th century, when the modern guitar canon was just being established by Andrés Segovia. Segovia's choices led to a preference for large, Spanish-Romantic works, and deprived the guitar repertoire of many works from Modernist, non-guitarist composers. I have taken works by composers from this time, some of whom expressed an interest in writing for the guitar or wrote one piece for guitar, others who were looking to experiment with new timbres, and have arranged their music for guitar/guitar chamber ensembles.  
 

Some of the arrangements from this collection are available to purchase upon request. 

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