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Complete Agustin Barrios Mangore for Guitar (Sheet Music)

Recommended Modern Editions

Complete Agustin Barrios Mangore for Guitar (Sheet Music)

Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944) - The complete works of Barrios for guitar are available from this excellent edition by Rico Stover. It's such a great collection that Werner Guitar Editions has little to add. I highly recommend that anyone interested in Barrios get this edition even if you work off another score because this a the definitive source. Plus, the fingering in this edition is pretty solid overall. Although I might change the occasional fingering, it's good enough that we don't much reason to make our own editions of Barrios. You can look inside the book on Amazon. Buy or Look Inside via Amazon Complete Works of...

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Sarabande for Guitar by Francis Poulenc (Sheet Music & Video)

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Sarabande for Guitar by Francis Poulenc (Sheet Music & Video)

Sarabande for Guitar, To Ida Presti, (FP179) by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963). Composed in 1960.  Sheet Music: I recommend using this Recordi edition via Sheet Music Plus: Sarabande pour Guitare by Poulenc wiki: “Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (1899–1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodies, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music.”

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