Ilyin V. Popular Melodies. Arranged for six-stringed guitar solo

Guitar is а wonderful instrument, indeed, for during hundreds of years it has been perpetually occurring at the far corners of the musical main sphere in different countries, meanwhile going on living despite everything. This phenomenon may be explained by different social groups of population to have been discovering necessity in guitar in some particular genre of art. This instrument is able to be'ingenuous and intricate at the same time. Both the aristocratic noble style and the spirit of folk are peculiar to guitar. And at last, nothing, but guitar, is so accessible to just music-lovers, evoking simultaneously such а great interest in the hearts of professionals. Thus the repertoire for guitar continues to be revived, extended and renewed. Nowadays the classical guitar genre is undergoing the kind of its revelation in Russia as if being discovered anew. It's nevermore associates in our mind with only the rock music or bards' songs. The guitar returns to the concert stage. Most of the serious modern composers create not only solo guitar pieces, but also concertos for guitar and orchestra! However, this is really the guitar classics, that is firmly left as the base of any repertoire. These exact pieces are offered to you in this collection. Such compositions use to enjoy their popularity, giving any musician the chance of trying his (or her) skill.

This collection is recommended as the sort of manual for the guitar classes' students of middle and high music colleges, so as for all the music-lovers.

Contents:

SILENT MIDNIGHT. Russian folk song (Music text example)
EVENING OF THE FOUL AUTUMN. Russian folk song
MY SWEET ONE. Russian folk song
GOLDEN HEAPS. Russian folk song
P. Armand. AS THE CLOUDS OVERHANGING AT THE CITY. From “Man with a Gun”
CORN-FLOWERS. Russian folk song
INSIDE THE LOW ATTIC. Russian folk song
SEVEN-FOURTY. Jewish folk song
MURKA. Urban folk song
KALINKA. Russian folk song
Yu. Boiko. VARIATIONS TO THE UKRAINIAN AND SPANISH THEMES