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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

736.0. "Seeking the Joy of Man's Desiring ;-)" by DREGS::BLICKSTEIN (Yo!) Fri Jul 22 1988 14:43

    I am looking for a good transcription of Bach's "Jesu" for classical
    guitar.
    
    I had always regarded this piece as one of THE standard pieces of
    classical guitar repertoire and yet, to my astonishment, I have
    yet to find a store that carried the original version of this
    piece (plenty of "made easy's" and "as interpreted by"'s, etc.).
    
    So I'm seeking a publisher, catalog #, etc, for this.
    
    I KNOW IT'S OUT THERE!!!!
    
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736.1got it!MARKER::BUCKLEYOPERATION: Mindcrime!Fri Jul 22 1988 15:1610
    
    Yo, db!
    
    I got what you are looking for...transcribed from the orig. organ
    piece.
    
    let me find it...its at home
    
    
    Buck
736.22 moreHOMBAS::CONROYThu Jul 28 1988 12:4915
    
    I've got 2 arrangements of that if you're still interested.
    One is by someone named B. Calatayud ( I never heard of him either)
    and is of medium difficulty. I've only got a xerox, so I don't
    have a publisher.
                               
    
    The other is from the collection "Parkening Plays Bach" (There's
    a record of the same name.)  The publisher is, are you ready for
    this? Antigua Casa Sherry-Brener Ltd of Madrid, 3145 West 63rd st.
    Chicago, Ill. 60629. This one I would call difficult.
    
    I can  xerox either or both if you're interested.
    
    Bob
736.3DREGS::BLICKSTEINYo!Fri Jul 29 1988 03:398
    I've got one coming in the mail that sounds like what I'm looking for.
    
    I think the Parkening version is a unique interpretation which is not
    what I'm looking for.
    
    Thanks though,
    
    	db
736.4one of the best pieces ever writtenZYDECO::MCABEEFingers don't work, mind plays onTue Aug 09 1988 01:4912
    Parkening plays Rick Foster's transcription, which is in C.  As
    far as I know, it was the first published guitar version.  Lots
    of people started playing it after Chris recorded it, but it never
    really sounded quite right to me.  Maybe it was the key.  I started
    working out a transcription in G (the original key) nearly 20 years
    ago, before I heard anyone play it on guitar, but never finished it.  
    I coulda been a contendah! (;-)  
    
    Actually, I don't know if G would've worked all the way through.  Has 
    someone done it in G?
    
    Bob
736.5lost temporarilyMARKER::BUCKLEYBoycott Shell Oil, Help END Apartheid!Tue Aug 09 1988 13:445
    
    That;s the one I have...the Rick Foster trans...db, I'm looking
    for it, sorry for the delay.
    
    wjb
736.6better late than never...IMOCAE::HIRDNoone expects the spanish inquisitionMon Sep 12 1988 18:576
    
    I have a copy of it if you are still looking/sampling for one you
    like, let me know by mail and I'll dig it out.
    
    Steve
    
736.7NoSweatVLNVAX::ALECLAIRESun Nov 13 1988 23:578
I have played the Foster transcription for 12 years ( not continuously,
    silly) and think it's pretty accurate. I must think, though it is
    not a repetoire peice like the lute suites. Rather, this is an example
    of a beutiful peice adapted to the instrument for the performer's
    and audiences pleasure. I read it now, and if i play it through
    each day in a week, I pretty much have it memorized. As transcriptions
    of this piece go, this is the standard. Everybody knows of it pretty
    much.
736.8MAIL::TRIGG::EATONThu Feb 28 1991 16:445
	I recently picked this piece up from a sheet music store just down the
road from the office.  It's very simple and is in the key of A.  I love to play
it, its a real relaxer after a tense day at the office.

	Dan
736.9I've got a version in GGLASS::ALLBERYJimThu Feb 28 1991 18:0721
    RE:  <<< Note 736.4 by ZYDECO::MCABEE "Fingers don't work, mind plays on" >>>
    
>>    Actually, I don't know if G would've worked all the way through.  Has 
>>    someone done it in G?
    
    
    The version I've been playing lately is in G.  It's out of a
    collection of "standard" guitar literature.  It's not very difficult.
    G works reasonably well-- the biggest problem is in places the
    arpeggios and the bass line converge on "D."   This makes the
    arrangement sound awkward in places (the bass note doesn't get
    sustained long enough).  I "correct" this in some places by using
    a "D" on the 5th fret of the A string for the bass note and the
    open "D" string for the arpeggio D note.
    
    I can't remember the name of the book.  If anyone's interested, I'll
    look it up and post it later. 
    
    
    Jim