Alberto Ginastera Sonata for guitar, Op. 47 ( Score video)

Sandro Rodrigues, guitar: The Sonata for guitar, Op. 47 is a composition by Alberto Ginastera. This sonata was written in 1976 for the guitarist Carlos BarbosaLima. It s the only original composition for guitar by Ginastera. Ginastera added a few musical special effects to the usual sounds of the guitar. The opening Esordio is built on two themes: One has the quality of an exhortation, with accompaniment of punctuating chords. The other theme is more lyrical, with percussion effects. The secondmovement Scherzo is perhaps the most extreme in its use of unusual sound effects: glissandi of both single notes and chords, strumming on the strings in the area where they are attached to their tuning pegs, and causing the strings to snap against the fingerboard punctuate a rhythmic movement. At times, the rhythm stops for some serioussounding outoftempo statements, which are then interrupted by the scherzo. However,