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Charles E. Watson Guitar Lessons
SAMPLE SONG LIST
and MIDI FILES
A Few Popular Selections of Music from the Renaissance to 21st Century
Originals, Personal Variations, and Themes
Midi files are programs that prompt playback through the general midi feature
on your computer and the quality of sound/duplication of program chosen
instruments depends on the sound card and speakers of your computer. Midi
files, as compared to mp3, are quite small and versatile, no downloading is
necessary, and selecting a title link below brings up your default midi player
feature on your computer.
The midi files below have been compiled by various individuals. I have
tried to select the best of those available, sometimes the most
simple/uncomplicated program, like a piano version compared to a full symphony
orchestration, to offer the broadest spectrum of best playback quality.
These midi file samples
are made available for identifying composer and work
and are
not necessarily identical to classical guitar
transcriptions of the scores for these songs.
Some of these midi files
are complete representations of the original
score and some are sample movements from a longer work.
 
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
(1483 – 1546)
Jean-Baptiste
Lully, originally Giovanni Battista Lulli, was an Italian-born French
composer, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of
France.
·
Minuet from The Bourgeois Gentilhomme
·
Air
· Carcassi
· Minuet
King Henry VIII (attrib. 1491 - 1547)
Henry VIII was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland)
from 22 April 1509 until his death. He was also an accomplished musician,
author, and poet.
· Greensleeves
Pachelbel, Johann (1653 - 1707)
Johann Christoph Pachelbel was a German baroque composer and organist.
·
Canon in d minor
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653 – 1713)
Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violin player and Baroque music composer.
·
Gavotte 778 in D minor
· Sonata K.322
· Sonata L.79
Couperin, Francois (1668 – 1733)
François Couperin was an esteemed French composer in the Baroque style.
·
Les Baricades Misterieuses
Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni (1671 – 1750)
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was an Italian baroque composer.
· Adagio; Sonata No. 3
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683 – 1764)
Jean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and
music theorists of the Baroque era.
· Tambourin
Bach, Johann
Sebastian (1685 – 1750)
Johann
Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular
works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together almost all of
the strands of the baroque style and brought it to its ultimate maturity.
·
Minuet in G Major
· Minuet in g minor
·
Lute Prelude(BWV 999)
· Praludium (BWV 924)
· Prelude (Cello Suite BWV1007)
· Allemande (1BWV 996)
· Bourree (1BWV 996)
· Govotte 1 and
2 (3 BWV 995)
· Prelude (4bWV 1006a)
·
Govotte en Rondeau (4 BWV 1006A)
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685 – 1759)
George
Frideric Handel (German Georg Friedrich Händel), was a German Baroque music
composer who lived much of his life in Great Britain, a leading composer of
concerti grossi, operas and oratorios.
·
Siciliana: Largo (from concerto grosso in B flat major no. 8)
Pergolesi,
Giovanni Battista (1710 – 1736)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.
· Sicilienne
Sonata in G major
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 – 1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer of European classical music and is
widely regarded as one of history's greatest composers. His enormous output
includes works that are widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic,
chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Many of his works are part of the
standard concert repertory and are widely recognized as masterpieces of the
classical style.
· Serenade from Don Giovanni
·
Minuet from Don Giovanni
· Sonata No. 11 in A major
Beethoven, Ludwig
van (1770 – 1827)
Ludwig
van Beethoven was a German composer of classical music, who lived
predominantly in Vienna, Austria. He was a major musical figure in the
transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. Beethoven is
widely regarded as one of history's greatest composers.
· Fur Elise
· Turkish March from “The Ruins of Athens”
· Sonata no. 14 in c sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 (Moonlight Sonata)
Giuliani, Mauro ( 1781 - 1829)
Mauro Giuliani was an Italian guitarist and composer.
·
Variations on Theme G.F. Handel
Schubert, Franz
Peter (1797 – 1828)
Franz
Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer, considered the last master of the
Viennese Classical school and one of the earliest proponents of musical
Romanticism.
· The Trout (Die Forelle) op. 114 in A major
· The Organ Grinder (Die Wintereisse)
Mendelssohn, Felix
(1809 – 1847)
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, known simply as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German
composer of the early Romantic period. He is often considered the greatest
child prodigy after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
·
Op. 16 no. 6 (Venetian Boat Song)
Op. 61 no. 9 (Midsummer's Night Dream, Wedding March)
Chopin, Fryderyk Francizek (1810 – 1849)
Frédéric-François Chopin is one of the most famous, influential, and admired
composers for the piano, and possibly Poland's most significant composer.
·
Sonata op. 35 in b flat minor; Trauermarsch
Marche funebre (Funeral
March)
· Mazurka op. 28 no. 2
· Preludes op. 28 no. 7 in A major
· Preludes op. 28 no. 36 in F# major (BI 129)
· Etudes op.10 no. 3. Etude in E major
Schumann, Robert Alexander (1810 – 1856)
Robert Schumann was a German composer and pianist. He was one of the most
famous Romantic composers of the first half of the 19th century. An
intellectual as well as an aesthete, his music, more than any other composer,
reflects the deep personal nature of Romanticism.
· Traumerei (Reverie) from Scenes of Childhood op. 15 no. 7
List, Franz (1811 – 1886)
Franz
Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc), was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer
of the Romantic era. Liszt is widely considered to be one of the greatest
piano virtuosi of all time, and certainly the most famous of the nineteenth
century.
·
Liebestraume no. 3
Wagner,
Richard (1813-1833)
Wilhelm
Richard Wagner was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist,
and essayist, primarily known for his groundbreaking symphonic-operas (or
"music dramas").
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
Strauss, Johann jr. (1825 – 1899)
Johann
Strauss II (or Johann Strauß Sohn - Johann Strauss son - or Johann Strauss the
Younger, or Johann Strauss Jr., or Johann Sebastian Strauss) was an Austrian
composer known especially for his waltzes, such as The Blue Danube. Johann
Strauss II was the son of Johann Strauss I, himself a composer. His brothers
Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss were also composers; but Johann II is the
most famous of the family. He was known in his lifetime as "the waltz king,"
and the popularity of the waltz in Vienna through the 19th century is due in
large part to him.
· The Emperor’s Waltz
·
Valse “Blue Danube”
Brahms, Johannes
(1833 – 1897)
Johannes Brahms was a German composer of Romantic music, who predominantly
lived in Vienna, Austria. Brahms was considered by many to be the "successor"
to Beethoven, and his first symphony was described by Hans von Bülow as
Beethoven's tenth symphony.
· Waltzer in A major op. 39 no. 15
Debussy, Claude Achille (1862 – 1918)
Achille-Claude Debussy was a composer of European classical music. He
developed the style commonly referred to as Impressionist music. Debussy's
music represents the transition from late-romantic music to 20th century
music.
· Arabesque no. 1
· Suite bergarmasque no. 3 Clair de lune
Rachmaninov, Sergej (1873 – 1943)
Sergei
Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Sergej Rahmaninov), was a Russian-born American
composer, pianist, and conductor.
·
Polka Italienne
·
Prelude in c# minor op. 3 no. 2
examples of:
Andres Segovia
Andrés Segovia, Marques de Salobreña (1893 – 1987), was
a Spanish classical guitarist and is considered to be the father of the modern
classical guitar movement by most modern scholars. Segovia claimed that he
rescued the guitar from the hands of flamenco gypsies, and built up a
classical repertoire to give it a place in concert halls.
Fernando Sor
Fernando Sor (1778 – 1839)
was a Spanish guitarist and composer, born in Barcelona. He is known sometimes
as the 'Beethoven of the Guitar' in Spain.
Issac Albeniz
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz (1860 – 1909) was a Spanish pianist and
composer, best known for his piano works that are based on Spanish folk music.
Julio Sagreras
Julio Salvador Sagreras Ramirez, (1879-1944). Born in Paraguay, Argentine
guitar composer who wrote among other things the imitation of the hummingbird
called El Colibri (midi sample). He was a musical prodigy who became a
composer of many works for the orchestra, piano, theatre and guitar. He also
wrote a guitar tutor.
Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) is a
Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor.
Watson, Charles E. (b. 1977)
Charles
Ernest Watson is a North American born composer and guitarist.
·
Rhapsody in Gray in G minor
·
La Fureur
·
Spanish Winter Dance
mp3
·
Prelude in A minor
·
Folk Variations
Malaguena
anonymous Spanish folk song
Siman Tov
anonymous Hebrew folk song
Dodi Li
mp3
anonymous Hebrew folk song
Dark Eyes
(Ochi Chernye)
anonymous
Russian folk song
Examples of:
Blues (12 bar) Latin
(Girl from Epanema) Jazz (Green
Dolphin Street)
Rock ( Johnny B. Good) Movie
Theme (Titanic)
Charles E. Watson Guitar Lessons
Sample Song List with Midi Files
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