{"id":8308,"date":"2017-11-15T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T18:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=8308"},"modified":"2017-11-16T09:26:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T17:26:39","slug":"sheet-music-offerings-from-kevin-callahan-damien-aribert-frederick-maggio-and-kenneth-meyers-diatonic-arpeggio-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/sheet-music-offerings-from-kevin-callahan-damien-aribert-frederick-maggio-and-kenneth-meyers-diatonic-arpeggio-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheet Music Offerings from Kevin Callahan, Damien Aribert, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rick Maggio, and Kenneth Meyer’s Diatonic Arpeggio Method"},"content":{"rendered":"

We get so much sheet music sent to us by various publishers year \u2019round\u2014literally hundreds of pieces in every setting imaginable (solo guitar, multiple guitars, guitar-flute, guitar-harp, etc.)\u2014but we don\u2019t have the space to write about the great majority of them in our four quarterly issues each year.<\/p>\n

So, just as we occasionally write about classical-guitar album releases regularly in this online space, we also occasionally announce recent print music releases. As with the CDs, these are not reviews per se (some\u00a0will<\/em>\u00a0be reviewed in the magazine, but frankly most will not), but we think it\u2019s important to at least get the word out about what\u2019s being offered to guitarists out there. Where possible, we\u2019ve linked the titles to the publisher\u2019s website or some other outlet where it can be purchased, and stated the degree of difficulty (if provided by the publisher or it\u2019s obvious).\u00a0\u00a0\u2014Blair Jackson\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are links to our previous sheet music listings, beginning in the fall of 2016:\u00a0October 25<\/a>,\u00a0November 8<\/a>,\u00a0November 22<\/a>,\u00a0December 6<\/a>,\u00a0December 20<\/a>,\u00a0January 3, 2017<\/a>,\u00a0January 17<\/a>,\u00a0January 31<\/a>,\u00a0February 14<\/a>,\u00a0February 28<\/a>,\u00a0March 14<\/a>,\u00a0March 28<\/a>,\u00a0April 11<\/a>,\u00a0April 25<\/a>,\u00a0May 9<\/a>,\u00a0May 23<\/a>,\u00a0June 6<\/a>, June 20,<\/a>\u00a0August 29<\/a>, September 19.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nKevin Callahan<\/strong>
\nThe Possessed<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nYesler Way Music, 24 pp.<\/p>\n

This fascinating and complex advanced piece was commissioned by Russian guitarist Artyom Dervoed and premiered by him at the Guitar Foundation of America convention in 2015. We’ll let Callahan describe his piece:<\/p>\n

“The Possessed<\/em> is in three movements. The first movement features numerous and furious scales juxtaposed with lyrical sections that, for some, recall Chopin and Paganini. This is a very animated movement backed by power and bravado, yet offering moments of contemplation.<\/p>\n

“The middle movement begins with harmonics and a feeling of space, a feeling of nostalgia. It is soon followed by a passacaglia that morphs into an accented series of odd meters where voices interplay and perhaps hint at modern Baroque.<\/p>\n

“The last movement, while continuing with themes found in the first and second movements, combines both modern elements with easily accessible melodies culminating in a fury of discordant chords and blistering scales.”<\/p>\n

Below, Russian guitarist Artyom Dervoed plays the lyrical second movement:<\/em>
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