It all encouraged guitarists and composers like Heitor Villa Lobos to write new etudes for the classical guitar. Correspondingly, the musicianship aspect of this era is more complicated and requires more analysis. Villa Lobos (1887-1959) couldn’t express themselves within the “standard” limitations either and have written pieces that are very much harder to perform on the instrument. Similarly, guitar composers such as Barrios mangoré (1885-1944), H. ![]() Even though Segovia tried to edit and somehow adapt these pieces according to the classical guitar standards, these pieces ended up having unusual fingering compare to previous eras. In 20th century a well-known guitarist called Andres Segovia encouraged a lot of composers such as Manuel Ponce (1882 – 1948), Joaquín Turina (1882 –1949) and many others (who were not guitar composers) to write music for the classical guitar. These standards were developed through the next eras, along with other musical aspects. ![]() 24 studies for guitar op.48 by Giuliani, complete guitar method by Sor and Coste). During this time, which is also known as the golden age of classical guitar, significant methods, studies and etudes have been written for the classical guitar (e.g. The fundamental standard of guitar’s repertoire was defined in the 18th and 19th century by few remarkable guitarist such as Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841), Fernando Sor, (1778-1839) and Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909). The guitar world began to see some changes in the baroque era, when more well-known composers to be exact as Gasper Sanz (1640-1710), Johan Pachelbel (1653-1706), and Antonia Vivaldi (1678-1741) started to write solos, duets and concertos for the guitar which was a turning point for the repertoire of classical guitar. Therefore, pieces written for the guitar at the time featured less technical difficulty. Basically, due to the difficulty of composing music for the guitar which is not possible without either proficiency in the instrument or close collaboration with a guitarist, there have always been fewer guitar composers compare to piano, violin, etc. lute, vihuela) can be divided into categories according to their style, time- period, nationality, texture, technical and compositional matters. The pieces originally written for the guitar and the guitar’s predecessors (e.g. ![]() It is also important to consider the changes the the guitar and its repertoire has gone through and the composers, musicians and guitarists who have affected this process. In order to explore the various standard types of repertoire for classical guitar, we need to categorize the repertoire into two holistic categories as pieces which are originally written and pieces that are arranged/ adapted for the classical guitar (from piano, violin, etc.).
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