We proudly present this new modern critical edition of Antoine de Lhoyer's Six Exercices Op. 27
originally published in Paris around 1812. These exercises originally written for 5-string
guitar are remarkably advanced for their time and well worth playing the rapid arpeggio
patterns and daring harmonic shifts in some of them may bring even Villa-Lobos to mind. The Six
Exercices Op. 27 were arranged by Giuliani and published some 7 years later under his name as
Six Preludes Op. 83.The exercises were originally written for 5-string guitar. We have added
alternative readings for using the 6th string an often employed publishing practice of the
period. The music is edited and fingered by Erik Stenstadvold an authority on the guitar
repertoire of the early 19th century. There is also an informative preface with full
biographical details and critical notes.Instrumentation:guitarop. 27
