Harry Raven, brother of Michael Raven’s father’s father, who kept the Royal Oak at Watnall, Nottinghamshire. The courtyard look the same today.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
Carefully selected to be within the range of the average player, the contents are: 24 studies by Carcassi; three gavottes by J.S. Bach; three renaissance lute pieces (all recorded by Julian Bream); Suite in D and Suite in E by Michael Raven; Maria Eleanor; English airs and dances and studies by Sor, Guilliani and Carulli. All the music is in staff notation and about half is also in tablature. 64 pages, A4 size. Recording: there is not a companion cassette but some of the music has been recorded by Michael Raven on the LP (and cassette) A Miscellany of Guitar Music, which is still available.
Joseph Kuffner
Price £4.95
In his day Joseph Kuffner (1776-1856) was the most celebrated composer in Europe, eclipsing even his illustrious friend Beethoven. These easy duets are very easy indeed, yet musically most rewarding. What is more, the top line stands complete as a solo composition. Printed here are Opus 80 and Opus 87, complete with a biography of Kuffner. These 37 duets are the best of their kind. There is no Companion cassette. 32 pages, A4 size.
Michael Raven
Price £12.50
Books 1 and 2 in one volume. 76 pieces which include a grand concert solo arrangement of Bobby Shaftoe in gipsy style; arrangements of traditional tunes such as Little Birds of the Mountain, Slaughter House and the English Echo; and new pieces such as Kellman’s Harp, the Ratchup Pipes and Rag in G major. All in staff notation and tablature. 128 pages, 9 inches x 12 inches.
Michael Raven
Price £12.50
Books 3 and 4 in one volume. 68 pieces which include Gipsy Part Two, a performance piece incorporating folk tunes and flamenco, English traditional dances, Irish polkas, new music and arrangements of popular songs such as Ain’t She Sweet, Mendelssohn’s Wedding March and a full notation of the Lichfield Bower Greenhill Processional, Mike Raven’s best known concert solo. All in staff notation and tablature. 128 pages, 9 x 12 inches. Companion Cassettes: all the music, note for note as written, has been recorded on two 60 minute cassettes, one for each book. They can be ordered separately.
Michael Raven
Price £16.50
“A superb and varied collection.” Charles Scott Classical Guitar. 155 easy to moderately difficult arrangements of a variety of music: lute pieces, popular songs, flamenco, folk tunes, country dances, original compositions etc. and some full concert solos. Titles include: Clun Castle Dirge, Carminda’s Aire, Slain in Egypt, Colombiana, Pradoe Pavan, Black Queen, Jota, Tanguillio, Earl’s Entry, Dead of Rajistan, Stockport Carnival Dance, etc. Note: this is not a compilation of previously published music. 256 pages, 9 x 12 inches, sewn in sections. Companion Cassettes: Five cassettes, £4.00 each. The recordings were made using my old Ramirez flamenco guitar and a synthesized guitar.
Michael Raven
Price £3
11 pieces for solo guitar. Titles include: Helston Furry Dance, Off to California, In Midnights of November, A Jigg Ashling, Dowland’s Alman, Ladies go Dancing at Whitsun, Beatrice Hill’s Reel, Morpeth Rant, Poor Murdered Woman, Clee Hill Reel, Please to see the King. Easy to moderate difficulty; staff notation and tablature; 16 pages, A4.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
36 pieces for solo guitar. Titles include: Mandrake, Mexican Serenade, Mills of Strata Marcella, Roaring Hornpipe, Jockey to the Fair, Mulberry Garden etc., and there are 14 Playford dances, 6 new pieces, 3 Scottish dances, 2 Flemish Maying songs and the famous Autumn Leaves. Easy to moderate; Staff notation and tablature, 64 pages, 9 x 12 inches. Companion Cassette: 63 minutes duration.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
44 titles for solo guitar. Contents include: Four Short Pieces; Popular Songs (Don’t Bring Lulu, Sicilian Waltz, etc.); Celtic Tunes: Flowers of the Forest, Wicklow Hornpipe, She Moves Through the Fair, etc; 17thC and 18thC Dances; and 16 English Country Dances (Abbot’s Bromley Horn Dance etc.) Easy to moderate; staff notation and tablature; 64 pages, 9 x 12 inches. Companion Cassette: 69 minutes playing time.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
36 airs, dances and cafe songs for solo guitar by Michael Raven from English country dances to Latin American pieces. Titles include: Cafe Song in E minor, Wolf's Head Polka, Christmas at Soulton Hall, Severn Boating Song, Watling Street Rag, Cajun Exile, Cadfael’s Chant etc. Staff notation and tablature; 64 pages, 9 x l2 inches. Companion Cassette: Duration 60 minutes.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
36 pieces for solo guitar comprising: 14 hymns (Richmond, Zachary, Eternal Father, Gonfalon Royal, etc.); 9 Thomas Hardy fiddle tunes arranged as The Dorchester Suite (Laura, Irish Devil, Speed the Plough, Volage Quadrille, etc.); and 13 Cafe Songs and Country Dances (Bringewood Waters, A49 Reel., Lazy Jane, etc.). Staff notation and tablature; 64 pages, 9 x 12 inches. Companion Cassette: 60 minutes duration.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
35 English airs and country dances for solo guitar. Titles include: Argeers, Horsehay Two Stick Dance, Rosebud in June, Cat Tails Polka, Nutting Girl, Cherry Garden, Shirlett Forest Reels, Two French Brawls etc., and a curiosity, Freight Train as a flamenco waltz. Staff notation and tablature; 64 pages, 9 x 12 inches. Companion Cassette: 59 minutes.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
35 airs and dances for solo guitar. Titles include: Badger Two Step, Clun Forest Dirge, Bathsheba’s Hymn, Blackbird Fly No More, Lark in the Clear Air, Morrison’s Jig, Confess, Lord Anson For Ever, Ode to Lydia etc. and a flamenco Garrotin (transcribed from the Guitar Magic LP). Staff notation and tablature; 64 pages; 9 x 12 in. Companion Cassette: 55 minutes duration.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
Transcriptions from the CD of all 24 guitar solos and 6 of the 13 songs (sung by Joan Mills) and their accompaniments. Tunes include: Nottingham Swing, Mainstone Hornpipe, Newcastle (what a good tune that is), Lament for Peter Bellamy and Fred Jordan’s Galliard. Amongst the songs are: Flowers in Her Hair, Octopus Dancing, Lament for Owain Glyndwr, Land of Lost Content, Mirror of My Mind and Midnight in the City etc. Staff notation and tablature; 64 pages, 9 x 12 inches. Companion CD: 80 minutes duration. One guitar (steel-strung Lowden) and one voice.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
Transcriptions from the CD of all 42 Welsh aires, dances and harp pieces arranged for solo guitar. Easy to moderate difficulty. Titles include: Grey Cuckoo, Sailor’s Grave, Sweet Richard, Lady Treffael’s Conceit, Spanish Minuet, Missing Boat, Watching the Wheat, John Francis, Lark’s Elegy, etc. Michael Raven was born in Cardiff and went to school at Towyn. Staff notation and tablature; 64 pages, 9 x 12 inches. Companion CD: 70 minutes.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
Transcriptions from the CD of all 20 Welsh airs and dances arranged for solo guitar and all 17 Housman poems set to traditional melodies (sung by Joan Mills). Some lovely and unusual music. Solos include: Megan's Daughter, Rhoslan Reel, White Rose of Summer, Clover, Farewell to Llangyfelach and Galaru etc. Most of Housman’s best-loved verses are here: Bredon Hill, On Wenlock Edge, Midnights of November, Is My Team Ploughing, Shrewsbury Jail etc. Solos and song accompaniments in staff notation and tablature; 64 pages; 9x12 inches. Companion CD 80 minutes duration.
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