Selected Works for the Seven String Guitar

Alexei Alexandrovich Agibalov was born in Tashkent in 1940.  In addition to being a seven-string guitar virtuoso, Agibalov is one of the very few artists on the territory of the former Soviet Union searching for new modes of expression for the Russian guitar.  He composed a large number of compositions for this instrument including 5 concerti for guitar and orchestra, 3 full scale sonatas, 5 inventions which explore the polyphonic resources of the instrument, many chamber music pieces, guitar duos and etudes.  The 3 pieces included in this volume were composed in the late 1970s and they were revised and updated by the composer for this edition, the first publication of Agibalov's music in the West.  Notes on back cover.  Score, 11 p.