| FROM THE DANCE
James Edwards, Solo Guitar
IN CREATING THESE ARRANGEMENTS, I have tried to approach
the music as if I were actually the composer and had these great ideas
I wanted to write for guitar. How would Debussy have used the guitar if
he possessed a performer's knowledge of its technique! An arrangement
succeeds or fails on its ability to convey the emotions, moods, character
of a piece. To do this well on guitar is much like orchestration on a
smaller scale. So the music here is reflected through my imagination and
the voice of the guitar, and the result, I hope, is a happy union. JE
FROM THE DANCE
© 1994 James Edwards
All selections arranged by James Edwards
Produced by Steve Trott and James Edwards
Engineer - John O'Connor
Graphics - Companion Press
Guitar made by Ignacio Rozas, 1994,
except on 11 and 12 guitar by Dake Traphagen, 1979
Special thanks to Steve Trott, Ted Camp. Jane
Freeburg, and Mark Schlenz.
Cover art from the Victoria & Albert Museum,
London
The Title "From the Dance" was inspired by the
final couplet from Among Schoolchildren by
W. B. Yeats:
O body swayed to music, 0 brightening
glance,
How can we know the dancer from the
dance?
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