Baroque Sheet Music for Classical Guitar

Baroque Sheet Music for Classical Guitar. This page lists Baroque pdf sheet music by composer and grade. The Baroque was one of the most exciting times for plucked string instruments. From the varieties of Baroque lute, theorbo, and Baroque guitar it was an amazing era of music and also the declining popularity of the lute in favour of keyboard instruments. Below are some of the free and premium scores we have for Baroque music arranged for classical guitar. Picture of above is from Lorenzo Micheli plays Toccata seconda arpeggiata (Venice, 1604) by Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580–1651) on theorbo, see the video here.

Baroque Solo Works for Classical Guitar 

• Collections
• Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 1, Grade 3-7
• Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, Grade 4-7
• Kellner: Rondeau, Pastorel, Passepied, Giga, Grade 6-9

• Francesco Asioli (1645-1676)
• Aria and Capriccio by Asioli, Grade 6-7

• J.S Bach (1685-1750)
• Suite in E Minor BWV 996 by Bach (Complete), Advanced
• Cello Suite No.2, BWV1008 by Bach (Complete), Early-Advanced
• Bach: Bouree from BWV 996, Grade 6, Free Notation
• Bach: Air ‘On the G String’ for Easy Guitar, Grade 4
• Bist du bei mir (Be thou with me) by Bach & Stölzel, Grade 6
• Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Grade 4
• Bach / Petzold: Minuet in G, Anh.114, Grade 4
• Bach: Prelude in D minor, BWV 999, Grade 7
• Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite BWV 1007, Grade 7
• Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 BWV 1007, Free non-editorial edition
• Bach: Prelude in E Major, Lute Suite BWV1006a, Advanced
• Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208 by Bach, Grade 6
• Sinfonia (Arioso) from Cantata BWV 156 by Bach, Grade 5

• Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690-1758)
• Partita No.16 in E Minor by Brescianello, Grade 6-8

• Carlo Calvi (c.1610-1670) – Baroque, Italy 
• Canario by Carlo Calvi, Grade 2, Sheet Music or Tab
• Tordilione by Calvi, Grade 1, Sheet Music or Tab

• David Kellner (1670–1748) – Baroque Germany
• Kellner: Rondeau in A Major, Gr.7, Lesson, Sheet Music or TAB
• Kellner: Passepied in A Major, Gr.6, Lesson, Sheet Music or TAB
• Kellner: Pastoral in A Major, Gr.6, Lesson, Sheet Music or TAB
• Kellner: Giga in A Major, Gr.8, Lesson, Sheet Music or TAB
• Sarabande by David Kellner, Grade 3, Sheet Music or Tab
• Double by Kellner, Grade 3, Sheet Music or Tab

• Johann Anton Logy [Jan Antonín Losy] (1650-1721)
• Logy: Gigue from Suite in C Major, Gr. 2, Lesson, Sheet Music or TAB

• Santiago de Murcia (1682-1739) – Baroque
• Murcia: Folias Gallegas – Grade 5-6, Sheet Music, Tab
• Murica: Payssanos (Greensleeves Theme) – Grade 6, Sheet Music, TAB
• Murcia: Villanos – Grade 6, Sheet Music, TAB
• Zangarilleja by Murcia – Grade 4

• Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) – Baroque, Irish
• O’Carolan’s Cap Melody, Mid-Beginner, Free
• O’Carolan’s Dream (Melody), Grade 1
• Carolan’s Welcome by O’Carolan, Grade 4
• O’Carolan’s Draught by O’Carolan, Grade 4

• Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) – Baroque
• Pachelbel’s Canon in D, Grade 5, Free Sheet Music, Free TAB

• Christian Petzold (1677–1733)
• Petzold: Minuet in G, Anh.114, Gr.4, Baroque, Notation or TAB

• Ludovico Roncalli (1654 -1713), Baroque, Italy
• Preludio from Sonate VII by Roncalli, Grade 6, Sheet Music or Tab

• Gaspar Sanz (ca 1650-1710) – Baroque, Spain
• Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 1, Grade 3-7
• Gaspar Sanz Collection Volume 2, Grade 4-7
• Bailete Frances by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 5
• Canarios by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 7
• Espanoleta (Theme), Grade 2
• Easy Rujero by Sanz, Grade 2
• Las Hachas by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 3
• Españoletas by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 4
• Folias by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 5
• Fuga by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 5
• La Cavalleria de Nápoles by Sanz, Grade 6
• La Esfachata de Napoles by Sanz, Grade 4
• Lantururu by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 2
• Marionas by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 7
• Matachin by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 4
• Pavana by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 5
• Villanos by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 4
• Zarabande by Gaspar Sanz, Grade 5

• Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
• Scarlatti Sonata in A, K322, L483, Gr.8, Baroque, Free Notation or TAB

• Robert de Visée (1655-1733) – Baroque
• Visee: Passacaille in E Minor, Grade 7, Free Unfingered
• Visee: Sarabande in E Minor, Grade 6

• Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750)
• Weiss: Tombeau (Comte d’Logy), Gr.9, Baroque, Notation or TAB
• Sonata IX in C Major (Dresden) – Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Bouree, Sarabande, Menuets, Presto. Advanced.

• Giovanni Zamboni (c.1650-1721)
• Sonata No.9 by Zamboni – Preludio, Alamanda, Giga, Sarabanda, Gavotte. Early-Advanced.

Music from other publishers (and our videos)

• Anthologies
• Frank Koonce Anthologies – Multiple Volumes, high quality editor.
• Noad Guitar Anthologies – Multiple Volumes, nice mix of levels, fairly solid editor.

• J.S Bach (1685-1750) 
• See all videos and articles about Bach
• Bach Lute Suites – Koonce – A standard, has facsimiles at the end.
• Bach Cello Suite No.1, BWV 1007 – Koonce (I-A)
• 6 Sonatas And Partitas For Violin BWV1001-1006 – Tadashi Sasaki
• 3 Sonatas for Guitar Solo – Manuel Barrueco, BWV 1001, 1003 and 1005
• Bach Cello Suites Arranged for Guitar – Stanley Yates
• Violin Sonatas and Partitas, I prefer to read off the violin score Urtext edition.

• David Kellner (1670–1748)
• See all videos and articles about Kellner

• Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710)
• See all videos and articles about Sanz

• Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
• See all videos and articles about Scarlatti
• Scarlatti: 30 Sonatas (Fabio Zanon)
• Five Sonatas Scarlatti (Barrueco)
• 9 Sonatas By Scarlatti (Barbosa-Lima)

• Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750)
• See all videos and articles about Weiss