Sarabande in E Minor by Visée (Lesson, PDF)

ByBradford Werner
2021

Sarabande in E Minor by Robert de Visée (1655-1733) – From Livre de pièces pour la guitare (Paris, 1686), Suite in E Minor. Originally for Baroque guitar. Sheet Music arranged for Classical Guitar. Comes with both notation-only edition and tab edition. Left hand fingering. Later-Intermediate (Approximately Grade 6). PDF download.

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Robert de Visée (c. 1655 – 1732/1733) was a lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player at the court of the French kings Louis XIV and Louis XV, as well as a singer and composer for lute, theorbo and guitar. In this lesson I mainly discuss the interpretation of Baroque guitar music on the modern classical guitar and do a walk through of the piece.

In this lesson I mainly discuss the interpretation of Baroque guitar music on the modern classical guitar and do a walk through of the piece. Here’s the Youtube Lesson Link if you want to watch it there. I also have another movement from the suite if you want to pair them together: Visee: Passacaille in E Minor.

Samples

Sarabande in E Minor by Visée (Sample Notation)

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.