János Gáspár Mertz (Casparus Josephus Mertz) -Anglicized to Johann Kaspar Mertz, lived in central Europe from 1806-1856. Unlike his classical forebears (Giuliani, Sor, Aguado, etc) he was among the first guitarist/composers to use a more Romantic, pianistic style of composition.

This arrangement provides practice with multi-voiced textures. Students should be encouraged to add right hand fingering to any areas that are not immediately easy. As always, stress attention to detail (dynamics, fingering, etc.). Ask for beautiful tone in every note made by the student.

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