Sergio Assad SONATA for Guitar solo BILUA - PUK #9—-YOOROO YF 2fEBI, EM—OCD [VF9) (DENON COCG-83543) IciMmaNTHET. ‘This piece is recorded on CD "SONATA" (DENON COCQ-83543) by Shin-ichi Fukuda, GG6299 (HR) URES — tt GENDAI GUITAR CO.,LTD. 1-16-14 Chihaya, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan AG Ay»BRIT TIP WERE RRB OX I — Fat, THER HEALED BET — 7 7 VABRORRT MY Bok, BEI I-VEMHLLT SLB BERKE COMEMMIC SD FEAT ERA PAR TUARHELT. COME, BEV OAA, BRREMA TOT. BN, WIEN L, tho bey e— YAP URE Ea EBS EVI MLR HD oO HA, ERP SIOEUEMAR, CO ELMMOML WRMEENZCE or. HMRE LTOLNI A TH ROAM, TCIM TOF) PHABLEL [LOK P-7 yt Ly DDRYRAT ERAT WAL [ITY] BLOM RGIS POF Y TD TUKAAOM IEE, MRLAIEH EMD TOS. MECORE, EVIFO Ma CTT LM), SLB EMMI TY 9m IMI DOP—OT LY PREERE, ERE (Ya ETFS) DOMME LIED E, SYEICBED oC AZ, SO (IFF) (1999) 1EOTAEALIC ACM, 994 D5 A YA LCS, FOIA ARIMA LIONHEAD VEMMME LITA S. LL, WHE TIES GI Mea L RL. RIE OBE D000 SAIS a 76 INFN I = 7 RF 4 IOS DHT. SOE IM 7 — BR CA o He ie TE BEER (1925-1998) IEE, V+ FU-yanD (Ly 2¥)) TA baM ITZ) (1996) EV CIMA OBE F HRM THB. 200156107 anit MPreface twas backstage at the final of the 1981 Paris international Gultar ‘Competition that | met the greatest guitar do of today, the Braiian born ‘Assad brothers. I was a partelpant in the competition, and they were newcomers making their debut in Europe as guest performers dunn te \walting period between the perormances and the announcement Of rie winners. Obvious, we were al quite nervous then, nthe end, {had received fist prize and they had made a sensational debut. 20 Yeats have passed since, and anether happy futon took shape ‘The compositional genius of Sergio Assad has been greatly spotlighted in recent years. Some works that come immediately to mind ae Tobira! ‘cycle, music forthe Japanese fil "Nate No Niwa (Summer Garden! album *Gypsy* in collaborating with Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg, arrangement for Yo-¥0 Ma's tango album, etc. | have persorally taken ‘Up Sergio’s works quite frequently, often performing his challenging "Aquarelle, recording his arrangement of Pazzolla = most close tit ‘original version ~ 35 well as of Ralph Towner, and premiering his “Jobiniana No.3" asked him to wit this "Sonat (199) in 1987, and although it was finished by May of 1999 in Chicago, more discussions took place three more months later in Tokyo before the final revsed version was to be completed, It took several months more before the ‘bremier, and this composition was fst heard bythe publi in May 2000 in Cuba at the Havana intemational Guitar Festival This Sonata, following Leo Brouwer's “Hika - In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu" (1996), was the second work to be commissioned by the international guitar maker the late Masaru Kohno (1925-1998), Cetober 2001 Shinichi Fokus {Translated by Yukako inove)6 to Shinichi Fukuda Sonata fingered and edited by Shin-ichi Fukuda for guitar solo Sergio Assad I {© Copyright 1999 by GENDAI GUITAR CO. Lid - Tokyo, Intemational Copyright Secured. Al rights reserved Printed in Japanseparare la melodia ¢—— @ a . 9I ne MI 7 = my dim. poco a poco # 510 ® @ ® affrett. oo 6 Molto rubato wt i oN i seidritenuto pias FT natoineso = PTET EY TAT Tt {12ace 18 Spi pmpi pm =p ———— 5 & dPos2 ge fen ind (poco nit.)15 @ : mim