Mark Delpriora: Pocket Sonata
for solo guitar.
6pp., $8.95, Presser Order number 494-02727 (PWYS-74)
The
composer says: My “Pocket Sonata” was written for Brazilian guitarist Paulo Martelli to
perform on his New York debut recital and functioned on this program as the
requisite “world premiere” written by a living composer. Written just behind
and
right after my 50 minute “Sonata no. 3,” this
much
shorter Sonata was conceived to fit in a traditional guitar concert and, if
guitarists have a muse in charge of programming, to fit comfortably in her
pocket!
Mark
Delpriora has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil,
and Uruguay. He has been the recipient of grants and awards including the first
Andrés Segovia Award from the Manhattan School of Music, the Beards Fund Award,
a Cooper Institute of the Arts and Humanities Grant, The Artists International
Distinguished Artist Award, a Meet the Composer Grant, and a United Nations
Travel Grant. He was twice chosen to perform in the New York Master classes given
by Andrés Segovia in 1982 and 1987.
Mr. Delpriora has recorded for Koch International Classics, Soundspells,
Philips, and CRI. As a composer, his “Sonata Nº 3” (Gilardino) is published
by Edizioni Musicali Bèrben and his “Four Images” are published by Guitar
Arts Publishing. His work appears in anthologies by Mel Bay (the Contemporary
Guitar, ed. Stanley Yates) and Dover (American Folk Songs, ed. David Nadal).
Mark Delpriora is currently on the guitar faculty of the Manhattan School of
Music.
Cover art is by Zaryana Bogatyrova.
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