The Music Salon: Townsend: Toccata by Štěpán Rak

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Townsend: Toccata by Štěpán Rak

Štěpán Rak (b. 1945) is a Czech composer and guitarist who has written a lot of very original music for guitar. He is rumored to be the only guitarist capable of actually improvising a fugue! This insouciant little piece is over in barely more than a minute and a half.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention that the tempo marking is Presto diabolico!

2 comments:

Nathan Shirley said...: An excellent composer, thanks for putting this up.; October 22, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Bryan Townsend said...: I haven't played nearly enough Stepan Rak!; October 23, 2012 at 10:04 AM

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