8-S / BG
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The Brahms Guitar Archive

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Repertoire Directory

This directory documents music written, arranged, or recorded for the eight-string Brahms Guitar.

The present version is an initial verified selection and will expand through research and evidence-backed contributions.

Free Scores

Scores and arrangements for the 8-string Brahms Guitar available for free download.

Published Works and Editions

Rafael Marino Arcaro — COR-DE-ROSA-BOTO
Solo eight-string Brahms Guitar. Composed 2022; revised 2024–25. Published by New Music Folders Editions. World premiere: Vicenza, 21 March 2025, Giacomo Copiello. Composer's website. Listen here.

Giorgio Colombo Taccani — Vigilia
Solo eight-string Brahms Guitar, 2022. Published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni. Composer's website.

Franz Schubert / Giacomo Copiello — LIEDER, Volumes 1 and 2
Arrangements of 6 songs by F. Schubert for solo eight-string Brahms Guitar, 2023. Published by Bergmann Edition. Shop here.

Unpublished Works / Manuscripts

Elvira Muratore — Apeiron
Solo eight-string Brahms Guitar. Composed in July 2022. World premiere: Vicenza, November 2024, Giacomo Copiello. Watch here.

J. S. Bach / Redmond O’Toole — Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Arrangement for Brahms Guitar, 2004. Developed as part of O’Toole’s Master’s thesis at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Available at the local library. Link.

Impressions Ibériques
Arrangements for Brahms Guitar and harp, 2025. Music by Claude Debussy, Manuel de Falla and Isaac Albéniz; developed by Giacomo Copiello with harpist Letizia Pellanda as part of a Master’s thesis in Chamber Music at the Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Pedrollo in Vicenza. Available at the local library. Watch here.

Recorded Repertoire

Paul Galbraith — official discography, 1996–2015
Solo and chamber recordings that established the instrument’s early recorded identity across Bach, Haydn, Brahms and other repertoire. Official Website.

Giacomo Copiello — LIEDER
CD. Stradivarius, 2023. Schubert songs transcriptions for eight-string Brahms Guitar. Listen here.

Joseph Ehrenpreis — New Music with Brahms Guitar
Audio recording, 2020, new contemporary works for the instrument. Listen here.

Alf Wilhelm Lundberg — Discography.
Listen here.

Vincenzo Giura & Babak Babaie — Altus.
CD. Odradek Records, 2024. Music by Haydn, Schubert, Mozart arranged for 8-string BG & 6-string guitar. Listen here.

Contributions

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