a listeners guide to classical guitar music by era

Renaissance period, the royal courts and European country manors all employed composers and house musicians in this period from the15th century into the 17th (much lute music was written from the reign of Elizabeth I through the Restoration)

mood: lively and rhythmic, sometimes nostalgic, much like an English garden in bloom, of which the guitar sings beautfully, in its many voices.

goes well with: walking down the aisle, often requested for wedding ceremonies, as a lighter more joyful version of ceremonial  music.

Baroque period, this incredibly rich hybrid of native music from “the New W