Andante in c mauro giuliani biography

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Listen to MP3 of Giuliani Andante Tony Oreshko - guitar

(See below for Study Notes)

Study Notes

The music above is the first section from the Andante in C major by the great Italian guitarist and composer, Mauro Giuliani (1781-1828).

This piece is particularly well-known by British adults over a certain age (and doubtless those in other countries, too), because many years ago it was used as the theme music for a very popular children's TV series called Tales of the Riverbank.

This featured characters such as Hammy the hamster, Roderick the rat and GP the guinea pig, all played by real animals who operated miniature cars, motor boats, aeroplanes etc. while voices were provided for them by Johnny Morris.

The first part of the Andante is fairly simple and shouldn't present too great a challenge for guitarists who have played at least one or two other