Classical guitar There are significant works by composers such as Hans Werner Henze of Germany, Gilbert Biberian of England and Roland Chadwick of Australia. The classical guitar also became widely used in popular music and rock & roll in the 1960s after guitarist Mason Williams popularized the instrument in his instrumental hit Classical Gas. Guitarist Christopher Parkening is quoted in the book "Classical Gas: The Music of Mason Williams" as saying that it is the most requested guitar piece besides Malagueña and perhaps the best known instrumental guitar piece today. In the field of New Flamenco, the works and performances of Spanish
Early classical guitar recordings recordings have been reissued on CD. Julio Sagreras also made radio recordings, though it is not known if the tracks are still available, or if they have been released on CD. There are probably still more early guitar recordings of high value and historic importance that can be discovered (e.g. there seems to be a surprising lack of early recordings by Central and Eastern European guitarists, etc.), possibly in archives of record companies (or discontinued record companies) or in early radio recordings or private collections. Early classical guitar recordings This article is about early classical guitar recordings. One of the