Midi files are programs that prompt playback through the general midi feature on your computer and the quality of sound/duplication of program chosen instruments depends on the sound card and speakers of your computer. Midi files, as compared to mp3s, are quite small and versatile, no downloading is necessary, and selecting a title link below brings up your default midi player feature on your computer

The midi files below have been created by various individuals.  I have tried to select the best of those available, sometimes the most simple/uncomplicated program, like a piano version compared to a full orchestration, to offer the broadest spectrum of best playback quality

These midi file samples are made available for identifying composer and work and are not necessarily identical to classical guitar transcriptions of the scores for these songs. A sampling of guitar work is available on my mp3 page

New midi & mp3 selections or new versions are periodically added to this list

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Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1483 – 1546)
Jean-Baptiste Lully, originally Giovanni Battista Lulli, was an Italian-born French composer, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France
· Minuet from The Bourgeois Gentilhomme
· Air     · Carcassi     · Minuet

King Henry VIII (attrib. 1491 - 1547)
Henry VIII was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. He was also an accomplished musician, author, and poet
· Greensleeves

Pachelbel, Johann (1653 - 1707)
Johann Christoph Pachelbel was a German baroque composer and organist
· Canon in d minor

Corelli, Arcangelo (1653 – 1713)
Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violin player and Baroque music composer
· Gavotte 778 in D minor
· Sonata K.322
· Sonata L.79

Couperin, Francois (1668 – 1733)
François Couperin was an esteemed French composer in the Baroque style
· Les Baricades Misterieuses

Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni (1671 – 1750)
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was an Italian baroque composer
· Adagio; Sonata No. 3

Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683 – 1764)
Jean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era
· Tambourin

 Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 – 1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together almost all of the strands of the baroque style and brought it to its ultimate maturity
· Minuet in G Major
· Minuet in g minor
· Lute Prelude(BWV 999)
· Praludium (BWV 924)
· Prelude (Cello Suite BWV1007)
· Allemande (1BWV 996)
· Bourree (1BWV 996)
· Govotte 1 and 2 (3 BWV 995)
· Prelude (4bWV 1006a)
· Govotte en Rondeau (4 BWV 1006A)

Handel, Georg Friedrich  (1685 – 1759)
George Frideric Handel (German Georg Friedrich Händel), was a German Baroque music composer who lived much of his life in Great Britain, a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios
· Siciliana: Largo (from concerto grosso in B flat major no. 8)

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710 – 1736)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian composer, violinist and organist
· Sicilienne
Sonata in G major

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 – 1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer of European classical music and is widely regarded as one of history's greatest composers. His enormous output includes works that are widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Many of his works are part of the standard concert repertory and are widely recognized as masterpieces of the classical style.
· Serenade from Don Giovanni
· Minuet from Don Giovanni
· Sonata No. 11 in A major

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 – 1827)
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer of classical music, who lived predominantly in Vienna, Austria. He was a major musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. Beethoven is widely regarded as one of history's greatest composers
· Fur Elise
· Turkish March from “The Ruins of Athens”
· Sonata no. 14 in c sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 (Moonlight Sonata)

Giuliani, Mauro ( 1781 -  1829)
Mauro Giuliani was an Italian guitarist and composer
· Variations on Theme G.F. Handel

Schubert, Franz Peter (1797 – 1828)
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer, considered the last master of the Viennese Classical school and one of the earliest proponents of musical Romanticism
· The Trout (Die Forelle) op. 114 in A major
· The Organ Grinder (Die Wintereisse)

Mendelssohn, Felix (1809 – 1847)
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, known simply as Felix Mendelssohn,  was a German composer of the early Romantic period. He is often considered the greatest child prodigy after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
· Op. 16 no. 6 (Venetian Boat Song)
Op. 61 no. 9 (Midsummer's Night Dream, Wedding March)

Chopin, Fryderyk Francizek (1810 – 1849)
Frédéric-François Chopin is one of the most famous, influential, and admired composers for the piano, and possibly Poland's most significant composer
· Sonata op. 35 in b flat minor; Trauermarsch
Marche funebre (Funeral March)
· Mazurka op. 28 no. 2
· Preludes op. 28 no. 7 in A major
· Preludes op. 28 no. 36 in F# major (BI 129)
· Etudes op.10 no. 3. Etude in E major

Schumann, Robert Alexander (1810 – 1856)
Robert Schumann was a German composer and pianist. He was one of the most famous Romantic composers of the first half of the 19th century. An intellectual as well as an aesthete, his music, more than any other composer, reflects the deep personal nature of Romanticism
· Traumerei (Reverie) from Scenes of Childhood op. 15 no. 7

List, Franz (1811 – 1886)
Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc), was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic era. Liszt is widely considered to be one of the greatest piano virtuosi of all time, and certainly the most famous of the nineteenth century
· Liebestraume no. 3

Wagner, Richard (1813-1833)
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his groundbreaking symphonic-operas (or "music dramas")
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin

Strauss, Johann jr. (1825 – 1899)
Johann Strauss II (or Johann Strauß Sohn - Johann Strauss son - or Johann Strauss the Younger, or Johann Strauss Jr., or Johann Sebastian Strauss) was an Austrian composer known especially for his waltzes, such as The Blue Danube. Johann Strauss II was the son of Johann Strauss I, himself a composer. His brothers Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss were also composers; but Johann II is the most famous of the family. He was known in his lifetime as "the waltz king," and the popularity of the waltz in Vienna through the 19th century is due in large part to him
· The Emperor’s Waltz
· Valse “Blue Danube”

Brahms, Johannes (1833 – 1897)
Johannes Brahms was a German composer of Romantic music, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria. Brahms was considered by many to be the "successor" to Beethoven, and his first symphony was described by Hans von Bülow as Beethoven's tenth symphony
· Waltzer in A major op. 39 no. 15

Debussy, Claude Achille (1862 – 1918)
Achille-Claude Debussy was a composer of European classical music. He developed the style commonly referred to as Impressionist music. Debussy's music represents the transition from late-romantic music to 20th century music
· Arabesque no. 1
· Suite bergarmasque no. 3 Clair de lune

Rachmaninoff, Sergej (1873 – 1943)
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Sergej Rahmaninov), was a Russian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor
· Polka Italienne
· Prelude in c# minor op. 3 no. 2

  
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 Andres Segovia
Andrés Segovia, Marques de Salobreña (1893 – 1987), was a Spanish classical guitarist and is considered to be the father of the modern classical guitar movement by most modern scholars. Segovia claimed that he rescued the guitar from the hands of flamenco gypsies, and built up a classical repertoire to give it a place in concert halls

Fernando Sor
Fernando Sor (1778 – 1839) was a Spanish guitarist and composer, born in Barcelona. He is known sometimes as the 'Beethoven of the Guitar' in Spain

Issac Albeniz
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz (1860 – 1909) was a Spanish pianist and composer, best known for his piano works that are based on Spanish folk music

Julio Sagreras
Julio Salvador Sagreras Ramirez, (1879-1944). Born in Paraguay, Argentine guitar composer who wrote among other things the imitation of the hummingbird called El Colibri (midi sample). He was a musical prodigy who became a composer of many works for the orchestra, piano, theatre and guitar. He also wrote a guitar tutor

Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) is a Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor
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Charles E.  Watson, Jr.
Charles Ernest Watson, Jr. (b. 1977) is a North American composer and guitarist.
· Rhapsody in Gray in G minor
  · Spanish Winter Dance  mp3
· Prelude in A minor
· Spanish Winter Dance mp3
· Zarabanda Delight mp3
· Lost and Forgotten mp3
· Path of the Raven mp3
·  Le Fureur mp3

Folk Variation Examples
  Malaguena Spanish folk song
Siman Tov Hebrew folk song
Dodi Li  mp3 Hebrew folk song
Dark Eyes (Ochi Chernye) Russian folk song

Genre Examples
Blues (12 bar)
Bossa Nova A.C. Jodim "Girl from Ipanema"
Jazz Kaper "Green Dolphin Street"  
Rock  Chuck Berry "Johnny B. Good"    Dire Strait "Sultan of Swing"
Popular Movie Theme Horner "My Heart Will Go On" Titanic theme

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