GUITAR BOOK OF PIERRE BENSUSAN Format: Paperback

The Guitar Book by guitarist and composer Pierre Bensusan is a transcribed guitar songbook and sheet music collection created for advanced fingerstyle guitar players. It brings together Bensusan’s arrangements with material exploring multiple aspects of guitar performance, including traditional Irish fiddle tunes, French ballads, contemporary works, classical repertoire, and other pieces selected for guitar.

Across 32 pieces, the book offers a substantial collection of transcribed arrangements alongside performance-focused material. The repertoire moves through contrasting melodies, rhythms, textures, and musical traditions, giving advanced players varied material for learning, focused practice, repertoire building, and performance.

The breadth of the collection makes it especially valuable for exploring Pierre Bensusan’s approach to fingerstyle guitar while keeping practice musically varied. Familiar works such as Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring appear alongside Bensusan compositions and traditional pieces, creating a varied and expressive repertoire.

Song List

Au Jardin D’amour * Bamboule * Clementine,Mandarine Et Reine Cl * Climats Doux Et Temperes * Cunla * De Trilport A Fublaines * Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum * False Knight Upon The Road, The * Flax in bloom, The * Hekimoglu/Digital (Turkish) * Heman Dubh * Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring * L’effet Harpisant * La Danse Du Capricorne * La Petite Et La Grande Colline * Le Lac Des Abbesses * Le Lendemain De La Fete * Le Moulin A Parfums D’emmanuelle * Le Voyage Pour L’irlande * March Of The Lost Piper, The * Maurice Au Pays Des Merveilles * Merrily Kissed The Quaker * Murtagh Mac Kann * Nice Feeling * Pres De Paris/Reels * Pure Drop, The * Rakkish Paddy, The * Return From Fingal,The * Santa Monica * Solilai * Suite Flamande Aux Pommes * Water Music, Theme From