Tom Salvatori - Guitar Composer

An arrangement of Peter Gabriel's gorgeous film score centerpiece entitled “With This Love” drawn from “The Last Temptation of Christ” and reimagined as a guitar lullaby

A new arrangement of Edvard Grieg's Suite No 1 from Peer Gynt, Op 46, 2nd Mvmt…for solo guitar

Solo Nylon String Guitar Arrangement by Tom Salvatori. "The Andante" - Second Movement of Mendelssohn's famous Violin Concerto #1 in E minor...reimagined by Tom Salvatori as a solo  guitar lullaby!

Available through Hal Leonard's Sheet Music Direct website:

Escher's Lullaby (Ode to Relativity) is a chamber trio composed for Classical Guitar, Cello and Oboe d'Amore. It was composed to musically depict the visual elements of the 1953 art lithograph by M.C. Escher entitled Relativity.

The movement of the musical motif centers around ascending and descending scales that move both up and down (like the staircases in the artwork) and then arrive at different thematic elements in the music (like the various plateaus).

Escher's Lullaby was originally featured on Tom Salvatori and Iris Litchfield's 2010 album entitled "Ever Ever On". It was also featured on the 2023 reissue album Tom Salvatori "Nylon String Guitar in Ensemble."

Sleepy Eyes Lullaby is a Nylon String Guitar and Cello duet originally featured on Tom Salvatori and Iris Litchfield's 2007 NAR Award Winning album entitled "When Evening Falls". It was also featured on the 2023 reissue album Tom Salvatori "Nylon String Guitar in Ensemble."

Tom Salvatori: A Lifetime in Music - Sheet Music Collection - Solo Guitar. Tom Salvatori (b.1958) has been quietly composing original instrumentals for the nylon string guitar in his own self-constructed corner of the music world for over fifty years.

All told, Salvatori has composed, produced, and recorded 150+ guitar pieces, which have achieved over forty million streams and downloads across the digital service platforms to date.

"Tom Salvatori: A Lifetime in Music" (2023), is Salvatori's 3rd Published Sheet Music Book, available directly from Salvatori Productions, Inc. (salvatoriproductions.com). It is a 51-page career retrospective collection that features nineteen previously unpublished solo nylon string guitar pieces composed by Salvatori between 1995 and 2023.

The Sheet Music Book also introduces ‘Patate Piccole’ (Small Potatoes), a short story told in parable form that reflects on Salvatori’s upcoming retirement as he looks forward to the pleasant experience of sharing his guitar compositions with the next generation of guitarists.

Salvatori received a press review early in his composing career that described his work as being “...of the small potato variety.” Instead of feeling slighted, he embraced the style description and adopted it as a new nickname. It is likely that that comment stuck in his craw as unfinished business because decades later, ‘Patate Piccole’ came pouring out of him...in just a couple hours!

In addition, "Tom Salvatori: A Lifetime in Music" features an accompanying CD, blog posts, press reviews and a brief scrapbook-styled Autobiography (including pictures) that summarize Salvatori's lifetime in music and his unique composing perspective for the nylon string guitar.

"Tom Salvatori: A Lifetime in Music"

(2023) (c) Salvatori Productions, Inc. - 51 Pages

ISBN 978-1-312-72436-5

Printed in the U.S.A.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

PATATE PICCOLE – A Short Story p. 2
Channels to the Sea (1995) p. 11
Echoes Response (1995) p. 12
Labyrinth (1997) p.14
Came Traveling (1997) p.16
Another Lullaby (1998) p.18
THE PURITY OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC p.20
Soft Landing (2001) p.21 
Feather Fall (2001) p.22
Rolling Along (2001) p.23
Sleepy Eyes Lullaby (2007) p.24
Tu Sei Bella Aci Catena (2009) p.26
Dissonanza (2009) p.28
THE GLORY IN FAMILY MUSIC REVIEWS p.29 
Escher’s Lullaby (Ode to Relativity) (2010) p.30
Whirlpool Song (2010) p.32
As the Nightshade Grows (2010) p.34
MARKETING MY WORK AS A COMPOSER? p.35
Spanish Dance (2015) p.36
Low Tide (2016) p.38
Remembrances (2020) p.40
Sunset Glows (2021) p.42 
Goodnight Lullaby (2022) p.44
AUTOBIOGRAPHY p.45 
DISCOGRAPHY and SHEET MUSIC BOOKS p.51