Souvenir

[MguitarL]

I am very happy, Hernan, that you say that - My guitar has been my inspiration and my 'voice' for decades, since it was built for me.

Thank you! - and warm regards,

Maria

[lorenzoasun]

I love your guitar María..

[Optichero]

awesome piece of composition and playing... hope to pay it soon...

Kevin

[MguitarL]

@Optichero Thank you, Kevin! I hope you enjoy playing it!

All the best!

[geetgeek]

Very sweet.

[Trible911]

Ich bin auf ihr wunderbares Gitarrenstück 'Souvenirs' gestoßen und muss sagen, das es mir sehr gefällt. Ich spiele selber Gitarre und würde mich gerne daran versuchen. Haben sie dazu Noten und/oder Tabulatur? Wenn Sie mir diese zusenden könnten, wäre es sehr toll, ich bin 15 und versuche mich zur Zeit an klassischer Gitarre. Mir gefallen ihre Stücke sehr.

Machen sie weiter so :-)

[MguitarL]

@Trible911 Danke fuer Ihre netten Worter - Ich freue mich, dass Sie 'Souvenir' spielen Moechten. Das Stueck ist in der Suite: 'Suite for Lovers' enthalten, von Ricordi Verlag in Muenchen verlegt. In Noten, nicht in Tabulatur.Der Verlag verlegt keine Noten in Tabulatur. Natuerlich kann ich auch nicht Tabulatur-Versionen verschicken, da der 'Copyright' dem Verlag gehoert, und es daher Gesetzwidrig waere - Tut mir Leid!

Alles Gute, Maria

[Trible911]

@MguitarL Dann werde ich mal schauen, ob ich mir die Noten zulegen werde, jedenfalls Danke für die Antwort. :-)

[MguitarL]

@Trible911 Ich amusiere mich immer ueber den Spruch: 'Machen Sie weiter so!' Es klingt, wie ein Spruch

eines Schullehrers!:-).. Aber Danke sehr fuer Ihr Interesse an die Musik! Ich verschicke nicht die Noten die

verlegt sind (dazu ist ein Verlag da!) - Ricordi hat ein Webshop (ricordishop.de) und dieses Stueck ist in der

'Suite for Lovers' enthalten. (Es sind keine tabs fuer die Suite vorhanden.)

Danke nochmals fuer Ihr Interesse und Alles Gute!

[zeynioglu]

Wunderschön:))

[MguitarL]

@zeynioglu Thank you, Tamer! I have enjoyed visiting your channel and listening to you play!

All best wishes, Maria

[theriven1]

Dear Maria, I love this composition and I bought the notes for this. But i am afraid there are just notes, no tabs. I only play by ear or by tabs. It is very difficult for me to read notes.. aje - is there a way to transcribe the notes into tabs? best wishes

[MguitarL]

Thank you, fuciledacaccia, for coming by to listen, and for commenting so kindly!

Life with the guitar is lovely, whatever, isn't it? I find a lot of inspiration here on youtube!... :-)

All the best!

Maria

[41cob]

@MguitarL I have only just found this beautiful music today, I loved the way you played this piece so much I just had to have the notation. I have already ordered my copy of the Suite. but I realise that only the Composer could play it like that. Thank you for sharing your music.

[MguitarL]

@41cob I'm very glad that you like this piece, 41cob - and the way I play it! In fact, I hear very beautiful performances of it on youtube, I'm happy to say! I hope you enjoy playing the suite! All the best!

[fuciledacaccia]

Maria,

Your music is inspiring....I wish I could write and play the guitar as beautifully as you..

[subbotniki]

I have just discovered You Maria and, without overstatement: I love what I hear! Got to rush to Your next tune...

Happy New Year

/Richard (Sweden)

[MguitarL]

@subbotniki Thank you, Richard, and I hope you enjoy one or the other of my compositions here on youtube!

All the best to you up there in Sweden for the coming year!

[AlexKud0691]

I'd like to congratulate you for beautiful music. You really very talented composer.

Best wishes!

[MguitarL]

@AlexKud0691 Thank you, Alex, and a very happy new year to you!

[uscurrumi]

Great piece beautifully played by Ms. Linnemann, its composer. Congratulations!

Regards from Austin, Texas - USA.

Yuri Munoz

[MguitarL]

@uscurrumi Thank you very much for that marvellous compliment, Yuri - Very kind, and much appreciated!

Best wishes, Maria

[ovidiov]

You are really a very talented composer, Maria, and a great guitarrist too!

[MguitarL]

@ovidiov Thank you very much, my friend!!

[MguitarL]

@ovidiov @ovidiov  Thank you very much, my friend! - You're very kind!

Warm regards, Maria

[pescadormusical]

Thank you for your beautiful music. It's really the best. I have just bought you book "Suite for lovers".

I'm starting to practice.

[MguitarL]

Thank you for listening and for your kind comment, pescadormusical! - I hope

you enjoy playing the Suite for Lovers! Best wishes, Maria

[MguitarL]

Merci beaucoup, refaful!!

[refaful]

très joli merci grande dame

[chsgdss]

***** BEAUTIFUL *****

[MguitarL]

Thank you for listening! - and for the stars!

[simonohm2]

maravilhoso ! lindo!

[MguitarL]

Thank you very much!

[rd2ed]

I love to watch you play this beautiful piece Maria....you give it a special musical emotion....it is too hard for me to put my feelings in words. I also love the sound of your guitar and the way you perform with it. I guess I should just say that I love this video....;).

[MguitarL]

Thank you, Ed, for your lovely comment - and All my best wishes to you for 2010!

Maria

[tutu1987]

Liebe Maria! It is good to see you still alive and kicking since I last 'visited' this video (still my favorite and the last classic guitar piece I can play by heart -I dont visit a teacher anymore-). I found out you still don't have a section at Wikipedia! How can this be? :)

Best wishes from Hungary

Istvan / Stephen

[MguitarL]

Dear Istvan, thank you for coming by again! - I hope all is well with you!

Well, I expect I'll have an entry in

Wikiedia after my demise, at the latest!:-)

I haven't looked for this, I must admit...

All the best, Maria

[livingxasxaxfan]

Your peaces for guitar are great!

I'm playing Norwegian Miniatures for the moment and I'm really in love with "The Mermaid and the Fisher". It's so beautiful !

Thank you !

[MguitarL]

That's great to know! - it's my favourite of

the Norwegian Miniatures at the moment!

You are very versatile - I see you play Rock as well... great!

All the best, Maria

[scrupuleux1]

you are great madam! because your heart is playing!

congrats 10 stars (and one tears...)

[MguitarL]

Thank you so much! Yes, my heart is in there, playing...

[nabawele]

bonjour!

c'est super cette melodie je l'a decouvre avec beaucoup de plaisir d'ou l'envie de me mettre a la guitare j'espère qu'il n'est pas trop tard pour moi

cordialement.

wilfrid.

[MguitarL]

Alors, je crois qu'il n'est jamais trop tard ,

Wilfrid! Avec l'amour, tout est possible!:-)

Maria

[nabawele]

merci maria

c'est gentil

bonne journée ou du moin bonne vacance a vous.

cordialement.

wilfrid.

[theominnaert]

Hallo Maria: Het is inmiddels 30 graden Celsius in onze regio dus ben ik maar gevlucht in uw gitaarspel. Nog immer even mooi. Korte stukjes met toch genoeg inhoud.

Groeten uit een bloedheet Zeeland

[MguitarL]

I wish my Dutch was up to answering you,

Theo! - though I was born in Amsterdam,

I only had three weeks from that day to

learn the language before my mother

transported me to England in a bag!:-)

Hope your guitar survives this year's heatwaves! Thanks for the comment!

Best, Maria

[JulieReye]

You look so vivid, so filled with feeling when you play guitar... You make me dream, Maria!

[MguitarL]

Thank you , Julie, for your kind comment!-

I am very happy that this brings you to

dreaming!...

Best wishes, Maria

[Jive51]

Thank you so much, O my God, for the privilege to come closer of one of your singers...

Madame, your heart is definitely a flower !!

[MguitarL]

...And your heart is that of a poet, as well

as a musician, my friend! - You are very

gracious and I thank you once again!

Maria

[Jive51]

My heart? My heart is that of a God's lover... What is really gracious is the flourishing faith growing in it, and making me smelling the magnificent perfume of your own heart, Madame.

[MguitarL]

I am happy for you that it is so, and may it

continue to grow, my friend!

Maria

[rd2ed]

I once was flying between two cliff walls of clouds, the sun was shining directly overhead and small cloud puffs were scattered all around inside these walls. Each time I listen to this beautiful piece, I am drawn back to those moments of the puffs randomly going by, above, through and below....like the notes of this song. Thank you so much Maria, for that....

[MguitarL]

You 'paint' a great picture, Ed! ................

...though the notes are not 'randomly'

going anywhere, from my side of the picture!!:-)...

Thanks for coming back to listen!

Best regards, Maria

[rd2ed]

From your side, you are definitely correct...no randomness! But for me....I would need to be extremely lucky reading cloud puffs, or using a computer random generator to come up with anything resembling your ordering of notes...that would sound anywhere near as sweet....

[MguitarL]

Good grief! - I should hope that it would be impossible!:-) If you should ever succeed, however, please let me know!...

[stevet380]

When trying to play this piece from the sheet music it helps enormously to be able to watch you play it. This is invaluable with the phrasing and nuances of your playing. Thank you for making the videos available to amateurs like me. Youtube is a wonderful source of material.

Regards

Steve

[MguitarL]

Hello Steve, I'm glad the video is useful

while you are learning the piece! - and yes, youtube is an invaluable source of

inspiration!

Regards, Maria

[DenianArcoleo]

Beautiful. I've just discovered your music and I think I'm going to enjoy it very much. I'll be buying your scores from Ricordi.

Best wishes

[MguitarL]

Thank you, Denian! I am honoured by such words from a supreme artist! I have

been listening to you, and am full of

great admiration for your artistry as a guitarist and as a composer!

I do hope you enjoy playing my music !

Respect and regards, Maria

[rd2ed]

Just love this melody...the notes are so complexly arranged. I cannot imagine how a brain could develop such a sequence...definitely not mine. Thank you!

[MguitarL]

You can't imagine... Ed? That makes two of us!:-) Thank you for coming by again!

All the best, Maria

[JuergenSchenk]

Sehr schön! I admire your ability to write music, that is not sooo hard to play but sounds very beautiful and inventive- and this is very difficult. I just bought "Soledad" and I'm looking forward to play the pieces tonight!

All the best

Juergen

[MguitarL]

Dear Juergen, thank you for your kind comment! Indeed, I do not try to be inventive or anything else - I only express what is inside and it comes out as it comes out...It is immaterial to me, in fact, whether it is so-called 'difficult' to play,or not... My great mentor always said: 'The quality of a piece does not depend on its length or its 'difficulty'.'A wise thought, that applies also to poetry, does it not? I hope you enjoy 'Soledad', Juergen! Warmest regards, Maria

[JuergenSchenk]

Dear Maria, I agree one hundred percent! Or, as Heinrich Jacoby said: you must be able to make music playing a childrens song with one finger on the piano in front of an audience of thousand people...

Best regards

Juergen

And now Soledad

[dlinhares]

Brava Maria,

what a beautiful musicality! Great to discover your own compositions. I wish you all the best,

Dagoberto Linhares

[ceyeber62]

Maria,Sleight! What a wonderful piece of music. I cannot wait to try this myself.

[MguitarL]

Thank you very much - I hope you enjoy

playing it as much as I do!

Best wishes, Maria

[haikusa]

Des cordes si joliment arpégées ont ramené en moi le souvenir des temps heureux.

Merci.

[MguitarL]

Cette pièce me parle aussi des temps heureux,

haikusa! - merci bien!

Maria

[SwordsmanCaim]

that was beautifull

[MguitarL]

Thank you, Swordsmancaim, for coming by here,

too, and for your kind comment!

Best wishes, Maria

[tutu1987]

Well no wonder I'm here, Souvenir is my favourite piece I can play (well if you dont count bass-lines of Metallica songs..)

Anyway, I wish you all the best!

Love

Istvan/Stephen

[Roselyne18]

Maria Thank you for that magic moment while delicacy shared with us!

Friends, Rosy.

[MguitarL]

Thank you, Rosy! I'm happy that it gave you

a 'magic moment'!..

All the best, Maria

[Klaudiusz1983]

I like it. Bravo;)....I wish you all the best and more so good and hm romantic pieces;)I like to pley this kind of music after work

[MguitarL]

Well, Klaudiusz1983, Thank you, and ...Life

might bring another 'romantic' piece or two -

we'll see!:-)

Best wishes, Maria

[Cyrloud]

it is beautifull Marie ! big kiss

[tutu1987]

Wow you actually live! Sorry to say that, I've learned playing the guitar for 6 years now and Ihad alot of plays from medival times by my teacher, I didnt know Souvenir is an actual one :D I love your pieces, really.

PS. Perhaps Leo Brouwer lives too?

[MguitarL]

Hi Istvan! - Yes, it's amazing how many

guitar composers are still around!:-)

Thanks for coming in to listen here!

All the best, Maria

[YoungGuitarr]

Mmmm...Servus! I love To hear Your songs very much..there are...so beautifull..but i cannot find "Vagabond ragtime"..I like jazz so that song is..You know..when i heard "Souvenir", i though that I fly amoung the clouds..Maybe I'll record my own video with Souvenir or something else..that You can comment..Greetings from Poland. Liebe, Lukas!

[MguitarL]

Hi Lukasz! Thanks for coming in to listen here, too! I look forward to hearing more from you on your site!

('Vagabond's Ragtime'is in 'Neue Folklorestuecke', published by Ricordi.)

Greetings from Germany and best wishes!

Maria

[carpeguitarra]

Maria,

Souvenir is one of my favorites and I am glad I can listen to you playing it with such feeling. I am working on Souvenir now. Progress a bit delayed with also working on duets. I hope to post a video on Souvenir soon (promise not to play too fast!).

Thanks for posting vidoes on youtube.

Tim

[MguitarL]

I look forward very much to hearing you play

'Souvenir' soon, Tim!

Thanks and best wishes, Maria

[jazzwmn]

Genious!I love your compositions. They are so soothing ... You're my authority.

We were corresponding, do you remember? :D

Anastaciafan (sometimes jazzwmn)

[MguitarL]

Yes, I do remember, Olga! - Thank you for listening in here, and for your kind comment!

I hope all is well with you...

All the best to you, Maria

[budiin]

this is just so beautiful..

[MguitarL]

I'm happy you like it, budiin! - Thank you

for coming by and listening, and for the

kind comment!

Maria

[marjannonaka]

Très doux et beau. Merci!

[MguitarL]

Merci beaucoup, Marjan! - c'est très gentil!

Maria

[nylonguitar]

I like this one very much. You play so beautifully. thank you...Steve

[MguitarL]

Hello again, Steve! Thank you for coming by again and listening...This is one of my

favourite pieces, so I'm specially glad that you like it too!

Best wishes, Maria

[bilstew]

Dankon kaj saluton Maria.Tre bela gitaro kaj agrabla tono.Bonsxanco

[MguitarL]

Now, this is a language I don't know! - but

since you are in the UK, I can presume you

will understand my Thank you! - since I did

understand enough to grasp that you are in favour of the recording!:-)so: Thank You!

Best wishes, Maria

[bilstew]

ok maria, und danke(auf Deutch)The language is the fantastic and simple international language of Esperanto.of which I am a student.and also of course the wonderful classical guitar.(I'm 67 so an old student)especially the guitar ha ha.If you have youtube just type in esperanto language and tell me how you got on Regards from Belfast,Ireland.Bill.

[MguitarL]

Ok, thanks Bill - I'll have a look at it

when I have a moment - but I can't promise

to learn any esperanto - too many other

languages to juggle with at present!...

Regards, Maria

[bilstew]

Thanks for reply Maria,Your very words are the reason why Esperanto was introduced by Dr Ludovik Zamenhof in 1880s as a language that could be used for easy communication between people from all lands,It is phonetic and has no irregular verbs.(English has 282apx.)Bill.

[arpajlleon]

¡Bravo! ¡Bravísimo!

Hermosos temas. Grandes composiciones... impregnadas de un exquisito romanticismo.

¡FELICIDADES!

[MguitarL]

MUCHAS GRACIAS, SENOR LEON!

Me encanta su musica hermosa del arpa!!

Cordialmente, Maria

[zweistein3]

Und das ist aber immer noch das schönste (zumindest von hier)

Grüße

Bruno

[klippdachs]

Hallo Mrs. Linnemann,

i just found your music here at youtube and what can i say: you lighted up my life in a lousy german winter! I´m going to buy some sheets and i hope i´ll be able to play your compositions in the near future.

With admiration and may good bless you..

Greetings Leo

[MguitarL]

Hello Leo! Well, your comment makes me very

proud and happy, of course! Roll on the

Spring, I say! Meantime, I wish you joy with

your guitar! G'd Bless, Maria

[MguitarL]

Dear Jesse - Your most kind comment is back

again - Thank you so much! Hope your Giuliani

is going well!

Warm regards, Maria

[friendalways99]

Brilliant!!!

I would like to see more of your work..

[MguitarL]

Thank you for your very kind comment! In 2008

there will be more videos, I trust...

I've just been onto your site, and love the roses!

Kind regards, Maria

[nonexponential]

This piece is so nostalgic that when one

listens to you playing it one has to nod

thoughtfully like you do and say, "yes,

I know". - Athan

[MguitarL]

This is indeed the piece of mine most 'laden'

with memories,Athan...Thank you for listening

to it and for your thoughtful comment!...

Kind regards, Maria

[takatakatang]

I love listening to this time and again.

[MguitarL]

Thank you for listening, and for your kind

comment! - I love playing this again and

again, too...

Regards, Maria

[hongkong007A]

sounds very nice!

[MguitarL]

Thank you for listening again and for your kind comment!

Regards,Maria

[Vreci]

Ja, das muss ich auch noch lernen. Das Phrasieren dieser romantischen Stücke fällt mir nicht leicht. Zu unruhig !

Danke für das Grinsen am Schluss. Bist doch auch ein Mensch. :)

lg Wolfgang

[MguitarL]

Und ich dachte, meine Stuecke wuerden einen

Hinweis darauf geben, dass ich ein Mensch bin!(Seufz!):-)

[Vreci]

Das tun sie auch. Aber zuviele Komplimente machen unglaubwürdig ! ;)

lg wolfgang

[MguitarL]

Ich habe noch Keinen hier unglaubwuerdig gefunden, Wolfgang - darueber bin ich auch

sehr gluecklich... Danke fuer all Deine

'Komplimente'!

Warm regards, Maria

[acoustic2rock]

I love this song.

Walter

[MguitarL]

Thank you very much, Walter! I see from your site that you 'go

for' guitarists like Peo and Tommy Emmanuel - same here!

Regards, Maria

[KVron]

Beatiful, beatiful lovely piece!

Is there any way to buy the sheet music as a PDF or some other elecronic form? Shipping to Mexico is too expensive :( Besides, I want to save a tree :)

[MguitarL]

Hi again, KVron! Thank you so much!

Sorry, but the tree has already been felled (it

might be recycled clothes, you know!) - the music is only to be

found in the 'Suite for Lovers' (Ricordi)

[scree123]

Wow! Your music stirs up such emotion. Happy and sad all at once. Very Moving.

My best, Don

[MguitarL]

Thank you very much, Don, you are a very sensitive listener,and

I am honoured by your comment! kind regards, Maria

[davidsoenderup]

wow........... u and peo are the greatest..... i love to listen to your music

[MguitarL]

I am honoured,David! - especially to be named together with Peo,

such a great musician and guitarist - Thank you very much!

Thank you too for subscribing!

Regards,

Maria

[MarkAntony]

Hi Maria, I did not know you have a page on here too! You have great talent for composing nice pieces within reach of early grades, I intend soon to record one of them..Great to see you here, lovely playing.

[MguitarL]

Thank you, MarkAnthony! Will you post it on youtube?-

I hope so! Maria

[corinneiscool]

Very nice, i love ur guitar playing, just lovely:)

[MguitarL]

Thank you Corinne!I like your song for your friend,it's really touching. Keep playing! Maria

[corinneiscool]

Thank you very much and you're welcome, u keep playing too and keep in touch:)

[MguitarL]

Will do, and let's keep in touch, yes. Regards, Maria

[stephenlukman]

I'm melting.

[MguitarL]

Thanks, Stephen! - But don't melt away - I'm looking forward to

hearing more of your playing! Best regards, Maria

[nmclay]

Very moving. Peo best move over; there's a new Sheriff in town! Wonderful rendition! Bravo!

Nick

[MguitarL]

Whoa, Nick - no shooting from the hip here! - no one is looking

to take over from that sherrif!! - Hey, Peo is my hero, and he

plays my pieces as beautifully as he plays everyone else's,I'm

sure you agree! - I'm truly honoured by your good opinion,though,

Nick, and it gives me great encouragement! Many,many thanks!

Maria

[wktang]

Lovely piece, and your playing is flawless.

It's the type of music that will make me wanna listen over and over again.

I went to your site and know that you're a composer.

Is this your composition?

I compose music too btw.

[MguitarL]

Yes,it's a piece of mine, and one of my favourites...

I hope you post your compositions so that we can hear

them too! Best wishes, Maria

[MguitarL]

Thank you for your kind comments, wktang! - I enjoy

your playing very much too!

[lalodiaz]

Beautiful thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!1

[MguitarL]

You honour me again, Eduardo! - Thank you!!!!!!!!

[MguitarL]

Thanks,Tirke! - I had to dare myself to do them, after

the long five-year break!... XX Mazzles

[tclinnemann]

Hi again Mazzles! You have been very busy making all these lovely videos. I hope everyone is enjoying them and being inspired by them. LOL Tirke XX

[sguitar]

nice :-)

[keituji]

'Suite for lovers' is the most beautiful suite for me.Thank you very much!!!

[MguitarL]

Thank you Keituji! - I'm very happy that you like it so much!

Who made the guitar you play - is it Japanese?

[keituji]

Yes,This guitar is 'Masaru　Khono' in japan.I like

this guitar's warm sound.Thank you!!

Keituji

[SecondSpace]

Sentimental!

[MguitarL]

It's a lovesong for a very dear friend no longer with us,SecondSpace - so maybe it is!..... Maria