The Last Rose of Summer for Two Guitars — Ralph Paulsen-Bahnsen

About this edition

The Last Rose of Summer by Ralph Paulsen-Bahnsen is a work for two guitars connected in the supplied edition text with Thomas Moore's poem and the traditional Irish melody. AGBP 2008 contains the full score and separate Guitar 1 and Guitar 2 parts in three digital PDF files.

Format: Digital PDF edition

Included: Full score and separate Guitar 1 and Guitar 2 parts in three PDFs

Catalogue number: AGBP 2008

About the composer

Ralph Paulsen-Bahnsen

Ralph Paulsen-Bahnsen was born on 20 July 1954 in Hamburg-St. Georg. He studied guitar with Professor Bernard Hebb at the Hamburg Conservatory, graduating in 1976. He then completed a programme in Trossingen for directors of string ensembles before returning to the Hamburg Conservatory, where he studied with Professor Dr Wolfgang Andreas Schultz from 1976 to 1977. In 1977, he began studying composition at the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg under Professor Dr Dr h.c. Werner Krützfeldt. He completed his degree in 1981. Paulsen-Bahnsen taught guitar and music theory at the Hamburg Conservatory from 1977 to 1983. Alongside this, he joined the Norderstedt Music School in 1981, where he worked as a full-time music teacher until 2019. He has written numerous works for choirs and string instruments, many of which have been published by Schell Music, Trekel and Peermusic.