Once Around the Sun
An unprecedented collection of 365 solo guitar works, Once Around the Sun draws together the full breadth of the classical guitar tradition, including historical forms, cultural idioms, and traditional études.
by Michael Knopf
"Knopf is no ordinary musician. Each composition is a like a tiny masterpiece, a musical gem..."
Prof. Apostolos Paraskevas | Beklee College of MusicFirst Prize Award
"Music for the Dark Hours for Two Guitars"
has been awarded 1st Prize at the 2025 Veria International Guitar Festival
Veria, GreeceAn unprecedented collection of 365 solo guitar works, Once Around the Sun draws together the full breadth of the classical guitar tradition, including historical forms, cultural idioms, and traditional études.
Around the Sun
by Michael Knopf
"Knopf is no ordinary musician. Each composition is a like a tiny masterpiece, a musical gem..."
Prof. Apostolos Paraskevas | Beklee College of MusicFirst Prize Award
"Music for the Dark Hours for Two Guitars"
has been awarded 1st Prize at the 2025 Veria International Guitar Festival
Veria, GreeceOnce Around the Sun is conceived as a meaningful resource for musicians and educators seeking to expand the classical guitar canon with new repertoire that is both pedagogically robust and artistically rich.
Digital Scores
Once Around the Sun is a valuable collection for performers, teachers, and students with every piece exploring technique, style and aesthetic.
The Complete Collection is being released as a series of twelve volumes of 30-31 pieces in the coming months.
The Concert Platform Series consists of professional level solos, duos, and suites.
The Resonance Series features works focusing on lush harmony and melody at a tranquil pace.
The Etude Series provides studies with varying learning approaches to style, technique and expression.
INCANTATIONS for Guitar Duo
$32.00https://oncearoundthesunguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SCORE-Incantations-GUITAR-DUO-.pdfFlamboyance, energy, colour and drama are essential characteristics of this 5 movement suite for 2 guitars.
INCANTATIONS for Guitar Duo
$32.00https://oncearoundthesunguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SCORE-Incantations-GUITAR-DUO-.pdfFlamboyance, energy, colour and drama are essential characteristics of this 5 movement suite for 2 guitars.Add to Cart
Three Pieces – suite for solo guitar
$18.00Contemporary art music for classical guitar – engaging, rhythmical and colourful.
Three Pieces – suite for solo guitar
$18.00Contemporary art music for classical guitar - engaging, rhythmical and colourful.Add to Cart
Three Jazz Musings – suite for solo guitar
$18.00Additional Details: Composer: Dr. Michael Knopf Duration: about 7 minutes Format: Digital PDF Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Three Jazz Musings – suite for solo guitar
$18.00Additional Details: Composer: Dr. Michael Knopf Duration: about 7 minutes Format: Digital PDF Skill Level: Intermediate/AdvancedAdd to Cart
Three Vignettes of South America – suite for solo guitar
$18.00Additional Details: Composer: Dr. Michael Knopf Duration: about 6 minutes Format: Digital PDF Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Three Vignettes of South America – suite for solo guitar
$18.00Additional Details: Composer: Dr. Michael Knopf Duration: about 6 minutes Format: Digital PDF Skill Level: Intermediate/AdvancedAdd to CartIncantations for solo guitar
$22.00A suite of five miniatures for solo guitar inspired by the idea of music as a magical act.
Incantations for solo guitar
$22.00A suite of five miniatures for solo guitar inspired by the idea of music as a magical act.Add to Cart
Temporum Varietate – Suite for Two Guitars (Score)
$30.00A guitar duo displaying power and poetry providing performers with challenging & dynamic melodic and rythmic ideas accommpanied by a wide spectrum of harmonic combinations. Energetic, colourful and aurally engaging, this work provides performers and audiences a sound world of emotion and musical bravura and nuance.
Temporum Varietate – Suite for Two Guitars (Score)
$30.00A guitar duo displaying power and poetry providing performers with challenging & dynamic melodic and rythmic ideas accommpanied by a…Add to Cart
About the Composer
Knopf’s unique compositional voice blends the elegance of classical guitar with the rhythmic flair of jazz, the hypnotic repetition of minimalism, the colour of world music, and the introspective textures of modernist traditions.
Every piece in the OATS collection is an invitation to explore, to challenge, and to feel.
About Michael
About the Project
Once Around the Sun is a groundbreaking collection of 365 original works for classical guitar by composer and guitarist Dr Michael D. Knopf.
This extensive body of work invites guitarists of all levels into a richly diverse musical journey, one that spans genres, aesthetics, and technical challenges.
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The compositions in Once Around the Sun are licensed for personal and individual professional use only. Unauthorized distribution, resale, or sharing is prohibited. Arrangements require prior written consent from the composer.
