Ovaj rad ističe važnost skladatelja Lea Brouwera u povijesti gitare. Rad je podijeljen na tri dijela. Prvi dio kratki je prikaz skladateljevog životopisa i njegovih glazbenih početaka. U drugom dijelu nalaze se podatci o njegovoj gitarističkoj i dirigentskoj karijeri. Treći dio, ujedno i najopsežniji, govori o njegovoj skladateljskoj ostavštini, naročito skladbama za gitaru. Brouwerov opus podijeljen je u četiri faze i u skladu s tom podjelom donesen je popis skladbi. Ključne riječi: djela za gitaru, Brouwerove skladateljske faze, popis djela ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to point out the importance of Leo Brouwer's contribution to the history of classical guitar. This thesis has three main parts. The first part shortly describes his biography and musical beginnings. The second part contains information about his career as a guitarist and a conductor. The third part, the most comprehensive one, describes his work as a composer and divides his work into four phases. Characteristics of each phase are described in detail. Finally, there is a list of Brouwer’s compositions: solo guitar works, works for guitar and orchestra, chamber music works that include guitar and some other works.