He received his training at the toronto conservatory of music, under norbert kraft. Brian jefferys book fernando sor, composer and guitarist is the standard biography of the great 19thcentury guitarist and composer fernando sor 17781839. Brian jeffery fernando sor, composer and guitarist, as a. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. The catalan composer fernando sor composed prolifically for the guitar, and his works form a key part of the classical guitar repertoire. Josep ferran sorts i muntades baptized 14 february 1778 died 10 july 1839 was a spanish classical guitarist and composer. Fernando sor bio, albums, pictures naxos classical music. While he is best known for his guitar compositions, he also composed music for a wide range of genres, including opera, orchestra. I started as a folk guitarist, then fell in love with classical guitar in my 20s. Although originally opposed to the napoleonic invasion of spain, he later accepted a position under the french government. Fernando sor, catalan romantic performer, composer, and teacher of guitar known for being among the first to play the guitar as a classical concert instrument and for writing one of the earliest books of guitarplaying methodology. His ballet score cendrillon received over one hundred performances. While the exact date of sors birth remains unknown, he is known to have been born in.
In spain he is sometimes known as the beethoven of the guitar. He was also an accomplished and acclaimed guitarist, and a teacher who often performed his own guitar duets with his pupils. He is best known for his guitar compositions, but he also composed music for opera and ballet, earning acclaim for his ballet titled cendrillon. Study in c great for beginners, memory the study in c, by ferdinando sor is a wonderful little piece for beginners.
Fernando sor was a spanish classical guitarist and composer. Free mp3 and score downloads of the complete solo guitar music of sor. Despite a lot of practice and schooling, i still couldnt get my music to flow well. During his stay in england, sor performed in many concerts, both as a singer and as a guitarist. While he is best known for his guitar compositions, he also composed music for a wide range of genres, including opera, orchestra, string quartet, piano, voice, and ballet. Fernando sor was a classical guitarist and composer who was born in spain from 1778 to 1839.
July 10, 1839 was a spanish guitarist and composer, born in barcelona. Brian jefferys book, fernando sor, composer and guitarist, is now in its second edition 1994, and available through tecla publications. There was a time, 2530 years ago that a classical guitar recital would seem incomplete without the inclusion of a work by fernando sor. Fernando sor, composer and guitarist jeffery, brian on. Free mp3 and score downloads of the complete solo guitar music of. Fernando sor 1778 1839 performed by jonathan adams 0. Discussion of his music and a full catalogue of works is included. Fernando sor 1778 1839 best known for his guitar compositions, sor also wrote music for opera, orchestra, string quartet, piano, voice, and ballet. However his love of music was sparked after he was introduced to italian opera, and to the guitar by his father. But this is a case in which the player found a composer congenial to his strengths and temperament.
Born to a fairly welloff family, sor was read more. Although he is best known for his guitar compositions, he also composed music for a wide range of genres, including opera, orchestra, string quartet, piano, voice, and ballet. Altogether we know of some nineteen concerts in england in. Josep ferran sorts i muntades baptised 14 february 1778 died 10 july 1839, paris was a spanish guitarist and composer.
His guitar works range from pieces for beginners to advanced players. It is a translation from the original spanish of a moving account of a visit to sor in 1839, entitled a visit to sor in the last days of his life, which was published in a barcelona newspaper of 1850. Fernando sor or josep ferran sorts i muntades baptized 14 february 1778 died 10 july 1839 was a spanish classical guitarist and composer. He was considered in his time to be the best guitarist in the world. See more ideas about classical guitar, guitar and new age music. Sors works for guitar range from pieces for beginning players to. Fernando sor 1778 1839 the catalan composer and guitarist fernando sor is chiefly known for his many guitar compositions. Fernando sor free sheet music and tabs for classical guitar.
His music has aired on cbcs north by northwest, disc drive, and fresh air and echoes in the usa. Born to a fairly welloff family, sor was descended from a long line of career soldiers, and intended to continue that. This is an extract from chapter 3 london, 18151823 of the book fernando sor, composer and guitarist by brian jeffery, on concerts in london, including newlydiscovered ones. Fernando sor, composer and guitarist hardcover january 1, 1994 by brian jeffery author. Alan miceli is an acoustic guitarist, performer, composer, and recording artist. See more ideas about classical guitar, guitar and classical music composers. Born to a fairly welloff family, sor was descended from a long line of career soldiers, and. This is an extract from chapter 1 of the book fernando sor, composer and guitarist by brian jeffery, discussing sors seguidillas for voice and guitar or piano there is a fine painting by degas of the catalan singer lorenzo pagans who is mentioned in the first paragraph. Variations for guitar on marlborough sen vatenguerre.
Shop and buy classical guitar of fernando sor sheet music. It also has opportunities for intermediate players to explore some specific musical issues, or to serve as an opportunity to practice your memorization skills. While he is best known for his guitar compositions, he also composed music for a wide range of genres. If he does, it will show just how good fernando sor can be in hands of a sympathetic and imaginative artist. Vieaux has floated the idea of doing another allsor recording for his current label, azica. Fernando sor was descended from a family of career soldiers, and initially planned to continue in this life. His music is original, with lovely nuances, and gentle invention somewhere between haydn and mozart, but independant in his own rite. The first edition of this book, when it appeared in 1977, set out for the first time all the known details of sors life.
Today it is rare for him to be included in a concert programme. With standard guitar notation, guitar tablature, historical notes, performance notes and biographical notes arranger. As the storys author, erik stenstadvold notes, this remarkably long letter. He is known sometimes as the beethoven of the guitar in spain.
Vieaux has floated the idea of doing another all sor recording for his current label, azica. The interpretation by steven novocek is touching and delicate. Fernando sor, baptized joseph fernando macari sors or jose fernando macarurio sors february 14, 1778 july 10, 1839 was a spanish guitarist and composer, born in barcelona. Musica maestrale opens its concert season this weekend october 6, 2012, 7. Download free sheet music in pdf and royalty free music in mp3 for fernando sor for free, and without s from. Complete studies for guitar enea leone on allmusic 2014. His bestknown work included grand sonata in c major, op. Sor s works for guitar range from pieces for beginning players to advanced players such as. He was a contemporary of beethoven and is often referred to as the beethoven of the guitar. The following passage is taken from chapter 5 paris, 182671839 of the book fernando sor, composer and guitarist by brian jeffery. The spaniard fernando sor 17781839 was one of the greatest of the composers for the classical guitar. The world of classical guitar owes much to fernando sor, for he took the guitar from the depths of obscurity and ignorance, to new heights never achieved or thought of. Classical guitar of fernando sor by fernando sor 17781839. Fernando sor 17781839 20 great classical guitarists.
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