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Fernando Sor (baptized February 14, 1778 – July 10, 1839) was a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 guitarist
Classical guitar

The classical guitar, also known as the "Spanish guitar", and in more recent times as the "nylon string guitar" ? is a plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones....
 and composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, born in Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
. In Spain he is sometimes known as the "Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
 of the Guitar".








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Fernando Sor
Fernando Sor (baptized February 14, 1778 – July 10, 1839) was a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 guitarist
Classical guitar

The classical guitar, also known as the "Spanish guitar", and in more recent times as the "nylon string guitar" ? is a plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones....
 and composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, born in Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
. In Spain he is sometimes known as the "Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
 of the Guitar".

Works


How history has viewed Sor's style can be summed up in a quote from William S. Newman
William S. Newman

William Stein Newman was an United States musicologist.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1945 he taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....
:

Method for the Spanish Guitar


Sor's Method for the Spanish Guitar
Méthode pour la Guitare

The Method for the Spanish Guitar is a method for the classical guitar written by the Spain guitarist and composer Fernando Sor.The method for the guitar is a book which is not only about technique but also about harmony, sonority, composition, and above all music as an art....
 was first published in French under the name Méthode pour la Guitare (1830) and then translated in English under the name Method for the Spanish Guitar in 1842.

External links


Sheetmusic

  • - at creativeguitar.org
  • [https://rex.kb.dk/F?func=find-c&ccl_term=(WRD=Sor%20AND%20WWW=http%20NOT%20WWW=sheetmusicnow%20NOT%20WWW=freehandmusic%20NOT%20WWW=hebeonline)&local_base=mus01&con_lng=ENG Rischel & Birket-Smith's Collection of guitar music] Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark
  • The Music Library of Sweden
  • Washington University

Biography

  • (www.musicweb-international.com)
  • (www.classicalguitar.net)


Publications

  • (Tecla Editions)
  • Versuch einer Autobiografie und gitarristische Schriften; by Wolf Moser (Edition Saint-Georges, ISBN 30001552741)


Works

  • (www.musicweb-international.com)


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