- Fernando Sor
Fernando Sor (baptized
February 14 ,1778 –July 10 ,1839 ) was a Spanish guitarist andcomposer , born inBarcelona . In Spain he is sometimes known as the "Beethoven of the Guitar".Works
How history has viewed Sor's style can be summed up in a quote from
William S. Newman :quote
"The creative worth of Sor's guitar sonatas is high. The ideas, which grow out of the instrument yet stand up well enough apart from it, are fresh and distinctive. Theharmony is skillful and surprisingly varied, with bold key changes and with rich modulations in the development sections. The texture is naturally of interest too, with themelody shifted from top to bottom, to middle, and frequentcontrapuntal bits added. Among the extended forms, the first Allegro movements still show considerable flexibility in the application of 'sonata form', especially in the larger number of ideas introduced and recalled. For that matter, the style still goes back to that ofJoseph Haydn and Mozart, especially in the first movement of Op. 22, which has all the neatness of syntax and accompaniment to be found in a classicsymphony , and its third and fourth movements, which could nicely pass as aMinuet andRondo by Haydn."
William S. Newman (Unknown source)Method for the Spanish Guitar
Sor's Method for the Spanish Guitar 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 1832.
External links
heetmusic
* [http://www.fernandosor.fr.st/ www.fernandosor.fr.st]
* [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
* [http://www.muslib.se/ebibliotek/boije/Boije_s.htm Boije Collection] The Music Library of Sweden
* [http://catalog.wustl.edu/search/X?(George%20C.%20Krick%20Collection%20of%20Guitar%20Music)+and+(Sor)+and+(Fernando)&SORT=D George C. Krick Collection of Guitar Music] Washington UniversityBiography
* [http://www.musicweb-international.com/sor/ More detailed biography and performance notes] (www.musicweb-international.com)
* [http://www.classicalguitar.net/artists/sor/ Another biography] (www.classicalguitar.net)Publications
* [http://www.tecla.com/authors/sor.htm Information] (Tecla Editions)
* [http://www.wolfmoser.net/buecher.htm "Ich, Fernando Sor"] "Versuch einer Autobiografie und gitarristische Schriften"; by Wolf Moser (Edition Saint-Georges, ISBN 30001552741)Works
* [http://www.musicweb-international.com/sor/works.htm List of Sor's surviving musical works] (www.musicweb-international.com)
Photos
* [http://bp0.blogger.com/_J4qS1sYILco/Rj2JLuk_8aI/AAAAAAAAAS8/gYfTkqr2aGE/s1600-h/Tombe+Fernando+Sor.jpgFernando Sor's grave at the Cimetière de Montmartre] ( [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3157 alt.] )
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