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Fernando Sor
12+ albums
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Fernando Sor, (baptized Joseph Fernando Macari Sors or José Fernando Macarurio Sors February 14, 1778 – July 10, 1839) was a Spanish guitarist and composer, born in Barcelona. In Spain he is sometimes known as the "Beethoven of the Guitar." Born to a fairly well-off family, Sor was descended from a long line of career soldiers, and intended to continue that legacy, but was distracted from this when his father introduced him to Italian opera. He fell in love with music and abandoned a military career. Along with opera, Sor's father also introduced him to the guitar, which, at the time, was little more than an instrument played in taverns, thought to be inferior to orchestral instruments. Sor studied music at a monastery on the slopes Montserrat, a mountain near Barcelona, until his father died. His mother couldn't afford to finance continued studies and withdrew him. It was at this monastery that he began to write his first pieces of music for the guitar. In 1808, when Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain, Sor began to write nationalistic music for the guitar, often accompanied by patriotic lyrics. After the defeat of the Spanish army, Sor accepted an administrative post in the occupying government. After the Spanish repelled the French in 1813, Sor and many other artists and aristocrats who had befriended the French (afrancesados) left Spain for fear of retribution. He went to Paris and never returned to his home country again. He began to gain renown in the Parisian art comm
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24 Studies, Op. 35, "Exercises": Study No. 17 In D Major
10,4252Introduction
10,2063I. Introduction: Andante moderato
9,3494Folies d'Espagne et un menuet, Op. 15a
8,6495Etude No. 5 en Si Mineur
7,8216No. 6 Rondeau
7,6787No. 3: Andante
7,4948Voyons si c'est ca - 6 Pieces, Op. 45: No. 5. Andante
7,4429Valse
6,48410Theme varies et 12 Minuets, Op. 11: Menuet No. 1
6,401albums
SOR: Guitar Duets, Vol. 2
Sor: Fantasias Nos. 7, 10, 13 / 24 Studies (Excerpts)
SOR: Souvenir d'Amitie / 6 Petites Pieces, Op. 47
SOR: 6 Divertimenti, Op. 13 / Cinquieme Fantaisie, Op. 16
SOR: Guitar Duets, Vol. 1
SOR: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 43 / Progressive Pieces, Op. 44
SOR: Grande Sonates, Opp. 22 and 25 / Divertissement, Op. 23
SOR: 25 Progressive Studies, Op. 60 / Fantaisie Elegiaque
SOR: 24 Exercises, Op. 35 / Pieces de Societe, Op. 33
Sor: Fantaisie, Op. 10 and 12 / Themes Et Menuets, Op. 11
SOR: Morceau de Concert / 6 Valses, Op. 57 / Fantaisie Villageoise, Op. 52
Sor: Works for Guitar