Are you a fan of the wonderful Spanish composer Fernando Sor (1778-1839), who François-Joseph Fétis dubbed “the Beethoven of the guitar”? Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover the wide world of the composer who first brought the guitar to Europe’s concert halls with Stretta Music today!
Fernando Sor was born into a military family, but any thoughts of a military career were swiftly extinguished when his father introduced him to Italian Opera. It was also his father who introduced him to the guitar, an instrument that at the time, was only really played at home, in bars and in canteens. He studied harmony and counterpoint, but since it was not yet taught academically, Sor had to teach himself to play the guitar.
Unfortunately, Sor did not fit in well in the musical circles of Charles IV’s court, but luckily he was accepted into the artistic circle of the 13th Duchess of Alba, where he met and worked with musicians like Dionisio Aguado . During the French invasion, in line with the oath of allegiance he swore to Napoleon I in 1810, Sor composed mainly nationalist music, and in 1813, when the French were expelled from Spain, he was sent into exile.
His first stop was Paris, where Fernando Sor’s works were published in the “Journal de Musique Étrangère pour la Guitare ou Lyre”, the “Journal of Foreign Music for Guitar or Lyre”, which made him very popular. Despite his popularity, he was not offered a position as composer for the band of the King of France’s Court, so he moved to London, where he had many more musical opportunities, and quickly distinguished himself as a singing teacher, and composer of Italian Arias and Ballet.
After a stay in Russia, Sor returned permanently to Paris in 1826, where he continued to compose and wrote his Método de guitarra española, his “Method of the Spanish Guitar”. He died in Paris in 1839 and is buried in Montmartre Cemetery.
He is best known for the Fernando Sor Guitar Works, and out of his friendship and collaboration with Dionisio Aguado came the wonderful work for two guitars Les Deux Amis, “The Two Friends”, in which the two guitar parts are written as “Sor” and “Aguado”.
Fernando Sor wrote in the classic style, very much influenced by the French “style galant”. He used many “suspensions” in his music, similar to those of Haydn and Mozart. Today however, Sor’s works are generally performed in a more romantic style. Alongside his guitar works, his ballets, choral music and orchestral works are particularly popular.
aus "Trois petits divertissements pour deux Guitares", op. 61 (Nr. 2)
for: 2 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3611
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1524
aus "24 Leçons Progressives", op. 31 (Nr. 23)
for: Classical guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1149
op. 63
for: für 2 Gitarren
Item no.: 620669
Sudien und Übungen
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 269905
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 253611
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254334
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254180
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 253988
Koenige Der Gitarre
for: Guitar
Item no.: 181989
op. 63
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 357039
Ensemble score
Item no.: 149525
Single part Guitar (solo)
Item no.: 129750
Heft 7: Etüden
for: Classical guitar
Item no.: 418243
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 129644
aus "Six pêtites pièces pour la Guitare", op. 32 (Nr. 6)
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1555
for: Classical guitar
Item no.: 205318
Sudien und Übungen
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 391194
Estudio Es-Dur
for: Guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 460425
Klassik
for: Guitar
Item no.: 461334
Klassik
for: Guitar
Item no.: 310741
for: Classical guitar
Score
Item no.: 271024
op. 54 (bis)
for: 2 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1786
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 330942
op. 10
for: Guitar
Item no.: 246380
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 253366
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254202
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 253997
for: Guitar
Item no.: 112564
for: Guitar, strings
Score
Item no.: 226550
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 217044
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390948
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390688
Sudien und Übungen
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 391193
ALB
Fernando Sor Andr? s Segovia Edition This traditional, standard guitar book is now accompanied by a demonstration CD with recordings by Paul Henry.
for: Classical guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 246331
Andrés Segobia Edition
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 291601
Stücke Europäischer Meister
Die Gitarre
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 413230
para guitarra
Edicion Ibérica 197
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 376297
op. 47, Nr. 1-3
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1830
op. 47, Nr. 4-6
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1831
op. 31, Nr. 1, 4, 18
for: Classical guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1525
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Guitar, mandolin orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644798
Fantasia op. 21
for: Guitar
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 549684
for: Guitar
Item no.: 327440
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 181933
Single part Guitar 2
Item no.: 179983
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 156344
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