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.
Newly engraved from early editions
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 760159
op. 9
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 735647
35 Easy to Intermediate Original Works for Guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 736571
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 740763
12 very easy Exercises
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 728087
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 754387
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 743070
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 726791
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722502
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722505
aus "3 Duos", op. 55 (Nr. 1)
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1214
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 725189
from the Sonata op. 22
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 739825
aus "Trois petits divertissements pour deux Guitares", op. 61 (Nr. 1)
for: 2 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1629
aus "Six Valses", op. 44 (bis) (Nr. 1 und Nr. 4)
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1148
aus "Six Valses Composées pour L'Orchestre par differens Auteurs", op. 39 (Nr. 5)
for: 2 guitars
Sheet music
Item no.: 1554
from: Petites pièces progressives op. 44
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 759538
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 752601
op. 31/23
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 727143
aus "24 Leçons Progressives", op. 31 (Nr. 7)
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 4704
pour deux guitares
for: 2 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3216
op. 44/24
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 727137
A major, D major
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 743206
from: F. Sor, Introduction à l’étude de la guitare op. 60
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722207
on a theme of Mozart from the "Magic Flute"
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 747716
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749448
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749828
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383391
Edition Schott
for: Violin, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749978
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 723525
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749392
E
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1554761
from: F. Sor, Méthode pour la guitare
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722191
from: Introduction a l´étude de la guitare, op. 60
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 759534
G
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1553447
C
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1554765
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383072
aus "Trois petits divertissements pour deux Guitares", op. 61 (Nr. 2)
for: 2 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3611
aus op. 22
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 731368
op. 32/1
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 727139
12 Exercises
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749393
Fantasie No. 6
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749447
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 723583
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1524
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 723531
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749391
aus "24 Leçons Progressives", op. 31 (Nr. 23)
for: Classical guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1149
aus "Six pêtites pièces pour la Guitare", op. 32 (Nr. 6)
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1555
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