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.
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 348503
On a theme from Mozart´s Magic Flute
Urtext
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 601525
Alfred Classical Guitar Masterworks
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 636005
op. 4, 7, 10 und 12
for: Guitar
Item no.: 382314
for: Guitar
Item no.: 553974
Newly engraved from early editions
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 190954
Collection Paolo Cherici
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 638244
Per Chitarra
for: Guitar [lute]
Music score
Item no.: 260212
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Guitar, mandolin orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644798
Single part Guitar 2
Item no.: 179983
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1540490
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019420
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019344
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 1025147
Andrés Segobia Edition
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 291601
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1632268
New Critical edition in 14 volumes
Thematic Index to the Edition
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019053
for: 2 classical guitars
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 694227
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1113548
for: Classical guitar
Study score
Item no.: 1019210
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 330942
op. 10
for: Guitar
Item no.: 246380
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 253366
for: Guitar
Item no.: 112564
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 217044
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390948
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390688
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 341812
Ausgewählte Etüden, Heft 3
Musik für die Gitarre
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019132
for: Guitar
Item no.: 355215
Sudien und Übungen
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 388959
über ein Thema von Mozartop. 9
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393975
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
Easy to Intermediate Guitar Duos
Op. 38, 39, 44bis, 49, 53, 55, 61
New Critical Edition
for: 2 classical guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1025082
Stücke Europäischer Meister
Die Gitarre
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 413230
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1114415
for: Piano, brass ensemble, latin percussion
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1025137
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 1025145
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019419
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254202
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 253997
for: Guitar, strings
Score
Item no.: 226550
op. 29
for: Guitar
Item no.: 355164
New Critical Edition
Op. 23 to 28
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025077
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