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.
G
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1553447
C
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1554765
Gitarre-Soli 38
for: Guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 487276
aus "Trois petits divertissements pour deux Guitares", op. 61 (Nr. 1)
for: 2 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1629
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1667574
O Salutaris Hostia
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1019243
for: Guitar
Item no.: 125200
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 324297
for: Classical guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 770718
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1031362
Estudio Es-Dur
for: Guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 460425
for: 3 guitars
Item no.: 346594
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254220
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 253325
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254202
for: Guitar
Item no.: 355215
for: Guitar
Item no.: 367259
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254773
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 250050
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 774981
aus op. 22
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 731368
op. 54 (bis)
for: 2 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1786
New Critical edition in 14 volumes
Thematic Index to the Edition
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019053
for: Guitar
Item no.: 367075
for: Guitar, strings
Score
Item no.: 226550
op. 9
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 735647
A major, D major
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 743206
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
from Mozart's "The Magic Flute"
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 748793
on the theme 'Das klinget so herrlich'
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 739789
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 782107
Edition Schott
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 739813
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 739810
Variationen op. 9 über ein Thema von W. A. Mozart
Eine Sammlung aus dem Repertoire von Siegflied Behrend
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019112
for: Guitar
Item no.: 1671838
Score
Item no.: 254229
for: Accordion
Score
Item no.: 253767
Score
Item no.: 254076
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 217044
Variées et un Menuet
Musik für Gitarre
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 113373
op. 2/3
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113115
aus der Sonateaus op.25
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113188
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 250999
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 238683
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1542420
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