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: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1555554
pour la Guitare, op.20
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1555556
E
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1554761
G
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1553447
C
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1554765
for: Classical guitar
Score
Item no.: 977236
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 971896
for: Classical guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), DVD
Item no.: 1208971
Vol 1 & 2
Volume set
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1208976
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 1209003
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandola
Item no.: 1209004
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390820
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1114415
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1025144
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Mandolin
Single part
Item no.: 1025143
New Critical Edition
Op. 30 to 40
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025074
New Critical Edition
Op. 50-52, 54, 56-59
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025072
New Critical Edition
Op. 38, 39, 44bis, 49, 53, 55, 61
Bolero a Duo
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 1025071
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Mandolin (soloist), mandolin orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1025154
New Critical Edition
Easy to Intermediate Studies
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025081
New Critical Edition
Op. 42 to 48
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025073
Item no.: 1025133
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 1025085
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandolin 1
Item no.: 1025152
New Critical Edition
Advanced Guitar Duos
Op. 34, 41, 54bis, 62, 63
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1025083
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 1025149
New Critical Edition
Op. 10 to 15(c)
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025079
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 1025158
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 1025147
New Critical Edition
Advanced Guitar Duos
Op. 34, 41, 54bis, 62, 63
for: 2 guitars
Solo parts
Item no.: 1025084
New Critical Edition
Guitar Solos
Opp. 1-5, 7-9
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025080
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
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
New Critical Edition
Op. 16 to 22
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025078
New Critical Edition
Op. 23 to 28
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025077
MCM - Masterworks of Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019423
Gitarre, Guitar Forum
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019334
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019417
Homage to Fernando Sor
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019425
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019422
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019424
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019348
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019344
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019420
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019340
Guitar recordings 2
Music of spain and Latin América
for: Guitar
Audio-CD
Item no.: 1019322
aus Mozarts `Zauberflöteop. 9´
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019416
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