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.
New Critical Edition
Op. 16 to 22
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025078
for guitar or lyre-guitar
for: 1–2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 769970
Collected Works 13 & 14
All Sor´s guitar duos with the original fingering
Pocket Score Edition
for: 2 guitars
Study score
Item no.: 1019055
op. 16, 21, 30 und 40
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 382315
for: 2 Guitars and Guitar Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1114401
Fantasia op. 21
for: Guitar
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 549684
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE GITARRE GITARRE SOLO
Item no.: 393016
über das Thema "Das klinget so herrlich"op. 9
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393725
for: GES GIT (KLAV)
Softcover
Item no.: 112561
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 181933
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 156344
for: 2 guitars
Score
Item no.: 269508
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 412661
Mit methodischen Hinweisen zur technischen Bewältigung und zum Vortrag
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 407900
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 129505
Szonáta C-dúr op. 22
EMB Musica per chitarra
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 256408
Revisione e diteggiatura di Ruggero Chiesa
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 391109
op. 46, 52, 58 und 59
for: Guitar
Item no.: 382317
on a Theme of Mozart from the Magic Flute
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 638624
Studio Reihe 8
for: Guitar
Item no.: 407883
O Salutaris Hostia
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1019243
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019336
Transcribed, In The Style Of Fernando Sor, By Mark Delpriora
for: Guitar
Study score
Item no.: 1019208
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 990086
for: Guitar
Item no.: 327440
for: Guitar
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 218134
Su L'Aria Que Ne Suis-Je La Fougère
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390767
for: Guitar
Item no.: 367259
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
New Critical Edition
Op. 23 to 28
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025077
for: Guitar
Item no.: 1671838
for: Guitar
Item no.: 1677016
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019149
Edición Ibérica
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 303370
Sudien und Übungen
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 401596
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 357035
for: Classical guitar
Score
Item no.: 205188
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 144357
for: Guitar
Item no.: 144043
Sudien und Übungen
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 388960
op. 6
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393675
Heft 1 (Vorstufe): Vorbereitende Übungen, kleine Musikstücke und Etüden
for: Classical guitar
Item no.: 418232
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019022
op. 29
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393676
Sudien und Übungen
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 388948
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