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.
aus der Sonateaus op.25
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113188
op. 2/3
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113115
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
6 Bagatelles op. 43
for: Classical guitar
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 689503
New Critical Edition
Guitar Solos
Opp. 1-5, 7-9
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025080
op. 14
for: Guitar
Item no.: 1666948
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1667574
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1113383
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019020
Edición Ibérica
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 303371
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390947
Heft 6: Etüden
for: Classical guitar
Item no.: 418242
Heft 5: Etüden
for: Classical guitar
Item no.: 418241
Edición Ibérica
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 301904
Sudien und Übungen
for: Guitar
Score, CD
Item no.: 257459
for: Classical guitar
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 339760
aus der Sonate op. 22
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393886
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 357032
5 hangversenydarab gitárra
EMB Musica per chitarra
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 255897
op. 15/b
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113371
op. 28, 29/9
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113366
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019153
Score
Item no.: 254076
Buch
Item no.: 252292
New Critical Edition
Advanced Guitar Duos
Op. 34, 41, 54bis, 62, 63
for: 2 guitars
Solo parts
Item no.: 1025084
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019340
A La Morte De S.M. L'Empereur Alexandre
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1019219
op. 20
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 124232
for: VC GIT STR
Item no.: 226554
for: Classical guitar
Score
Item no.: 390822
38 Songs
A Collected Edition
for: Voice, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 225831
Musik für Gitarre
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 112871
New Critical edition
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019060
for: Classical guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 138898
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 303363
for: Accordion
Score
Item no.: 253767
for: Guitar
Item no.: 125200
Über ein Thema von Mozart
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 118158
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390883
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 939575
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 250050
A-Dur, D-Duraus op. 11/5 und 6
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393833
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