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Fernando Sor Born: February 14, 1778; Barcelona, Spain Died: July 10, 1839; Paris, France
Spanish composer Fernando Sor (originally Sors), despite having composed prolifically for various vocal and instrumental ensembles, is remembered today chiefly as a virtuoso guitarist whose hundred-plus compositions for that instrument constitute a vital part of its concert repertory. While the exact date of Sor's birth remains unknown, he is known to have been born in Barcelona and baptized on Valentine's Day in the year 1778. Of Catalan ... Read more

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Sor: Guitar Music / Eduardo Fern�ndez
Release Date: 07/1991 Label: Decca Catalog: 425821 Number of Discs: 1

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'L'Encouragement' - Fantaisie pour deux Guitares, Op. 34: Cantabile (1)

'L'Encouragement' - Fantaisie pour deux Guitares, Op. 34: Thema - Theme (Andantino) (1)

'L'Encouragement' - Fantaisie pour deux Guitares, Op. 34: Valse (1)

'L'Encouragement' - Fantaisie pour deux Guitares, Op. 34: Variation 1 (1)

'L'Encouragement' - Fantaisie pour deux Guitares, Op. 34: Variation 2 (1)

'L'Encouragement' - Fantaisie pour deux Guitares, Op. 34: Variation 3 (1)

Acuerdate bien mio (Remember, my beloved), seguidilla for voice & guitar (2)

Air vari� in C major for guitar (1)

Allegretto for Guitar in E major (1)

Allegro movido (1)

Andante cantabile (1)

Andante espressivo (1)

Andante maestoso (2)

Arias (6) for Guitar from Mozart's "Magic Flute", Op. 19 (7)

Arias (6) for Guitar from Mozart's "Magic Flute", Op. 19: no 5, Konnte jeder brave Mann (1)

Arias (6) from Mozart's "Magic Flute" for guitar, Op. 19 (1)

Bagatelles (6) for Guitar, Op. 43 (1)

Bagatelles (6) for Guitar, Op. 43: no 3, Cantabile in A major (1)

Caprice for Guitar, Op. 50 "Le calme" (2)

Caprice for guitar, Op. 50 ("Le Calme") (1)

Cendrillon: March (2)

Cesa de atormentarme (Stop tormenting me), seguidilla for voice & guitar (2)

Como ha de resolverse (How can anyone resolve), seguidilla for voice & guitar (1)

Concerto for Violin in G major (1)

De amor en las prisiones (2)

Divertimenti (10) for Guitar, Op. 23 (1)

Divertimenti (3) for 2 Guitars, Op. 61: no 1 in E major (1)

Divertimenti (6) for Guitar, Op. 8 (1)

Divertimento for 2 Guitars, Op. 34 "L'encouragement": Cantabile (2)

Divertimento for 2 Guitars, Op. 34 "L'encouragement": no 1 (1)

Divertimento for 2 Guitars, Op. 34 "L'encouragement": no 4 (1)

Divertimento for 2 Guitars, Op. 38 (4)

Divertimento for 2 Guitars, Op. 38: Valse (1)

Divertimentos (3) for 2 Guitars, Op. 61 (2)

Divertimentos (6) for Guitar, Op. 1 (2)

Divertimentos (6) for Guitar, Op. 13: no 1, Tempo di Minuetto in A major (2)

Divertimentos (6) for Guitar, Op. 13: no 2, Waltz in G major (2)

Divertimentos (6) for Guitar, Op. 13: no 3, Andantino in C major (2)

Divertimentos (6) for Guitar, Op. 13: no 4, Cantabile in F major (2)

Divertimentos (6) for Guitar, Op. 13: no 5, Andante pastorale in E major (2)

Divertimentos (6) for Guitar, Op. 13: no 6, March in G major (2)

Divertimentos (6) for Guitar, Op. 2 (2)

Divertimentos (6) for Guitar, Op. 2: no 3, Andantino in E major (3)

Divertimentos (6) for Guitar, Op. 2: no 3, Andantino in E minor (1)

Dormia sul margine, arietta italiana for voice & piano (1)

Duet for 2 Guitars, Op. 34 "L'encouragement" (9)

Duet for 2 Guitars, Op. 49 "Divertimento militaire" (4)

Duet for 2 Guitars, Op. 62 (3)

Duet for 2 Guitars, Op. 62: Andante cantabile (1)

Duets (3) for 2 Guitars, Op. 55 (3)

Duo for 2 guitars in A major, Op. 55/1 (1)

El que quisiera amando (He who would love), seguidilla for voice & guitar (1)

Etude for Guitar in A major (1)

Etude for guitar in A major (Segovia Edition No. 12), Op. 6/6 (2)

Etude for guitar in A major (Segovia Edition No. 14), Op. 6/12 (1)

Etude for Guitar in A minor (1)

Etude for guitar in A minor, Op. 35/14 (1)

Etude for guitar in B flat major (Segovia Edition No. 19), Op. 29/13 (Op. 29/1) (1)

Etude for Guitar in B minor (3)

Etude for guitar in B minor, Op. 31/18 (1)

Etude for guitar in C major (Segovia Edition No. 2), Op. 35/13 (2)

Etude for guitar in D major (Segovia Edition No. 6), Op. 35/17 (3)

Etude for guitar in D minor (Segovia Edition No. 8), Op. 31/16 (1)

Etude for guitar in E major ("Mouvement de pri�re religieuse"), Op. 31/23 (1)

Etude for Guitar in E minor (1)

Etude for guitar in E minor, Op. 60/22 (1)

Etude for Guitar no 1 in C major (2)

Etude for Guitar no 17 in E major (6)

Etude for Guitar no 19 in B flat major (3)

Etude for Guitar no 2 in C major (1)

Etude for Guitar no 20 in C major (1)

Etude for Guitar no 3 in A major (1)

Etude(s) for Guitar (1)

Etudes (12) for guitar, Op. 6: Etude No. 11 [No. 17] in E minor (1)

Etudes (12) for guitar, Op. 6: Etude No. 2 [No. 3] in A major (1)

Etudes (12) for guitar, Op. 6: Etude No. 8 [No. 1] in C major (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: Excerpt(s) (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 1, Andante lento in B flat major (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 11 in G major (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 13, Andante lento in B flat major (4)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 14 in F major (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 15 in A major (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 16, Lento assai in A major (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 17, Allegro moderato in C major (5)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 18, Andante in E minor (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 19 in E major (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 20, Moderato in D major (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 21, Lento in D major (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 22, Andantino in E flat major (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 23 in G major (3)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 24 in E major (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 29: no 5, Allegro moderato in C major (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35 (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: Excerpt(s) (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 1 in C major, Andante (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 10 in F major, Allegro (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 11 in D minor, Allegretto (3)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 12 in F major, Andantino moderato (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 13 in C major, Andante (4)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 14 in D minor, Andante (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 15 in A major, Allegretto (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 16 in D minor, Moderato (5)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 17 in D major, Moderato (6)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 18 in E minor, Andantino (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 19 in C major, Moderato (3)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 2 in A minor, Andantino (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 20 in A major, Tempo de minuetto (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 21 in A major, Andante (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 22 in E minor, Allegretto (15)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 23 in E major, Andante (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 24 in E major, Allegro moderato (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 3 in A minor, Larghetto (4)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 4 in G major, Allegretto (2)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 5 in G major, Allegretto (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 6 in D major (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 7 in E major, Andante (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 8 in E major, Allegretto (1)

Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35: no 9 in A major, Andante (2)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 1 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 10 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 11 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 13 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 14 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 16 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 2 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 20 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 3 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 4 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 6 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 8 (1)

Etudes (24), for guitar, Op. 44: Etude 9 (1)

Etudes (25) for Guitar, Op. 60 (1)

Etudes (25) for Guitar, Op. 60: no 14, Andante in E minor (1)

Etudes (25) for Guitar, Op. 60: no 16 (1)

Etudes (25) for Guitar, Op. 60: no 18 in A minor (1)

Etudes (25) for Guitar, Op. 60: no 20 in E minor (1)

Etudes (25) for Guitar, Op. 60: no 22, Allegretto moderato in E minor (1)

Etudes (25) for Guitar, Op. 60: no 23, Andantino in A major (3)

Etudes (25) for Guitar, Op. 60: no 6 in C major (1)

Etudes (25) for Guitar, Op. 60: no 7 in C major (1)

Etudes for guitar, Op. 29: Etude No. 13 [No. 19] in B flat major (1)

Etudes for guitar, Op. 29: Etude No. 17 [No. 20] in C major (1)

Etudes for guitar, Op. 31: Etude No. 19 [No. 10] in A major (1)

Etudes for guitar, Op. 31: Etude No. 20 [No. 9] in A minor (1)

Etudes for guitar, Op. 35: Etude No. 16 [No. 15] in D minor (1)

Etudes for guitar, Op. 35: Etude No. 17 [No. 6] in D major (1)

Etudes for guitar, Op. 35: Study No. 10 (1)

Etudes for guitar, Op. 35: Study No. 8 (1)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6 (1)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6: Excerpt(s) (1)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6: no 1 in D major, Moderato (1)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6: no 11 in E minor, Allegro moderato (11)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6: no 12 in A major, Andante (6)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6: no 2 in A major, Andante allegro (6)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6: no 3 in E major (1)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6: no 5 in B minor (1)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6: no 6 in A major, Andante allegro (4)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6: no 8 in C major, Andantino (5)

Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6: no 9 in A minor, Andante allegro (3)

Fantaisie �l�giaque for Guitar in E minor, Op. 59 (8)

Fantaisie for 2 guitars, Op. 54bis (1)

Fantaisie for 2 Guitars, Op. 63 "Souvenir de Russie" (8)

Fantaisie for 2 Guitars, Op. 63 "Souvenir de Russie": Excerpt(s) (1)

Fantaisie Villageoise, Op. 52 (2)

Fantasia for 2 Guitars, Op. 41 "Les deux amis" (6)

Fantasia for Guitar (1)

Fantasia for Guitar in C minor, Op. 7 (3)

Fantasia for Guitar in C minor, Op. 7: Largo (1)

Fantasia for Guitar in D minor (2)

Fantasia for Guitar, Op. 10 (2)

Fantasia for Guitar, Op. 12 (2)

Fantasia for Guitar, Op. 30 (5)

Fantasia for Guitar, Op. 4 (3)

Fantasia for Guitar, Op. 46 (2)

Fantasia for Guitar, Op. 58 (4)

Fantasie �l�giaque for guitar, Op. 59 (1)

Fantasie for 2 guitars, Op. 63 ("Souvenir de Russie") (1)

Fantasie for guitar ("Les Adieux") (1)

Fantasie for guitar, No 1 in C, Op. 7 (1)

Fantasie for guitar, No 2, Op. 30 (2)

Fantasie for guitar, Op. 58 (1)

Fantasie Villageoise, Op. 52 (3)

Fantasy for 2 Guitars, Op. 54a (7)

Fantasy for Guitar no 6, Op. 21 "Les adieux" (4)

Filen riprende l'arco, arietta italiana for voice & piano (1)

Fra un dolce deliro, arietta italiana for voice & piano (1)

Introduction and Variations for Guitar on "Gentil Housard", Op. 27 (1)

Introduction and Variations for Guitar on "Que ne suis-je," Op. 26 (3)

Introduction and Variations for Guitar on "Ye banks and braes", Op. 40 (6)

Introduction and Variations for Guitar, Op. 20 (2)

Introduction, Theme & Variations for Guitar, Op. 20 (1)

Introduction, Theme & Variations on a theme from Mozart's "The Magic Flute," for guitar, Op. 9 (8)

Io mentitor (1)

Io Metitor! (1)

L' encouragement, for 2 guitars in G major, Op. 34/4: Cantabile (1)

L'encouragement, for 2 guitars in G major, Op. 34/4 (3)

L'Encouragement, Op. 34: 1. Cantabile (1)

La candeur (2)

La premier pas vers moi, Op. 53 (2)

La Romanesca for guitar & violin (2)

La Romanesca for Violin and Guitar (3)

Lagrima mie d'affanno (1)

Lagrime mie d'affanno (1)

Lagrime mie d'affanno, arietta italiana for voice & piano (longer version) (1)

Las Folias d'Espa�a, Op. 15a (3)

Las mujeres y cuerdas (Women and guitar strings), seguidilla for voice & guitar (1)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: Excerpt(s) (1)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 10 (1)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 12, Andante (1)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 13, Andantino (2)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 15 (1)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 16 in D minor, Moderato (2)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 18 in B minor, Moderato (2)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 19 in A major, Andante (5)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 20 in A minor, Andante allegro (3)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 21 in F major, Andantino cantabile (1)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 22 in B flat major, Moderato (2)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 23 in E major, Mouvement de pri�re r�ligeuse (6)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 24 (1)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 3 (1)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 4 in B minor (1)

Le�ons progressives (24), Op. 31: no 5 in B minor, Andantino (3)

Mazurka, for guitar, Op. 43/4 (1)

Minuet for Guitar (3)

Minuet for guitar (unspecified) (1)

Minuet for guitar in A major, Op. 11/6 (1)

Minuet for Guitar in D major (1)

Minuet for guitar in D major, Op. 11/4 (1)

Minuet for guitar in E major, Op. 11/10 (1)

Minuet for Guitar no 25 (1)

Minuet for Guitar no 9 (1)

Mis descuidados ojos (My careless eyes), seguidilla for voice & guitar (1)

Morceau de Concert Op. 54 (1)

Morceau de Concert, Op. 54 (2)

Muchacha y la verguenza (My girl, where's your modesty?), seguidilla for voice & guitar (1)

O Crux, for chorus (1)

Perduta l'anima (1)

Petites Pi�ces (6) for Guitar (1)

Petites pieces (6) for Guitar, Op. 32: no 2, Waltz in E major (1)

Petites pieces (6) for Guitar, Op. 32: no 6, Galop (2)

Petites Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 42 (1)

Petites Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 47 (1)

Petites Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 47: no 1, Andante (1)

Petites Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 47: no 5, Cantabile (2)

P�tites Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 5 (2)

P�tites Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 5: no 3, Minuet in C major (4)

P�tites Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 5: no 4, Allegro in C major (1)

P�tites Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 5: no 5, Andante largo (1)

P�tites Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 5: no 6, Andante largo (1)

Pieces (3) for Harpolyre: Marche Fun�bre (2)

Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 45 "Voyons si c'est �a" (1)

Pi�ces (6) for Guitar, Op. 45 "Voyons si c'est �a": no 5, Andante (1)

Pieces (6) for Guitar, Op. 48: Est-ce bien ca? (1)

Pieces (6) for Guitar, Op. 48: no 6, Rondeau (3)

Pi�ces de Soci�t� (3), Op. 33: no 1, Moderato cantabile et Allegretto (2)

Pi�ces de Soci�t� (3), Op. 33: no 2, Andante et Valse (1)

Pi�ces de Soci�t� (3), Op. 33: no 3, Sicilienne et Marche (1)

Pi�ces de Soci�t� (3), Op. 36: no 3 in F major (1)

Povero cor (1)

Povero cor t'inganni (1)

Preludio for Guitar (1)

Preparame la tumba (Prepare my tomb), seguidilla for voice & guitar (1)

Progressive Studies (25), Op. 60 (Complete): In A major (1)

Progressive Studies (25), Op. 60 (Complete): In B minor (1)

Progressive Studies (25), Op. 60 (Complete): In E major (1)

Progressive Studies (25), Op. 60 (Complete): In G major (1)

Progressive Studies (25), Op. 60 (Complete): Study No. 7 (1)

Salon pieces (3) for Guitar, Op. 36 (1)

Seguidillas (12) for Voice and Guitar (1)

Seguidillas (12) for Voice and Guitar : no 7, Si dices que mis ojos (2)

Seguidillas (12) for Voice and Guitar: no 1, Cesa de atormentarme (1)

Seguidillas (12) for Voice and Guitar: no 11, Las mujeres y cuerdas (1)

Seguidillas (12) for Voice and Guitar: no 12, Mis descuidados ojos (1)

Seguidillas (12) for Voice and Guitar: no 2, De amor en las prisiones (1)

Seguidillas (12) for Voice and Guitar: no 3, Acu�rdate bien m�o (1)

Seguidillas (12) for Voice and Guitar: no 5, C�mo ha de resolverse (1)

Seguidillas (12) for Voice and Guitar: no 6, Muchacha, y la verguenza (2)

Seguidillas (12) for Voice and Guitar: no 9, El que quisiera amando (1)

Seguidillas (12) for voice(s) & guitar (or piano) (1)

Seguidillas (12) for voice(s) & guitar (or piano): Cesa de Atormentarme (1)

Seguidillas (12) for voice(s) & guitar (or piano): C�mo Ha de Resolverse (1)

Seguidillas (12) for voice(s) & guitar (or piano): De Amor En Las Prisiones (1)

Seguidillas (12) for voice(s) & guitar (or piano): El Que Quisiera Amando (1)

Seguidillas (12) for voice(s) & guitar (or piano): Las Mujeres y Cuerdas (1)

Seguidillas (12) for voice(s) & guitar (or piano): Muchacha, y La Verg�enza (1)

Seguidillas (12) for voice(s) & guitar (or piano): Si Dices Que Mis Ojos (1)

Seguidillas del Requiem Eternam, seguidilla for voice & guitar (1)

Serenade for Guitar, Op. 37 (2)

Short Pieces (6), for guitar, Op. 5: Minuet in C major (1)

Short Pieces (8), Op. 24 (1)

Short Pieces (8), Op. 24: no 1, Minuet in C minor (7)

Short Pieces (8), Op. 24: no 6, Minuet in F major (1)

Si a otro cuando me quieres, seguidilla for voice & guitar (1)

Si dices que mis ojos (If you say that my eyes), seguidilla for voice & guitar (1)

Si dices que mis ojos (If you say that my eyes), seguidilla for voice & guitar: Si dices que mis ojo (1)

Small Pieces (8), Op. 24 (Complete): Minuet in C minor (1)

Sonata for guitar in C major ("Grande Sonate"), Op. 22 (2)

Sonata for guitar in C major ("Grande Sonate"), Op. 22: Minuet (1)

Sonata for Guitar in C major, Op. 15b (9)

Sonata for Guitar in C major, Op. 15b: Allegro moderato (1)

Sonata for Guitar in C major, Op. 22 (2)

Sonata for Guitar in C major, Op. 22: Minuetto (3)

Sonata for Guitar in C major, Op. 22: Rondo (1)

Sonata for Guitar in C major, Op. 25 (5)

Sonata for Guitar in C major, Op. 25: 2nd movement, Allegro non troppo (2)

Sonata for Guitar in C major, Op. 25: 3rd movement, Andantino grazioso (1)

Sonata for Guitar in C major, Op. 25: 4th movement, Minuet (1)

Sonata for Guitar in C major, Op. 25: 4th movement, Minuetto "Allegro" (2)

Sonata for Guitar in D major, Op. 14 "Grand Solo" (18)

Sonata for Guitar in D major, Op. 14 "Grand Solo": Andante and Allegro (1)

Souvenir de Russie for 2 guitars (1)

Souvenirs d'une soir�e � Berlin, Op. 56 (2)

Studies (24) for Guitar, Op. 44 "Petites pi�ces progressives" (1)

Studies (24) for Guitar, Op. 44 "Petites pi�ces progressives": no 22 (2)

Telemaco nell'isola di Calipso: Overture (1)

Theme and Variations (1)

Th�me vari� et menuet, Op. 3 (4)

Three �tudes, Op. 29: No. 12 in B sharp major (1)

Three �tudes, Op. 29: No. 17 in C major (1)

Three �tudes, Op. 29: No. 23 in G major (1)

Three Minuets, Op. 11: No. 7 in A minor. Andante (1)

Ti ricordi che giurasti (1)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11 (4)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11: Minuet no 1 in G major (1)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11: Minuet no 10 in E major (1)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11: Minuet no 2 in C major (1)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11: Minuet no 3 in G major (1)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11: Minuet no 4 (2)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11: Minuet no 5 in D major (4)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11: Minuet no 6 in G major (5)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11: Minuet no 7 in A minor (3)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11: Minuet no 8 in A major (1)

Variations and 12 Minuets for Guitar, Op. 11: Minuet no 9 in G major (1)

Variations for Guitar in C major (2)

Variations for Guitar in C major, Op. 11a (1)

Variations for Guitar in C major, Op. 15c (2)

Variations for guitar in C, Op. 11a (1)

Variations for Guitar on "Marlborough s'en va-t-en-guerre", Op. 28 (10)

Variations for Guitar on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute", Op. 9 (51)

Variations for Guitar on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute", Op. 9: Excerpt(s) (1)

Variations for Guitar on Paisiello's "Nel cor pi� non mi sento", Op. 16 (4)

Variations for Guitar on Paisiello's "Nel cor pi� non mi sento", Op. 16: Introduction (1)

Variations for Guitar on Paisiello's "Nel cor pi� non mi sento", Op. 16: Theme and Variations (1)

Variations on "Marlborough S'en Va T'en Guerre" for guitar, Op. 28 (2)

Viso gentile, arietta italiana for voice & piano (1)

Waltz for guitar, Op. 32/2 (1)

Waltzes (12) for Guitar, Op. 51: A la Bonne Heure (1)

Waltzes (6) and Galop for Guitar, Op. 57 (1)

Waltzes (6) for 2 Guitars, Op. 39 (3)

Waltzes (6) for 2 Guitars, Op. 44a (5)

Waltzes (6) for Guitar, Op. 17 (1)

Waltzes (6) for Guitar, Op. 18 (1)

Work(s) (1)

Work(s): Andante in C (1)

Work(s): Fantasie for 2 guitars (Op unspecified) (1)

Work(s): Minuet in C major (1)

Work(s): Romanza for Flute and Guitar (1)

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Biography	by Blair Johnston
Spanish composer Fernando Sor (originally Sors), despite having composed prolifically for various vocal and instrumental ensembles, is remembered today chiefly as a virtuoso guitarist whose hundred-plus compositions for that instrument constitute a vital part of its concert repertory. While the exact date of Sor's birth remains unknown, he is known to have been born in Barcelona and baptized on Valentine's Day in the year 1778. Of Catalan ancestry, Sor attended the choir school at Montserrat monastery and later enrolled in Barcelona's military academy. After the production of his opera Telemaco nell'isola de Calipso in 1797 he moved to Madrid, where he served in a number of minor administrative positions and continued to compose privately. During the French invasion of 1808 Sor's military background and patriotism roused him to fight against the invaders, though by 1810 he had resigned himself to the presence of the new regime; when the French withdrew three years later Sor opted, along with countless other Spanish artists and intellectuals, to return to Paris with them. After two years of teaching guitar and performing in various Parisian venues, Sor moved to London and remained there for eight years (1815-1823). Many of his works were published there, and his thirty-three Italian vocal ariettas (published in groups of three) made a particularly strong impact. Sor also gained fame after directing his energies toward the ballet; Cendrillon (1822) achieved the most favorable critical and public response and was successfully transplanted to Paris in 1822. When the Bolshoi theater in Moscow showed an interest in the work for the 1823 season, Sor accompanied the lead dancers to Moscow. He limited his compositional activities to music for the guitar while staying in Russia, and by the time he returned to Paris in 1826 he had several works for the instrument ready for publication and had completed much of the work on a M�thode pour la guitare, eventually published in Paris in 1830. Except for occasional trips abroad, such as a journey to London in 1828 to oversee production of a new ballet, Hassan et le calife, Sor remained in Paris, composing and teaching guitar, until his death in 1839. Much of Sor's music that has survived (two symphonies, three string quartets and any number of smaller pieces have been lost since his death) has been abandoned by performers, but his music for the guitar lives on. Much of his reputation is based on the continued use of his M�thode by teachers and students of classical guitar. Sor's musical style derives largely from an awareness of the late eighteenth century German masters (in particular Haydn); his guitar music, with its independent voices and occasionally contrapuntal textures, shows a tendency to move away from the largely chordal textures that had been common up to that point.

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