Fernando Sor
Fernando Sor (bapt. 14 Feb. 1778, died 10 July 1839) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. Best known for writing solo classical guitar music, he also composed an opera (at the age of 19), three symphonies, guitar duos, piano music, songs, a Mass, and at least two successful ballets: Cinderella, which received over one hundred performances, and Hercule et Omphale.
Partly because Sor was himself such a classical guitar virtuoso—contemporaries considered him to be the best in the world—he made a point of writing didactic music for players of that instrument of all levels. His Twelve Studies Op. 6, the Twelve Studies Op. 29, the (24) Progressive Lessons Op. 31, and the (24) Very Easy Exercises Op. 35 have been widely played for two hundred years and are regularly reprinted. On the other hand, some of Sor's music, not least his popular Introduction and Variations on Mozart's "Das klinget so herrlich" Op. 9, is fiendishly difficult.
Unlike modern classical guitar players, Sor used the smaller, slimmer "Romantic" guitars predating today's familiar Torres instrument. He used the ring finger of his plucking hand "rarely" and "only for harmony (never for melody)." He eschewed the use of nails on that hand.
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Introduction & Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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24 Leçons progressives, Op. 31 (Excerpts): No. 18 in B Minor - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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12 Etudes, Op. 6 (Excerpts): No. 11 in E Minor - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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24 Leçons progressives, Op. 31 (Excerpts): No. 20 in A Minor - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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24 Exercices très faciles, Op. 35 (Excerpts): No. 13 in C Major - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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Introduction à l'étude de la guitare, Op. 60 (Excerpts): No. 24 in D Minor - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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24 Exercices très faciles, Op. 35 (Excerpts): No. 22 in B Minor - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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12 Etudes, Op. 6 (Excerpts): No. 1 in D Major - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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Introduction à l'étude de la guitare, Op. 60 (Excerpts): No. 22 in E Minor - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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Introduction à l'étude de la guitare, Op. 60 (Excerpts): No. 20 in B Minor - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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12 Etudes, Op. 29 (Excerpts): No. 12 in G Major - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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12 Etudes, Op. 6 (Excerpts): No. 9 in D Minor - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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12 Etudes, Op. 29 (Excerpts): No. 1 in B-Flat Major - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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Mes ennuis, Op. 43: III. Cantabile - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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3 Pièces de société, Op. 33: No. 3, Sicilienne - Marche - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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Fantasie No. 5 avec des variations sur l'air de Paisiello "Nel cor piu mi sento", Op. 16 - Sor: Works for Guitar -
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Introduction & Variations on "Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre", Op. 28 - The 19th-Century Guitar -
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Les folies d'Espagne & Minuet, Op. 15a - The 19th-Century Guitar -
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Introduction & Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 - The 19th-Century Guitar -
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Fantasy in A Minor, Op. 58 - The 19th-Century Guitar -
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6 Bagatelles, Op. 43 "Mes ennuis": No. 3, Cantabile - The 19th-Century Guitar -
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6 Bagatelles, Op. 43 "Mes ennuis": No. 5, Andante - The 19th-Century Guitar -
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Elegiac Fantasy in E Minor, Op. 59: Ia. Introduction - Andante largo - The 19th-Century Guitar -
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Elegiac Fantasy in E Minor, Op. 59: Ib. March funèbre - Andante moderato - The 19th-Century Guitar -
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Capriccio in E Major, Op. 50 "Le calme" - The 19th-Century Guitar -
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24 Progressive Lessons, Op. 31: No. 23 in E Major, The Movement of a Religious Prayer - The 19th-Century Guitar -
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12 Studies, Op. 6: No. 8 in C Major (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar) - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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24 Studies, Op. 35 "Exercises": No. 13 in C Major (Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar) - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 6 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 2 in A Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 6 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 1 in D Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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24 Studies, Op. 35 "Exercises" (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 22 in B Minor - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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24 Studies, Op. 35 "Exercises" (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 17 in D Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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24 Leçons progressives, Op. 31 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 21 in F Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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24 Leçons progressives, Op. 31 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 16 in D Minor - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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24 Leçons progressives, Op. 31 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 20 in A Minor - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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24 Leçons progressives, Op. 31 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 19 in A Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 6 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 3 in E Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 6 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 6 in A Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 6 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 9 in D Minor - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 6 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 12 in A Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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24 Studies, Op. 35 "Exercises": No. 16 in D Minor (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar) - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 29: No. 23 in G Major (Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar) - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 6: No. 11 in E Major (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar) - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 29 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 22 in E-Flat Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 29 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 13 in B Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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12 Studies, Op. 29 (Excerpts Arr. A. Segovia for Guitar): No. 17 in C Major - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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Introduction & Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 - Sor: 20 Etudes & Variations on Theme by Mozart -
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