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The Impact of Fernando Sor
April 13, 2021
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Fernando Sor was a composer and guitarist who lived from 1778-1839. He was born in Barcelona and gained much of his early musical education at the monastery at Monserrat. The time period in which he lived was called the Classical era and contains many composers, which are quite familiar today. Musical figures like Mozart and Beethoven were some of the biggest and well
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Fernando Sor
Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778–1839)
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A lithographed painting of Fernando Sor, c. 1825 | |
| Born | José Fernando Macario Sors Barcelona |
| Baptized | (1778-02-14)14 February 1778 |
| Died | 10 July 1839(1839-07-10) (aged 61) Paris |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, classical guitarist |
Fernando Sor (baptised 14 February 1778 – 10 July 1839) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer of the late Classical era and early Romantic era. 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 han själv such a classical guitar virtuoso—contemporaries considered him to be the best in the world[1]—he made a point of writing didactic music for players of that instrument of all le
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Fernando Sor, His Life and His Music
The guitar used be called a tavern instrument; one that could not meet the demands of classical music. In the early nineteenth century, Fernando Sor set in motion the quest that continues today, to raise the guitar to the greatest musical level possible. Sor was one of the most prolific composers for, and promoters of, the guitar as a "concert" instrument, in the last two hundred years. He, and others like him paved the way for Andrés Segovia to emerge and bring the guitar to the immense popularity, and respect it enjoys today.
Fernando Sor was born into a fairly well off and respected family, sometime in February of 1778. The exact date is not known, but it is known that he was baptized on February 14, 1778 in Barcelona, Spain as `José Fernando Macarurio Sors' (Jeffery Sor).
Based on his family's social standing Sor was expected to follow a military career and he did, but he also fell in love with music when his f