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.
Sudien und Übungen
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 259575
Complete Works 8
for: 2 voices, piano
Item no.: 363765
New Critical Edition
Advanced Guitar Duos
Op. 34, 41, 54bis, 62, 63
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1025083
Homage to Fernando Sor
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019425
Gitarre, Guitar Forum
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019334
op. 31
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393677
op. 16
for: Guitar
Item no.: 357033
aus op. 35
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113189
op. 24/1, 5/3
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113085
for: 2 guitars
Score
Item no.: 269509
on a theme of Mozart from the "Magic Flute"
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 747716
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749828
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
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749448
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 250050
A-Dur, D-Duraus op. 11/5 und 6
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393833
aus op. 31 und op. 35
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393832
12 sehr leichte Übungenop. 35/1
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393679
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383391
Gitarre-Bibliothek Nr. 55
for: Guitar
Item no.: 200158
for: Guitar
Item no.: 119106
for: Guitar
Item no.: 108088
Introduktion und Variationen über "Das klinget so herrlich" aus "Die Zauberflöte"op. 9
for: Guitar
Item no.: 604433
from the Hudleston Manuscripts
for: Voice, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 564989
op. 12
for: Guitar
Item no.: 602636
Variationen op. 9 über ein Thema von W. A. Mozart
Eine Sammlung aus dem Repertoire von Siegflied Behrend
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019112
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019424
Volume 1
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019215
Edition Schott
for: Violin, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749978
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 723525
16 newly discovered songs - paperbound
for: 2–3 voices, guitar [piano]
Songbook
Item no.: 1019067
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749392
E
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1554761
for guitar
Editiones Classicae
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 177448
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 253236
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 412600
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 348503
Alfred Classical Guitar Masterworks
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 636005
Per Chitarra
for: Guitar [lute]
Music score
Item no.: 260212
A favorite Ballett in 3 Acts
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1019202
op. 4, 7, 10 und 12
for: Guitar
Item no.: 382314
On a theme from Mozart´s Magic Flute
Urtext
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 601525
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