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#23- FERNANDO SOR 
Updated 8/1/2007
How history has viewed Sor's style can be summed up in a quote from
William Newman: "The creative worth of Sor's guitar sonatas is high.
The ideas, which grow out of the instrument yet stand up well enough
apart from it, are fresh and distinctive. The harmony is skillful and
surprisingly varied, with bold key changes and with rich modulations
in the development sections. The texture is naturally of interest too,
with the melody shifted from top to bottom, to middle, and frequent contrapuntal
bits added. Among the extended forms, the first Allegro movements still
show considerable flexibility in the application of 'sonata form', especially
in the larger number of ideas introduced and recalled. For that matter,
the style still goes back to that of Haydn and Boccherini, especially
in the first movement of Op. 22, which has all the neatness of syntax
and accompaniment to be found in a classic symphony, and its third and
fourth movements, which could nicely pass as a Minuet and Rondo by Haydn."
Method for the Spanish Guitar
First published in French under the name Méthode pour la Guitare
(1830) and then translated in English under the name “Method for
the Spanish Guitar” in 1832.
List Of Opus
- 18?? 1. 6 Divertissements
- 18?? 2. 6 Divertissements
- 18?? 3. Varied Theme and Minuet
- 18?? 4. Fantasy
- 18?? 5. 6 Short Pieces
- 18?? 6. 12 Studies
- 18?? 7. Fantasy
- 18?? 8. 6 Divertissements
- 1821 9. Introduction and Variations on
a Theme from “The Magic
Flute” by Mozart
- 18?? 10. Fantasy
- 18?? 11. 2 Varied Themes and 12 Minuets
- 18?? 12. Fantasy
- 1819 13. 6 Divertissements
- 1822 14. Grand Solo
- 18?? 15a. Folies d`Espagne et un Menuet. 1822.
(Meissonnier). 1810. (Castro)
- 18?? 15b. Sonata seconda in C major.
1822. (Meissonnier). 1810. (Castro)
- 18?? 15c. Thème varié in
C major. 1822. (Meissonnier). 1810. (Castro)
- 18?? 16. Cinquième
fantaisie. (Introduction, Theme and Variations on “Nel cor piu” by
Pai[sillo”).
- 18?? 17. 6 Waltzes
- 18?? 18. 6 Waltzes
- 18?? 19. 6 Airs from the “Magic Flute”
- 18?? 20. Introduction
and Varied Theme
- 18?? 21. “Les Adieux”
- 1825 22. Grand Sonata
- 1825 23. Divertissements. (1825, Meissonnier)
- 1825 24. 8 Short Pieces
- 1827 25. Grand Sonata
- 1827 26. Introduction and Variations on « Que
ne suis-je la fougère! »
- 1827 27. Introduction and Variations
on « Gentil houssard »
- 1827 28. Introduction and Variations
on « Malbrough s`en-va-t-en
guerre »
- 18?? 29. 12 Studies. (Continuation of op, 6.)
- 1828 30. Fantasy and
Brilliant Variations
- 18?? 31. 24 Progressive Lessons for Beginners
- 18?? 32. 6 Short Pieces
- 1828 33. 3 Society Pieces. 1828. (Last Publication
by Meissonnier)
- 1828 34. L`Encouragement. (Duet). 1828. (Pacini)
- 1828 35. 24 Exercises.
1828. ( First Publication by Pacini)
- 18?? 36. (In Simrock Edition this
opus number is given as Three Society Pieces. But it is the same composition
as opus 34.)
- 18?? 37. Serenade
- 1830 38. Divertissements. (Duet). 1829-30. (Pacini)
- 1830 39. 6 Waltzes.
(Duet). 1829-30. (Pacini)
- 18?? 40. Fantasy and Variations on a Scotch
Air
- 1830 41. Les Deux Amis. (Duet). 1829-30. (Pacini)
- 18?? 42. 6 Short
Pieces
- 18?? 43. “Mes Ennius” - 6 Bagatelles
- 18?? 44. 24 Studies
- 1831 44, bis. 6 Easy Waltzes. (Duet). 1831. (Pacini)
- 18?? 45. 6 Pieces
- 1831 46. “Souvenir of Friendship”
- 1832 47. 6 Short Pieces
- 1832 48. “How do you like this ?” -
Rondo
- 1832 49. Military Divertissement. (Duet). 1832. (Pacini)
- 1832 50. “La
Calm”. 1832
- 1832 51. “À la Bonne Heure” -
6 Waltzes
- 18?? 52. Fantasy Villagoise
- 1832 53. “The First Step”.
(Duet). 1832. (Pacini)
- 1832 54. Concert Piece. 1832
- 18?? 54. bis. Fantasy. (Duet)
- 18?? 55. 3 Easy Duets. (Duet)
- 18?? 56. “An Evening in Berlin”
- 1834 57. 6 Waltzes and
a Galop
- 18?? 58. Easy Fantasy
- 18?? 59. Elégiac Fantasy
- 18?? 60. 25 Progressive Studies
- 1837 61. 3 Easy Duets. (Duet). 1836-7.
(Pacini)
- 1838 62. Divertissements. (Duet). 1837-8. (Pacini)
- 18?? 63. “Souvenir
of Russia. (Duet)
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