#53- 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

1. 18?? 1. 6 Divertissements
2. 18?? 2. 6 Divertissements
3. 18?? 3. Varied Theme and Minuet
4. 18?? 4. Fantasy
5. 18?? 5. 6 Short Pieces
6. 18?? 6. 12 Studies
7. 18?? 7. Fantasy
8. 18?? 8. 6 Divertissements
9. 1821 9. Introduction and Variations on a Theme from “The Magic Flute” by Mozart
10. 18?? 10. Fantasy
11. 18?? 11. 2 Varied Themes and 12 Minuets
12. 18?? 12. Fantasy
13. 1819 13. 6 Divertissements
14. 1822 14. Grand Solo
15. 18?? 15a. Folies d`Espagne et un Menuet. 1822. (Meissonnier). 1810. (Castro)
16. 18?? 15b. Sonata seconda in C major. 1822. (Meissonnier). 1810. (Castro)
17. 18?? 15c. Thème varié in C major. 1822. (Meissonnier). 1810. (Castro)
18. 18?? 16. Cinquième fantaisie. (Introduction, Theme and Variations on “Nel cor piu” by Pai[sillo”).
19. 18?? 17. 6 Waltzes
20. 18?? 18. 6 Waltzes
21. 18?? 19. 6 Airs from the “Magic Flute”
22. 18?? 20. Introduction and Varied Theme
23. 18?? 21. “Les Adieux”
24. 1825 22. Grand Sonata
25. 1825 23. Divertissements. (1825, Meissonnier)
26. 1825 24. 8 Short Pieces
27. 1827 25. Grand Sonata
28. 1827 26. Introduction and Variations on « Que ne suis-je la fougère! »
29. 1827 27. Introduction and Variations on « Gentil houssard »
30. 1827 28. Introduction and Variations on « Malbrough s`en-va-t-en guerre »
31. 18?? 29. 12 Studies. (Continuation of op, 6.)
32. 1828 30. Fantasy and Brilliant Variations
33. 18?? 31. 24 Progressive Lessons for Beginners
34. 18?? 32. 6 Short Pieces
35. 1828 33. 3 Society Pieces. 1828. (Last Publication by Meissonnier)
36. 1828 34. L`Encouragement. (Duet). 1828. (Pacini)
37. 1828 35. 24 Exercises. 1828. ( First Publication by Pacini)
38. 18?? 36. (In Simrock Edition this opus number is given as Three Society Pieces. But it is the same composition as opus 34.)
39. 18?? 37. Serenade
40. 1830 38. Divertissements. (Duet). 1829-30. (Pacini)
41. 1830 39. 6 Waltzes. (Duet). 1829-30. (Pacini)
42. 18?? 40. Fantasy and Variations on a Scotch Air
43. 1830 41. Les Deux Amis. (Duet). 1829-30. (Pacini)
44. 18?? 42. 6 Short Pieces
45. 18?? 43. “Mes Ennius” - 6 Bagatelles
46. 18?? 44. 24 Studies
47. 1831 44, bis. 6 Easy Waltzes. (Duet). 1831. (Pacini)
48. 18?? 45. 6 Pieces
49. 1831 46. “Souvenir of Friendship”
50. 1832 47. 6 Short Pieces
51. 1832 48. “How do you like this ?” - Rondo
52. 1832 49. Military Divertissement. (Duet). 1832. (Pacini)
53. 1832 50. “La Calm”. 1832
54. 1832 51. “À la Bonne Heure” - 6 Waltzes
55. 18?? 52. Fantasy Villagoise
56. 1832 53. “The First Step”. (Duet). 1832. (Pacini)
57. 1832 54. Concert Piece. 1832
58. 18?? 54. bis. Fantasy. (Duet)
59. 18?? 55. 3 Easy Duets. (Duet)
60. 18?? 56. “An Evening in Berlin”
61. 1834 57. 6 Waltzes and a Galop
62. 18?? 58. Easy Fantasy
63. 18?? 59. Elégiac Fantasy
64. 18?? 60. 25 Progressive Studies
65. 1837 61. 3 Easy Duets. (Duet). 1836-7. (Pacini)
66. 1838 62. Divertissements. (Duet). 1837-8. (Pacini)
67. 18?? 63. “Souvenir of Russia. (Duet)

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