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Fernando Sor
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Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778-1839)
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Fernando Sor was a male guitarist, composer, and performing artist from Spain. Born in Barcelona on February 13, 1778, he worked in the fields of opera, instrumental music, étude, and music education. His work is associated with the Romanticism movement and the classical music genre. He studied under Anselm Viola i Valentí and played the violin, classical guitar, and piano. He spoke Catalan and Spanish, with Spanish as his native language.
Sor died of esophageal cancer in Paris on July 10, 1839, due to natural causes. He is buried at Montmartre Cemetery. His notable works include *Metodo completo para guitarra*, *Romance anonimo*, and *metodo per chitarra*. He is referenced by 569 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1778
- Died
- 1839
- Works
- 41
Top works
- Metodo completo para guitarra
- Grand combination for the 4th time on the English stage of the celebrated artistes Monsieur Albert, Monsieur Albert, fils, Madamoiselle Noblet, and Madamoiselle Dupont, principal dancers of the Academie Royale de Musique at Paris. This evening, Saturday, May 10, 1834, will be performed (4th time) on the English stage, a new grand ballet in 3 acts, called The fairy slipper founded on the celebrated ballet of Cendrillon composed by Mons. Albert ... The music composed by Monsieur Sor ... After which (15th time) a new farce to be called A good looking fellow ... To conclude with Weber's grand romantic opera of Der Freischutz! ...
- Romance anonimo
- metodo per chitarra
- Fernando Sor
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Spain
- Active from
- 1778
- Active to
- 1839
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 94,073
- Total plays
- 651,955
Tags
Fernando Sor, (baptized Joseph Fernando Macari Sors or José Fernando Macarurio Sors February 14, 1778 – July 10, 1839) was a Spanish guitarist and composer, born in Barcelona. In Spain he is sometimes known as the "Beethoven of the Guitar." Born to a fairly well-off family, Sor was descended from a long line of career soldiers, and intended to continue that legacy, but was distracted from this when his father introduced him to Italian opera. He fell in love with music and abandoned a military c
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,894x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,790x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
· 2020 · cited 14,075x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
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Key facts
- Born
- José Fernando Macario Sors , Barcelona
- Baptized
- ( 1778-02-14 ) 14 February 1778
- Died
- 10 July 1839 (1839-07-10) (aged 61), Paris
- Occupations
- Composer, classical guitarist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Barcelona
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- performing artist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Student of
- Anselm Viola i Valentí
- Field of work
- Romantic music
- Genre
- classical music
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.sorfernando.com
- Image
- Fernando Sor (1778-1839).jpg
Show 7 more facts
- place of burial
- Montmartre Cemetery
- Commons category
- Fernando Sor
- date of death
- 1839-07-10
- date of birth
- 1778-02-13
- cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Fernando Sor
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
13 objects attributed to Fernando Sor, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Tema con variaciones [Música notada]
La siciliana [Música notada] :]sonata para guitarra
Andante sentimental and walz [Music Noted]:] for guitar
Bolero a dúo con dos guitarras [Música notada]
Canción patriótica del año de 1808
Méthode pour la guitare [Música notada]
École de la mesure et de la ponctuation musicale [Música notada] : cent pièces pour piano à quatre mains
Method for the Spanish guitar [Música notada]
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~19 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The second piece from Twelve Minuets, Op. 11, early 19th century (3:08)
Op. 31 No. 1
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