Fernando Sor
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Fernando Sor 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, three symph
A lithographed painting of Fernando Sor, c. 1825
Musician and his Family, French oil painting (Bibliothèque Marmottan, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris)
Montmartre Cemetery, Paris
Antonio de Torres Jurado
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Antonio de Torres Jurado was a Spanish guitarist and luthier, and "the most important Spanish guitar maker of the 19th century."
Fernando Sor
…repertoire. Unlike modern classical guitar players, Sor used the smaller, slimmer "Romantic" guitars predating today's familiar guitar standards set by Torres. He used the ring finger of his plucking hand "rarely" and "only for harmony (never for melody)." He eschewed the use of nails on that hand. As Sor's…
1884 portrait of de Torres Jurado
Francisco Tárrega playing a Torres-guitar
Guitar by Torres (1862) at Museu de la Música de Barcelona (MDMB 625).
La Leona (1856) and Wulfin Lieske