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Fernando Sor

This is a list of compositions by Fernando Sor.

Works for guitar with opus numbers

Opus 11 No. 2 The second piece from Twelve Minuets, Opus 11, early 19th century
Opus 31 No. 1 The first piece from Sor's 24 Progressive Lessons For Beginners, Opus 31, c.1828
Opus 35 No. 17 Performed in 2009, this is from Sor's 24 Exercises composed c. 1828 (2:06)
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Guitar sonatas

  • Op. 14, Guitar Sonata No. 1 in D major (in one movement: Andante — Allegro) – wr. c. 1798; publ. 1810 in Paris as “Grand solo pour guitare”
  • Op. 15b, Guitar Sonata No. 2 in C major (in one movement: Allegro moderato) – wr. c. 1800; publ. 1810 in Paris as “Sonate”
  • Op. 22, Guitar Sonata No. 3 in C major (four movements: Allegro — Adagio — Menuetto — Rondo) – publ. June 1807 in Madrid; publ. again 1825 in Paris as “Grande sonate”
  • Op. 25, Guitar Sonata No. 4 in C major (four movements: Andante largo — Allegro non troppo — Andantino grazioso — Menuetto) – wr. 1826 in Moscow; publ. 1827 in Paris as “Deuxième grande sonate”

Fantasies

  • Op. 4, Fantasy No. 1 in A major – publ. 1814
  • Op. 7, Fantasy No. 2, or Largo non tanto in C minor followed by Theme and Variations in C major – publ. 1814, ded. Ignaz Pleyel
  • Op. 10, Fantasy No. 3 in F major – 1816
  • Op. 12, Fantasy No. 4 in C major – 1821
  • Op. 16, Fantasy No. 5, or Introduction, Theme and Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento by Paisiello – 1819
  • Op. 21, Fantasy No. 6, Les adieux – 1825
  • Op. 30, Fantasy No. 7, or Variations brillantes sur deux airs favoris connus (uses sonata form) – 1828
  • Op. 40, Fantaisie sur un air favori écossais (Ye Banks and Braes) – 1829, ded. Mary Jane Burdett
  • Op. 46, Souvenirs d'amitié (Fantasy) in A major – 1831, ded. Jules Regondi
  • Op. 52, Fantaisie villageoise – 1832, ded. Dioniso Aguado
  • Op. 58, Fantaisie facile in A minor – 1835, ded. Mme. Boischevalier
  • Op. 59, Fantaisie élégiaque in E major – 1835, on the death of Charlotte Beslay

Variations, excl. fantasies

  • Op. 3, Varied Theme and Minuet – 1816
  • Op. 9, Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart – 1821, ded. Carlos Sor
  • Op. 11, Two Varied Themes and Twelve Minuets – 1821
  • Op. 15a, Les folies d'Espagne and a Minuet – 1810, rev. 1822
  • Op. 15c, Varied Theme in C major – 1810, rev. 1822
  • Op. 20, Introduction and Varied Theme – 1824
  • Op. 26, Introduction and Variations on Que ne suis-je la fougère! – 1827
  • Op. 27, Introduction and Variations on Gentil houssard – 1827
  • Op. 28, Introduction and Variations on Malbroug (Marlborough) s’en va-t-en guerre – 1827

Didactic music

  • Op. 6, Twelve Studies (First Book) – 1815
  • Op. 23, Cinquième divertissement très facile in D major – 1825
  • Op. 29, Twelve Studies (Second Book) – 1827
  • Op. 31, Leçons progressives (24 Progressive Lessons) – 1828
  • Op. 35, Exercices très faciles (24 Very Easy Exercises) – 1828
  • Op. 44a, 24 Progressive Studies – 1831
  • Op. 44b, Six Easy Waltzes, for two guitars – 1831, ded. Mlle. Lira
  • Op. 45, Voyons si c'est ça: 6 Easy Pieces – 1831
  • Op. 48, Est-ce bien ça?: 6 Easy Pieces – 1832
  • Op. 55, Three Easy Duets – 1833
  • Op. 60, 25 Progressive Studies – 1837
  • Op. 61, Three Easy Duets – 1837

Guitar duos, excl. didactic music

  • Op. 34, L’encouragement (Fantasy), duet in E major – 1828
  • Op. 38, Divertissement, duet in G major – 1829, ded. Mrs. Dühring
  • Op. 39, Six Waltzes, for two guitars – 1830, ded. Mlle. Natalie Houzé
  • Op. 41, The Two Friends, for two guitars – 1830, ded. Dioniso Aguado
  • Op. 49, Divertissement militaire, for two guitars – 1832, ded. Mlle. S. Talbot
  • Op. 53, The First Step, duet – 1833
  • Op. 54b, Fantasy, duet – 1833, ded. Mlle. Natalie Houzé
  • Op. 62, Divertissement, duet in E major – 1837, ded. N. Coste
  • Op. 63, Remembrances of Russia, duet in E minor – 1837, ded. N. Coste

Divertimentos, waltzes, short pieces and other pieces

  • Op. 1, Six divertissements pour la guitare – 1813
  • Op. 2, Six divertissements pour la guitare – 1813
  • Op. 5, Six petites pièces très faciles – 1814
  • Op. 8, Six divertissements – 1818, ded. Miss Smith
  • Op. 13, Six divertissements – 1819
  • Op. 17, Six Waltzes – 1823, ded. Mr. Pastou
  • Op. 18, Six Waltzes – 1823
  • Op. 19, Six Airs from The Magic Flute – 1824
  • Op. 24, Huit petites pièces – 1826
  • Op. 32, Six petites pièces – 1828, ded. Mlle. Wainewright
  • Op. 33, Trois pièces de société (First Set) – 1828, ded. Mlle. Athénaïs Paulian
  • Op. 36, Trois pièces de société (Second Set) - 1828, ded. Mr. Pastou
  • Op. 37, Serenade in E major – 1829, ded. Mlle. S. Talbot
  • Op. 42, Six Short Pieces – 1830, ded. Mlle. Natalie Houzé
  • Op. 43, Mes ennuis: Six Bagatelles – 1831
  • Op. 47, Six Short Pieces – 1832, ded. Mlle. Crabouillet
  • Op. 50, Capriccio in E major, Le Calme – 1832, ded. Mlle. Crabouillet
  • Op. 51, A la bonne heure: Six Waltzes – 1832
  • Op. 54a, Concert Piece – 1832, ded. Son Altesse Royale la Princesse Adélaïde
  • Op. 56, Souvenirs d'une soirée à Berlin – date unknown
  • Op. 57, Six Waltzes and a Gallop – 1834, ded. Mlle. Larivée

Works without opus numbers

Orchestral music

Symphonies

  • Symphony No. 1 in C
  • Symphony No. 2 in E-flat
  • Symphony No. 3 in F

Incidental music

  • La Elvira portuguesa (Madrid, 1804)

Ballets

  • La foire de Smyrne (1821, Paris — the music is lost)
  • Le seigneur généreux (1821, London — the music is lost)
  • Cendrillon (1822, London; 1823, Paris)
  • Alphonse et Léonore, ou L'amant peintre (1823, London in one act; enlarged to three acts for Moscow the next year; revised in 1827 as Le sicilien, ou L'amour peintre for Paris)
  • Hercule et Omphale (1826, St Petersburg)
  • Hassan et le calife, ou Le dormeur éveillé (1828, London — the music is lost)
  • The Fair Sicilian, or Conquered Coquette, or La belle Arsène (1834, London — the music is lost)
  • Arsène, ou La baguette magique (1839, Brussels)

Concerto (spurious)

  • Violin Concerto in G major — falsely attributed; actually written by Chevalier de Saint-Georges and published in 1773 as the latter's Op.2, No.1

Chamber music

  • 3 string quartets
  • String trios with guitar
  • La romanesca for flute (or violin) and guitar
  • March for Military Band — the music is lost
  • March for the Funeral of Czar Alexander I — the music exists both in manuscript and printed version for piano
Piano 4-hands
  • 3 Waltzes (First Set) — the music is lost
  • 3 Waltzes (Second Set, 1818) ded. Mlle. F. Rehausen
  • 3 Waltzes (Third Set, 1819) ded. Ladies Jane & Georgina Paget
  • 3 Waltzes (Fourth Set, 1820) ded. Ladies Augusta & Agnes Paget
  • 3 Waltzes (Fifth Set, 1820) ded. Mlle. B. Bollman
  • 3 Waltzes (Sixth Set, 1821) ded. Miss A. McDougall
  • 3 Waltzes (Seventh Set, 1821) ded. Mrs. Ellis Heaton
  • 3 Waltzes (Eighth Set, 1822) ded. Miss Adolphus
  • 3 Waltzes (Ninth Set, advertised but never published in England, 1826 in Paris)
  • 3 Waltzes (Tenth Set, 1823) ded. Miss Waldengraves
  • 3 Waltzes arranged after music by Sor, Mozart and Mohor (First Set, 1820)
  • 3 Waltzes arranged after music by Mohor, Mozart and Steibelt (Second Set, 1822)
  • Sonata in G Minor on Swedish National Airs (1815) ded. Baroness de Rehausen
  • Arrangement of the Funeral March for Harp Guitar
  • Arrangement of the Military March for Guitar

Instrumental music

for Guitar
  • fifty-eight Minuets
  • Air varié in C major
  • Boléro for 2 guitars
  • Fantasia in D major
  • La candeur: Petite rêverie (Ingenuity: Little Dream)
  • March from the ballet Cendrillon
  • Thème varié
  • Romance d'amour
for Harpolyre
  • 3 pieces (pub. 1830)
  • 6 Petites pièces progressives (pub. 1830)
  • Marche funèbre
for Piano
  • 22 Waltzes (First Set, 1819)
  • 6 Waltzes (Second Set, 1820)
  • Les Cuirassiers (6 pieces, 1821)
  • Les Favorites des Salons (6 pieces, 1821)
  • Les Choisies (6 pieces, 1822)
  • Mazurka
  • Arrangement of the Funeral March for Harp Guitar
  • Trois Valses et un Galop (dedicated to Mademoiselle Thomas)

Vocal music

Sacred scores
  • Ave maris stella in D minor
  • Exultet coelum laudibus in C major
  • O Crux, ave in D minor
  • O Salutaris hostia in E flat major
Secular cantatas
  • Cantata a S.E. la Signora Duchessa d'Albufera
  • Draps i ferro vell
  • Himno para el cumpleaños de S.M. La Reina Gobernadora de España
Songs and arias
  • Seguidillas For voice and guitar or piano – 1800–8
    • 1. Cesa de atormentarme (Stop tormenting me)
    • 2. De amor en las prisiones (Of love in the prisons)
    • 3. Acuérdate bien, mío (Remember well, mine)
    • 4. Prepárame la tumba (Prepare mi tomb)
    • 5. Cómo ha de resolverse? (How should it be resolved?)
    • 6. Muchacha ... y la verguenza? (Young woman ... and the shame?)
    • 7. Si dices que mis ojos (If you say that my eyes)
    • 8. Los Canónigos, madre (The canons, mother)
    • 9. El que quisiera amando (He who wants to while loving)
    • 10. Si a otro cuando me quieres (If to another while you love me)
    • 11. Las Mujeres y cuerdas (The women and strings)
    • 12. Mis descuidados ojos (My careless eyes)
  • 13 seguidillas or boleros for voice and guitar or piano
  • 33 arias

Operas

Didactic works

  • Méthode pour la guitare
  • École de la mesure (includes 22 pieces for piano 4-hands)

References

  1. "The Guitar Review", Vol. 1, Nr. 1. (1946, October – November)
  2. "Symphony Nº. 1 in C". Ed. Tritó.
  3. "Symphony Nº. 2 in E flat". Ed. Tritó.
  4. "Symphony Nº. 3 in F". Ed. Tritó.
  5. "Ferran Sor més enllà de la guitarra", essay by Josep Dolcet for the CD "F. Sor - Obertures i Simfonies", Trito 0049
  6. "Violin Concerto in G major – reduction for Violin and Piano by Josep Dolcet". Ed. Tritó.
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