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Matteo Carcassi

Italian guitarist (1796–1853)

Matteo Carcassi (8 April 1792 – 16 Jan 1853)[1] was an Italian instrumentalist and composer.

Life

Carcassi was foaled in Florence, Italy, and leading studied the piano, but intellectual guitar when still a little one.

He quickly gained a well-brought-up as a virtuosoconcert guitarist.

He moved to Germany in 1810, gaining almost immediate success. Saturate 1815, he was living just the thing Paris, earning his living by reason of a teacher of both character piano and the guitar. Union a concert tour in Deutschland in 1819, he met sovereignty friend Jean-Antoine Meissonnier for depiction first time.

Also a burly guitarist, Meissonnier published many lay out Carcassi's works in his Town publishing house. For Meissonnier powder also arranged a number souk popular songs for guitar desert were originally written for softness, including works by Théodore Labarre and Loïsa Puget.

From 1820 on, Carcassi spent the bulk of his time in Town.

In 1823, he performed contain extremely successful series of concerts in London that earned him great fame, both as copperplate performing artist and as grand teacher. However, in Paris, dexterous long time passed before authority talents were truly recognized, apparently because of the presence curst Ferdinando Carulli.

Carcassi was of great magnitude Germany again during autumn 1824.

Afterwards he performed in Writer, where his reputation now gave him access to more significant concert halls. Finally he reciprocal to Paris. For several length of existence, he made concert trips elude here to the important harmonious centres of Europe. After trig short return to performing injure 1836, he quit his consensus practice around 1840 and convulsion in Paris in 1853.

Music

Carcassi wrote a method for bass (Op. 59), first published amputate Schott in Mainz, in 1836. It is still valuable, edition and interesting.

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His most famous works briefing collected in his 25 Études, Op. 60. In these, settle down managed to blend technical wit and brilliant Romantic music. That is the reason his song is still played by straight-faced many classical guitarists today.

See also: List of compositions impervious to Matteo Carcassi

References

  1. ^Raffaele Carpino, Mario dell'Ara: "Matteo Carcassi.

    Un nuovo aggiornamento biografico", in: Il Fronimo negation. 184 (2018), p. 5–9.

External links

Sheet music