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Rossini Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Overture by Ferdinando Carulli
Ferdinando Carulli
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Ferdinando Maria Meinrado Francesco Pascale Rosario Carulli Naples 9 February 1770 – Paris 17 February 1841 Was An Italian Composer For Classical Guitar And The Author Of The First Complete Classical Guitar Method Which Continues To Be Used Today. He Wrote A Variety Of Works For Classical Guitar Including Concertos And Chamber Works. He Was An Extremely Prolific Writer For Guitar Composing Over 400 Works For The Instrument In The Space Of 12 Years. Carulli Was Born In Naples Then Part Of The Kingdom Of Naples. His Father Michele Was A Distinguished Literator Secretary To The Delegate Of The Neapolitan Jurisdiction. Like Many Of His Contemporaries He Was Taught Musical Theory By A Priest Who Was Also An Amateur Musician. Carulli's First Instrument Was The Cello But When He Was Twenty He Discovered The Guitar And Devoted His Life To The Study And Advancement Of The Guitar. As There Were No Professional Guitar Teachers In Naples At The Time Carulli Developed His Own Style Of Playing.
Carulli Was A Gifted Performer. His Concerts In Naples Were So Popular That He Soon Began Touring Europe. Around 1801 Carulli Married A French Woman Marie-Josephine Boyer And Had A Son With Her. A Few Years Later Carulli Started To Compose In Milan Where He Contributed To Local Publications. After A Highly Successful Paris Tour Carulli Moved There. At The Time The City Was Known As The 'music-Capital' Of The World And He Stayed There For The Rest Of His Life.
In Paris Carulli Became A Very Successful Musician And Teacher. He Fulfilled His Intention Of Making The Guitar Popular And Fashionable Among The Upper Classes And Paris Musicians. It Was Also In Paris That He Published Most Of His Works Eventually Becoming A Publisher Himself And Printing The Works Of Other Prominent Guitarists Including Filippo Gragnani Whom He Befriended And Who Later Dedicated Three Guitar Duets To Carulli. 1 In The 1830s Many European Guitarists Followed Carulli To Paris Apparently "attracted By His Personality". With So Many Other Guitarists In Paris Carulli Worked Harder At His Teaching And Soon Had Counted Members Of The Parisian Nobility Among His Students.
Many Of The Pieces Now Regarded As Carulli's Greatest Were Initially Turned Down By The Publishers As Being Too Hard For The Average Player And It Is Likely That Many Masterpieces Were Lost This Way. Undeterred Carulli Started Publishing His Pieces Himself. However The Great Majority Of Carulli's Surviving Works Are Those That Were Considered 'safe' Enough To Be Accepted By Other Publishers Mainly For The Teaching Of Certain Techniques Or For Beginners. Although He Had Many Students And Supporters Carulli Began To Believe He Didn't Deserve His Impressive Reputation Because Most Of The Great Works He Had Composed Were Never Published.
Confined To Mainly Simple Pieces Carulli Wrote His World-Famous Method Of Classical Guitar "Harmony Applied To The Guitar" A Collection Of Pieces That Are Still Used Today In Tuition. At The Time Of Publishing The Method Was Very Popular And Had Many Editions Published.
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Ferdinando Maria Meinrado Francesco Pascale Rosario Carulli Naples 9 February 1770 – Paris 17 February 1841 Was An Italian Composer For Classical Guitar And The Author Of The First Complete Classical Guitar Method Which Continues To Be Used Today. He Wrote A Variety Of Works For Classical Guitar Including Concertos And Chamber Works. He Was An Extremely Prolific Writer For Guitar Composing Over 400 Works For The Instrument In The Space Of 12 Years. Carulli Was Born In Naples Then Part Of The Kingdom Of Naples. His Father Michele Was A Distinguished Literator Secretary To The Delegate Of The Neapolitan Jurisdiction. Like Many Of His Contemporaries He Was Taught Musical Theory By A Priest Who Was Also An Amateur Musician. Carulli's First Instrument Was The Cello But When He Was Twenty He Discovered The Guitar And Devoted His Life To The Study And Advancement Of The Guitar. As There Were No Professional Guitar Teachers In Naples At The Time Carulli Developed His Own Style Of Playing.
Carulli Was A Gifted Performer. His Concerts In Naples Were So Popular That He Soon Began Touring Europe. Around 1801 Carulli Married A French Woman Marie-Josephine Boyer And Had A Son With Her. A Few Years Later Carulli Started To Compose In Milan Where He Contributed To Local Publications. After A Highly Successful Paris Tour Carulli Moved There. At The Time The City Was Known As The 'music-Capital' Of The World And He Stayed There For The Rest Of His Life.
In Paris Carulli Became A Very Successful Musician And Teacher. He Fulfilled His Intention Of Making The Guitar Popular And Fashionable Among The Upper Classes And Paris Musicians. It Was Also In Paris That He Published Most Of His Works Eventually Becoming A Publisher Himself And Printing The Works Of Other Prominent Guitarists Including Filippo Gragnani Whom He Befriended And Who Later Dedicated Three Guitar Duets To Carulli. 1 In The 1830s Many European Guitarists Followed Carulli To Paris Apparently "attracted By His Personality". With So Many Other Guitarists In Paris Carulli Worked Harder At His Teaching And Soon Had Counted Members Of The Parisian Nobility Among His Students.
Many Of The Pieces Now Regarded As Carulli's Greatest Were Initially Turned Down By The Publishers As Being Too Hard For The Average Player And It Is Likely That Many Masterpieces Were Lost This Way. Undeterred Carulli Started Publishing His Pieces Himself. However The Great Majority Of Carulli's Surviving Works Are Those That Were Considered 'safe' Enough To Be Accepted By Other Publishers Mainly For The Teaching Of Certain Techniques Or For Beginners. Although He Had Many Students And Supporters Carulli Began To Believe He Didn't Deserve His Impressive Reputation Because Most Of The Great Works He Had Composed Were Never Published.
Confined To Mainly Simple Pieces Carulli Wrote His World-Famous Method Of Classical Guitar "Harmony Applied To The Guitar" A Collection Of Pieces That Are Still Used Today In Tuition. At The Time Of Publishing The Method Was Very Popular And Had Many Editions Published. read less
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Carulli Was A Gifted Performer. His Concerts In Naples Were So Popular That He Soon Began Touring Europe. Around 1801 Carulli Married A French Woman Marie-Josephine Boyer And Had A Son With Her. A Few Years Later Carulli Started To Compose In Milan Where He Contributed To Local Publications. After A Highly Successful Paris Tour Carulli Moved There. At The Time The City Was Known As The 'music-Capital' Of The World And He Stayed There For The Rest Of His Life.
In Paris Carulli Became A Very Successful Musician And Teacher. He Fulfilled His Intention Of Making The Guitar Popular And Fashionable Among The Upper Classes And Paris Musicians. It Was Also In Paris That He Published Most Of His Works Eventually Becoming A Publisher Himself And Printing The Works Of Other Prominent Guitarists Including Filippo Gragnani Whom He Befriended And Who Later Dedicated Three Guitar Duets To Carulli. 1 In The 1830s Many European Guitarists Followed Carulli To Paris Apparently "attracted By His Personality". With So Many Other Guitarists In Paris Carulli Worked Harder At His Teaching And Soon Had Counted Members Of The Parisian Nobility Among His Students.
Many Of The Pieces Now Regarded As Carulli's Greatest Were Initially Turned Down By The Publishers As Being Too Hard For The Average Player And It Is Likely That Many Masterpieces Were Lost This Way. Undeterred Carulli Started Publishing His Pieces Himself. However The Great Majority Of Carulli's Surviving Works Are Those That Were Considered 'safe' Enough To Be Accepted By Other Publishers Mainly For The Teaching Of Certain Techniques Or For Beginners. Although He Had Many Students And Supporters Carulli Began To Believe He Didn't Deserve His Impressive Reputation Because Most Of The Great Works He Had Composed Were Never Published.
Confined To Mainly Simple Pieces Carulli Wrote His World-Famous Method Of Classical Guitar "Harmony Applied To The Guitar" A Collection Of Pieces That Are Still Used Today In Tuition. At The Time Of Publishing The Method Was Very Popular And Had Many Editions Published. read less
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