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Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2005 1:59 am
Subject: Re: OT: Mozart for guitar

> ...I guess my 
> point was; 
> wouldn't it be great to have a genius like Mozart ( assuming he 
> would know the 
> guitar as well as he did the piano) writing pieces for guitar?


I need to add the disclaimer that I appreciate Mozart, but have never been a 
great fan of his work.  That said, there were plenty of just-post-Mozart 
guitarists who generated some very fine material for guitar.  A couple of my 
favorites are de Fossa, Legnani, and Regondi.  The Boccherini quintets and 
Sinfonia are pleasant enough.  Paganini did pretty well by guitar as did the 
ubiquitous Sor and Giuliani.  ...And Mertz, Carcassi, Carulli, Matiegka, von 
Call, Gragnani, Sychra, Weber, etc.  Feel free to enjoy the guitar for what it 
is; there's no need to pine over what it has not been.

Best,
Eugene



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