Giulio Regondi
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Giulio Regondi was an Italian
classical guitar
ist, concertinist
and composer
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Regondi was a child prodigy
. Fernando Sor
dedicated his Souvenir d'amitié, op. 46 to Regondi in 1831, when the boy was just nine.
There is a reference to his appearing in London in 1831, presented as a child prodigy of the guitar. Most of Regondi's music was written for the English system concertina
however, at which he was a virtuoso, though his guitar music is probably better known. His works for solo guitar comprise a set of etudes and five larger works.
Publications
Sheet music
Images
Italy
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classical guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist, concertinist
Concertina
A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It has a bellows and buttons typically on both ends of it. When pressed, the buttons travel in the same direction as the bellows, unlike accordion buttons which travel perpendicularly to it...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
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Regondi was a child prodigy
Child prodigy
A child prodigy is someone who, at an early age, masters one or more skills far beyond his or her level of maturity. One criterion for classifying prodigies is: a prodigy is a child, typically younger than 18 years old, who is performing at the level of a highly trained adult in a very demanding...
. Fernando Sor
Fernando Sor
Josep Ferran Sorts i Muntades was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. While he is best known for his guitar compositions, he also composed music for a wide range of genres, including opera, orchestra, string quartet, piano, voice and ballet...
dedicated his Souvenir d'amitié, op. 46 to Regondi in 1831, when the boy was just nine.
There is a reference to his appearing in London in 1831, presented as a child prodigy of the guitar. Most of Regondi's music was written for the English system concertina
Concertina
A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It has a bellows and buttons typically on both ends of it. When pressed, the buttons travel in the same direction as the bellows, unlike accordion buttons which travel perpendicularly to it...
however, at which he was a virtuoso, though his guitar music is probably better known. His works for solo guitar comprise a set of etudes and five larger works.
Selected works
- Nocturne 'Rêverie', op. 19 for guitar
- Fête villageoise 'Rondo caprice', op. 20 for guitar
- Air varié No. 1, op. 21 for guitar
- Air varié No. 2, op. 22 for guitar
- Introduction and caprice, op. 23 for guitar
- Ten Etudes for guitar
- Fantasia on English Airs for concertina and piano
- Leisure Moments (1 - 6) for concertina and piano (1857)
- Morceau de Salon for concertina and piano
- Recollections of Home for concertina
- Ecce Ridente il Cielo for concertina (1876)
External links
Articles on Regondi by Alessandro Boris Amisich- Giulio Regondi in Ireland by Thomas Lawrence (ref)
Publications
- Concert Works for Guitar opp.19-23 edited by Simon Wynberg (Chanterelle Verlag)
- Air varié de l’opera de Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi edited by Stefan R. Hackl (Editions Orphée)
- Giulio Regondi: Ten Etudes revised and edited by Matanaya Ophee (Editions Orphée)
Sheet music
- http://rex.kb.dk/primo_library/libweb/action/preferences.do?fn=change_lang&vid=KGL&prefLang=en_US&prefBackUrl=http:%2F%2Frex.kb.dk%2Fprimo_library%2Flibweb%2Faction%2Fsearch.do?dscnt=0%26fctN=facet_tlevel%26vl(1UI0)=contains%26vl(61142532UI2)=sub%26scp.scps=scope%3A%28KGL%29%26fctV=online_resource%26vl(1UI2)=contains%26tab=default_tab%26dstmp=1291361852224%26srt=rank%26mode=Advanced%26vl(45742256UI3)=all_items%26vl(48924786UI4)=all_items%26tb=t%26indx=1%26backFromPreferences=true%26vl(freeText0)=%26fn=search%26vid=KGL%26vl(freeText2)=%26vl(45742261UI5)=all_items%26title1=1%26vl(1UI1)=contains%26frbg=%26ct=facet%26dum=true%26Submit=Search%26vl(48924784UI1)=creator%26vl(freeText1)=Regondi%26vl(48924785UI0)=title%26vid=KGLRischel & Birket-Smith's Collection of guitar music] 1 Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark
- Boije Collection The Music Library of Sweden
- George C. Krick Collection of Guitar Music Washington University
Images
- Images of Giulio Regondi (Royal Academy of Music)
- Giulio Regondi, "The Young Guitar player as he appeared on the 3rd of Sepr. at the Royal Adelphi Theatre."
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- Image (Article: A 41-cent emendation)