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Quatre Montferines by Luigi Castellacci (Guitar Tab)

Quatre Montferines by Luigi Castellacci (1797-1845) Luigi Castellacci was a prominent guitarist of the first half of the Nineteenth Century, whose importance today is somewhat less than the one attributed to him by the musical world during his life. He started his musical studies in his home city, devoting himself initially to the mandolin; but …

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Sonata (Duet) by Domenico Cimarosa (Guitar Tab)

Sonata (Duet) by Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) was one of the principal Italian composers of comic operas. He began his career with the comic opera Le Stravaganze del conte, From 1784 to 1787 Cimarosa lived in various Italian cities, composing both serious and comic operas. Cimarosa was a prolific composer whose music abounds …

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Toccata by Pietro Domenico Paradisi

Toccata by Pietro Domenico Paradisi (1707-1791) Pietro Domenico Paradisi (also Pier Domenico Paradies) was an Italian composer, harpsichordist and harpsichord teacher, most prominently known for a composition popularly entitled “Toccata in A”. A reviewer of a modern edition of his sonatas, all first edited by the composer, noted in passing “Paradies (never Paradisi, it seems)” …

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Minuet (Opus 13 No 5) by Luigi Boccherini

Opus 13 No 5 In E Major Minuet by Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini was an Italian classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet …

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