French Classical Guitarists - Antoine de Lhoyer, Napoleon Coste, Roland Dyens, Christophe Pratiffi, Alexandre Lagoya, Thomas Viloteau (Paperback)

Chapters: Antoine de Lhoyer, Napoleon Coste, Roland Dyens, Christophe Pratiffi, Alexandre Lagoya, Thomas Viloteau, Ida Presti, Francois de Fossa, Nicolas de Angelis, Roland Ferrandi, Antoine Carre. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Antoine de Lhoyer (6 September 1768 15 March 1852) was a French virtuoso guitarist and an eminent early romantic composer of mainly chamber music featuring the classical guitar. He was an approximate musical contemporary of Beethoven. L'Hoyer also had a notable military career, he was an elite member of Gardes du Corps du Roi, a Knight of the Order of St John and a Knight of the Order of St Louis. His music fell into obscurity even before his impoverished death at the age of 83 in Paris. Musicological research has revived interest in his music resulting in some modern recordings and additions to the repertoire for the classical guitar especially enriching the number and quality of guitar duets. Antoine de L'Hoyer's signatureWith the kind authorization of Baudime Jam and the Prima Vista Quartet L'Hoyer was knighted (29th June 1814) into the Order of St LouisBorn 6 September 1768 in the French commune of Clermont-Ferrand Antoine de Lhoyer was a member of a wealthy bourgeois family. From an early age he was well educated in music learning to play at first the harpsichord then the five string guitar. An early teacher may have been Pierre Jean Porro a music teacher at the Royal Military School of Effiat, near Clermont. De Lhoyer moved to Paris in 1774. To further his musical education, he visited major European capitals and by the age of 21 already enjoyed a reputation as a virtuoso guitarist. The rest of Lhoyer's life was to be buffeted by the momentous events of the French Revolution. A devout royalist, in 1789 he becam...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2639164