Filippo Gragnani (1768-1820)
- Quartetto en La maggiore, Op.8 (c.1808)
Performers: Nedyalko Petkov (clarinet); Fabian Bertoncelo (violin); Edgar Ocampo (guitar); Jonas Kubickas (guitar)
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Italian guitarist and composer. The son of Antonio Gragnani and coming
from a family of notable luthiers and musicians, he studied music in his
home town with Giulio Maria Lucchesi, first studying the violin then
later devoting himself to the guitar, becoming known as a virtuoso
performer. Gragnani first published works for guitar and chamber music
in Milan around the beginning of the 19th century with the publishers
Ricordi and Monzino. During these times he travelled to Germany and
eventually settled in Paris by 1810. There he befriended and became a
pupil of Ferdinando Carulli, to whom he dedicated three of his guitar
duets and who in turn also dedicated some duets to Gragnani. Little is
known about Gragnani after 1812. The "Registro dei Morti" (Register of
Deaths) of the Church of St. Martino di Salviano in Livorno indicates he
died on 28 July 1820.
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