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DE FOSSA, François (1775-1849) - Trio Concertante (c.1830)

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François de Fossa (1775-1849) - Trio Concertante, No.2 Op.18 (c.1830)
Performers: A Corda ensemble

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French guitarist and composer. His father, also named François de Fossa, was one of the most important historians of the province of Roussillon. His early life little is known, left his native Perpignan in 1793 and emigrated to Spain where he became a professional soldier. After an active and varied career he retired from military service in 1844, by which time he had been made a Chavalier of the Légion d'Honneur. Despite his military duties he remained active with the guitar, as a composer of better quality than most of his contemporaries in that field, an arranger, copyist and player (he is credited with the discovery of 'artificial' (octave) harmonies); he was also the into-French translator of the guitar method written by his close friend, Dionysio Aguado. In 1826, the Paris firm of Richault published de Fossa's three guitar quartets, opus 19, probably his most well-known works.

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