Filippo Gragnani (1768-1820)
- Trio pour trois Guitares (c.1815)
Performers: Trio Chіtarrіstіco di Bеrgamo
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Italian guitarist and composer. Son of the violin maker Antonio Gragnani
(fl. c.1765-1795), he came from a family of notable luthiers and
musicians. He received music lessons, mainly focused on sacred music,
from the violinist and composer Giulio Maria Lucchesi, but he later
devoted enterely to the guitar as a virtuoso. By 1810 he settled in
Paris where he befriended and became a pupil of the famous guitarist
Ferdinando Carulli. From 1807 he published his own works in Paris, city
where guitarists were among the most beloved musicians during the first
half of the 19th Century. After 1812 his trace was lost but he probably
was active in Paris before moving back to Livorno, where he spent his
last years.
