François de Fossa (1775-1849) - Trio Concertante (c.1830)

Joyeux anniversaire François de Fossa! 🎻🍷

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

Trio Concertante (c.1830)
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Adagio 11:14
3. Minuetto 17:26
4. Finale 22:39

Drawing: Godefroy Engelmann (1788-1839) - Boai standing, striking his chin, with his wife seated playing the guitar and accompanied by violinist (1830)
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Further info: https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Fossa,_Fran%C3%A7ois_de
Listen free: https://open.spotify.com/album/7jURmAxXkhhlH0Aujg29aA

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François (Francesc de Paula) de Fossa [Fossà]
(Perpignan, 31 August 1775 - Paris, 3 June 1849)

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. #ClassicalMusic