Antonio Abreu
Antonio Abreu (* around 1750 , † around 1820 ) was a Portuguese classical guitarist and composer of the 18th century.
Life
Abreu lived in Madrid. In 1779 he wrote a compendium for the guitar, which was extended to the guitar school in Salamanca in 1799. From 1780 he published guitar pieces in Madrid.
Works (selection)
Textbooks
- Escuela para tocar con perfeccion la guitarra de cinco y seis ordenes, con reglas generales de mano izquierda y derecha (Salamanca, 1799).
Sonatas for Guitar
- Sonata No. 1 in C major. I Allegro cómodo II Largo III Allegro
- Sonata No. 2 in E major I Allegro cómodo II Cantabile III Presto
- Sonata No. 3 in G major I - II Largo III Rondó
Web links
- Literature by and about Antonio Abreu in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Antonio Abreu at Discogs (English)
- Sheet music and audio files by Antonio Abreu in the International Music Score Library Project
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- Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Abreu, Antonio. 12th completely revised edition. 1. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 4 (first edition: 1882).
Digital copies
- ↑ Escuela para tocar con perfeccion la guitarra de cinco y seis ordenes, con reglas generales de mano izquierda y derecha as a digital copy in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica
- ^ Sonatas, guitarra. nº 1 as a digitized version in the Biblioteca dicital Memoria de Madrid
Individual evidence
- ^ Ana Carpintero Fernández: Federico Moretti (1769-1839) . In: Nassarre . No. 25 , 2009, ISSN 0213-7305 , p. 109 (Spanish, dpz.es [PDF]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abreu, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | El Portugués (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese classical guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1750 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1820 |