Ferdinando carulli biography of albert

          Italian composer for classical guitar (Naples, 9 February – Paris, 17 February ).

        1. The Italian Fernando Carulli ( – ) was born in Naples and started his musical career on cello.
        2. As with many other Italian virtuosi, Carulli migrated north in the first decade of the 19th century and eventually settled in Paris.
        3. Paperback piano and guitar arrangement with additional guitar score, , in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and.
        4. Heinrich Albert (16 July – 12 March ) was a German guitarist, composer and teacher – the most prominent German classical guitarist of his time.

          5. As with many other Italian virtuosi, Carulli migrated north in the first decade of the 19th century and eventually settled in Paris....


          The Biography of
          Fernando Carulli






          A self-taught guitarist

          Born on february 9 , Fernando Carulli was a native of Naples.

          His father Michele was a prominent Literator, secretary to the delegate of the Neoplitan Jurisdiction. As a boy he was taught music theory and cello by a priest, as was common at the time. His first instrument was the cello, later choosing to dedicate himself to the study and advancement of the guitar in his late teens.

          This serves as a pretext for an introduction to the life and music of Heinrich Albert (), an important German virtuoso guitarist of the.

          Carulli was self-taught owing to the lack of guitar tuition locally in Naples.

          This gifted performer was so popular in Naples that he began touring Europe. Around he married a french women Marie-Josephine Boyer, and fathered a son with her.

          For a while he lived in Milan where his compositions were to be found in local publications. The earliest indication of his presence outside of Italy, is the publication by Gombart of Augsburg (Bavaria/Germany). Other works were published in Paris and Vienna in After a highly successful tour to Pari