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Guitar Catalog of the 20th and 21st Centuries

based on the original project by Vincenzo Pocci

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Ferrer José (1835-1916)

España

Guitarist and composer, was born in Torroella de Montgri (Gerona), died in Barcellona.

English
Josep Ferrer Esteve de Pujadas was born in Torroella de Montgri, in the province of Gerona, on 13th March 1835. His first musical instruction came from his father, a lawyer, music collector and guitarist. In 1860 he moved to Barcelona where he continued his studies with José Broca. Shortly after Broca's death in 1882 he went to Paris, staying there for sixteen years. He was guitarist at the Comedie Française in 1882 and then he then held several positions including teaching posts at the Institut Rudy and the Academic Internationale de Musique. In addition to his teaching Ferrer performed regularly and made periodic trips to Barcelona, during which he stayed with his great friend Domingo Bonet. In 1898 he returned to Barcelona occupying the post of professor of guitar at the Conservatorio del Liceo. It was during this three year period that Domingo Prat became a close aquaintance and it is from him that most of our information about Ferrer is gained. He visited Paris again, mainly it would seem, to complete and publish his Methodo. However it remained unpublished when he finally returned to Barcelona in 1905 where he lived until his death in 1916. Ferrer was a deeply religious man whose output of over 100 works included sacred music as well as guitar solos, duos and music for guitar and piano, guitar and flute, etc. He also wrote a history of the guitar which appeared in Mundo Grafico, Madrid. About 50 of his works were published mainly by Vidal of Barcelona, Dupont and Pisa of Paris, and latterly, Union Musical Espanola of Madrid. His unpublished Methodo with its studies, exercises and detailed text shows his great knowledge and understanding of the guitar's history and technique. It also demonstrates, as do these two duets, his great ability to write attractive and idiomatic music for the guitar which is of interest to both students and more advanced players. (David Burden, 1992 – Introduction Minuet & Vals, Chanterelle Verlag, 1992)
Note: Biographical details of Ferrer are very sparse and the information in this introduction is drawn from his entries in Domingo Prat's Diccionario de Guitarristas (Buenos Aires, 1934) [Reprinted by Editions Orphee, Columbus, Ohio, 1986] and Philip Bones' The Guitar and Mandolin (London, 1954).

Composizioni (165)

TitoloEditoreStrumentazioneAnno
TENDRESSE PATERNELLE (mélodie expressive) Op.29 (1890/97) DUPONT
TERPSICHORE Op.45 (1901/4) PISA 2 guit
TERPSICHORE [Op.45] (vals) [in SPANISH FAVORITES FOR CLASSIC GUITAR] COLUMBIA 2 guit
TRES VALSES Op.9 (1878/79) VIDAL Y ROGER
VALS (dedicado a D. José Broca) non pubblicata
VALS [from COLECCIÓN 9ª de Ejercicios] [in CHARME DE LA NUIT (edited by Simon Wynberg)] FABER
VALS [from COLECCIÓN DE VALSES] [in CHARME DE LA NUIT (edited by Simon Wynberg)] FABER
VALS [n.11 from COLECCIÓN 3ª. Varios ejercicios] [from THE GUITARIST'S PROGRESS. Book 2] GARDEN MUSIC
VALS [n.15 from COLECCIÓN 8ª de Ejercicios] [from THE GUITARIST'S PROGRESS. Book 2] GARDEN MUSIC
VALS [n.5 from COLECCIÓN 3ª. Varios ejercicios] [from THE GUITARIST'S PROGRESS. Book 1] GARDEN MUSIC
VALSE [in EXCELLENT GUITAR PIECES FOR STAGE PERFORMANCE II] GENDAI GUITAR
VEILLÉES D'AUTOMNE (quatre pièces faciles) Op.21 (1885/90) PISA
VELADAS INTIMAS (cuatro piezas) Op.17 (1882/85) VIDAL Y ROGER
VELADAS INTIMAS (cuatro piezas) Op.17 (1882/85) [in MÚSICA IBÉRICA. SPANISCHE GITARRENMUSIK DES 19. JH. Vol.1] DOBLINGER
ZWEI TANGOS [DOS TANGOS] Op.19 non pubblicata

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