Event
Guitaromanie

‘Guitaromanie’: the guitar in 19th-century Paris

Speaker Luigi Attademo

The guitar underwent great transformations at the end of the 18th century, first of all those related to organology. The introduction of the sixth string and the move from double to single strings created a model known as the ‘French guitar’ (in contrast with the Spanish instrument), which won over the most important Spanish guitarist composers of the time – above all Aguado and Sor, both active in Paris – and attracted the interest of Boccherini, who wrote two series of quintets for the instrument. At the same time the great instrumental tradition gave rise to a guitar school in Italy, which then migrated at the beginning of the 19th century, mainly to France.

The French capital became the theatre of significant developments in the guitar that spread in the salons and concert halls to the point of creating a genuine fashion phenomenon: ‘Guitaromanie’, immortalised in the famous etchings of Charles de Marescot.

 
Palazzetto Bru Zane
Centre de musique romantique française

San Polo 2368
30125 Venezia – Italia
Tel. : +39 041 52 11 005
Fax : +39 041 52 42 049
contact@bru-zane.com
Date: 
Thursday, December 3, 2015
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Price: 
Free

7 pm