MATTEO CARCASSI Etude No. 1 (Opus 60)
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Once hailed as a ‘tour de force’ of the guitar, Matteo Carcassi is one of a handful of 19th century Italian composers, alongside most notably Fernando Sor, Ferdinando Carulli, and Mauro Giuliani, whose creative output has left a lasting impact on the repertoire of the guitar and how it is taught. His famous 25 etudes (Opus 60) and extensive Complete Method for Guitar (Opus 59) are highly regarded as a staple in the pedagogy of the classical instrument.
Carcassi was born in 1796 in Florence, Italy, though lived most of his life in France after he moved to Paris during his youth, at one point even serving in the French army. It was in Paris that he made a life for himself as a
