Tecla Editions

Fernando Sor (1778-1839)

 

Here are the Sor items available from Tecla.

Brian Jeffery: Sor’s Grand Solo, from seven strings to six. This is a new publication of December 2024 written and edited by Brian Jeffery, about Sor’s famous piece Grand Solo. In it, an introduction describes in detail the currently known early sources of Grand Solo, solves a puzzle, and describes the possible origins of the piece. Part Two of the book discusses and seeks to answer the question: which version should I play, and why? The book is accompanied by new editions of the three principal early versions of Grand Solo which are significantly different from each other, so that players can decide for themselves, on the basis of the information provided in the book, which of the three versions they wish to play.

Sor: The New complete works for guitar and guitar duet in eleven volumes, printed. 

Sor: The New complete works for guitar and guitar duet, work-by-work as individual items, pdfs. 

Sor: The Complete Studies, Lessons and Exercises for guitar (Tecla 101), available in both printed and pdf.

Brian Jeffery: the 2020 third edition of my book Fernando Sor Composer and Guitarist. This 2020 third edition of my book Fernando Sor Composer and Guitarist is available in digital as pdf only (currently not in printed form). It has plenty of new information about Sor, including who Sor’s first wife was – we know her name, we know what she did, we know something about her. DIGITAL DOWNLOAD (PDF) ONLY.

Sor: The Sixteen Easiest Pieces by Sor for Guitar, ed. Brian Jeffery (TECLA 0100). Available in both printed and pdf.

Sor: Method for the Spanish guitar – in English translation. Available in both printed and pdf.

Fernando Sor life and music, a short biography based on my book Fernando Sor Composer and Guitarist. FREE HERE ONLINE.

VOICE

Sor: Seguidillas for voice and guitar or piano – famous songs. Available in both printed and pdf.

Sor: Seguidillas Book 2 for two and three voices and guitar or piano . Available in both printed and pdf.

Two seguidillas (“Si mis ojos te dicen” and “Yo no sé lo que tiene”) in a modern edition, from Sor’s article “Le Bolero” of 1835. “Si mis ojos te dicen” is amazingly fast, as you can hear in a video on this Tecla page for these pieces. Available in digital (pdf) only. 

“Las quejas de Maruja”, a new re-engraved edition of this song. Available in digital (pdf) only. 

“Should a pretty Spanish lass”, a new re-engraved edition of this song. Available in digital (pdf) only. 

Mozart/Sor: Three airs from Don Giovanni, arranged with guitar accompaniments by Sor. Available in digital (pdf) only. 

Appel des nègres aux français, a song for bass voice and guitar, against the slave trade. Available in digital (pdf) only. 

CHORAL

O crux . Available in digital (pdf) only. 

See the list of ALL digital items by all composers now available from this Tecla website.

BOOKS

España de la guerra, the Spanish political and military songs of the war in Spain 1808 to 1814, a new book by Brian Jeffery of 2017 about the songs of the war, of which Sor was the principal known composer. Available in both printed and pdf.

ABOUT BOOKS AND EDITIONS FROM TECLA:

I wrote what is now the standard biography of Fernando Sor: Fernando Sor, Composer and Guitarist. Based on the research which I was able to do when I prepared that book, which included for the first time a detailed bibliography of all Sor’s compositions, I have been able to prepare and to publish many works of his which you will find listed here. Among them are his New Complete Works for Guitar in eleven volumes, and his Complete Studies, Lessons, and Exercises for guitar. All of these editions are based on a re-examination of the original sources. All of Sor’s original fingering is preserved, for example, which is not the case with some other editions of this music which alter Sor’s original fingering often without saying that they are doing so. The editions which are listed here on this page provide you with authenticity.

Brian Jeffery

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