Filippo Gragnani (1768-1820) - Trio pour trois Guitares ()

Buon compleanno Filippo Gragnani! 🎻🍻 Composer: Filippo Gragnani (1768-1820) Work: Trio pour trois Guitares () Performers: Trio Chіtarrіstіco di Bеrgamo Trio pour trois Guitares () 1. Allegro 0:00 2. Tema con variazioni 4:12 3. Minuetto 8:12 Painting: Benjamin Heinrich Orth (1803-1875) - Three friends HD image: Further info: Listen free: --- Filippo Gragnani (Livorno, 3 September 1768 - Livorno, 28 July 1820) Italian guitarist and composer. Son of the violin maker Antonio Gragnani (fl. ), he came from a family of notable luthiers and musicians. He received music lessons, mainly focused on sacred music, from the violinist and composer Giulio Maria Lucchesi, but he later devoted enterely to the guitar as a virtuoso. By 1810 he settled in Paris where he befriended and became a pupil of the famous guitarist Ferdinando Carulli. From 1807 he published his own works in Paris, city where guitarists were among the most beloved musicians during the first half of the 19th Century. After 1812 his trace was lost but he probably was active in Paris before moving back to Livorno, where he spent his last years.