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Francesco Molino (June 4, 1775, Ivrea

Ivrea

Ivrea is a town and comune of the province of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley , it straddles the Dora Baltea and is regarded as the centre of the Canavese area. Ivrea lies in a basin that, in prehistoric times, formed a great lake...

, Piedmont

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

– 1847) was an Italian

Italy

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guitarist

Classical guitar

The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...

and composer

Composer

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Biography

Molino was born in Ivrea

Ivrea

near Turin

Turin

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. He often travelled to Spain

Spain

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to give concerts. In 1820 he settled in Paris

Paris

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, where he lived out the remainder of his life.

His works were largely neglected until the twentieth century, when many of them were republished. Among the best known are his Three Sonatas, 18 Preludes and Terpsichore (a set of dances), all for solo guitar. He also wrote for other instruments in combination with the guitar, including flute

Flute

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

and viola

Viola

The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

. In 1830 he published a guitar method.

Solo guitar

Romancehttp://www.danielcabrio.com.ar/090q.pdf
Sonatina
Sonate Op. 6. Nr. 2
Grande Ouverture op.17
Nocturne Op.36
Nocturne Op.44
Nocturne Op.57
Grande Potpourri über Themen von Rossini op. 47
Sonate op. 68

Violin (or Flute) and guitar

Notturni op.37 n° 1, op. 38 n° 2, op. 38 n° 3.
Sonata op.7 n° 2.
Duetto op. 3 n° 2.
Tre Duetti op. 16.
Tre Duetti op. 61.

Method

Grande méthode complette pour la guitare ... Op. 46. par Francesco Molino Type : Français : Livre Livre Éditeur : Paris : L'Auteur, [183-] OCLC: 54138738

Sheetmusic

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