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Information: Italian composer Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (1790-1877) was also a virtuoso guitarist, praised by Paganini as greatest on that instrument. He retired from performing to become a full-time instrument maker in the mid-1800s.
Legnani, Luigi Rinaldo Sites:
Luigi Legnani (1790-1877) Luigi Legnani (1790-1877): Biography noting his emphasis on guitar works and showing his friends among the musical elite of the period with Naxos discography. (Legnani, Luigi Rinaldo) http://www.naxos.com/composer/btm.asp?fullname=Legnani,%20Luigi
Legnani, Rinaldo Luigi Legnani, Rinaldo Luigi: Biography showing his playing and writing for the guitar from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. (Legnani, Luigi Rinaldo) http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=5269
Luigi Rinaldo Legnani Luigi Rinaldo Legnani: Biography and classical guitar sheet music in PDF format for his Caprice no. 5 opus 20. (Legnani, Luigi Rinaldo) http://www.delcamp.net/auteurs/en/3_classique/legnani_en.html
Legnani Legnani: Commentary focusing on the playability of his 36 Caprices, Op 20 for guitar. (Legnani, Luigi Rinaldo) http://home.hio.no/~stabell/music/legnani.htm
Additional
Information: Italian composer Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (1790-1877) was also a virtuoso guitarist, praised by Paganini as greatest on that instrument. He retired from performing to become a full-time instrument maker in the mid-1800s.
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