John Doan plays Fernando Sor Harpolyre 1830

John Doan is the first to play and record the harpolyre in modern times. No. 3 from Six Petite Pieces written by Fernando Sor for the Harpolyre. This guitar was built in Paris in 1830's and the music was written just for this 3 neck guitar. It is a historic instrument. Fernando Sor was the father of the Classical Guitar movement. You can find more John Doan music as well as the new album, "Homage to Fernando Sor" and "The Lost Music of Fernando Sor" at: http://www.johndoan.com/discography/homage-to-sor/ http://www.johndoan.com/discography/the-lost-music-of-fernando-sor/

Fernando Sor or Josep Ferran Sorts i Muntades was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. While he is best known for his guitar compositions, he also composed music for a wide range of genres, including opera, orchestra, string quartet, piano, voice, and ballet. His ballet score Cendrillon (Cinderella) received over one hundred performances. Sor's works for guitar range from pieces for beginning players to advanced players such as Variations on a Theme of Mozart. Sor's contemporaries considered him to be the best guitarist in the world, and his works for guitar have been widely played and reprinted since his death. Although modern classical guitar players usually do, Sor rarely used his ring finger and refused the usage of nails when playing.

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