Carcassi, Matteo – Free Sheet Music and TABs for Classical Guitar

About Matteo Carcassi, Guitarist and Composer

Matteo Carcassi (8 April 1792 – 16 January 1853) was a famous Italian guitarist and composer. He moved to Germany in 1810, gaining almost immediate success. In 1815, he was living in Paris, earning his living as a teacher of both the piano and the guitar. On a concert tour in Germany in 1819, he met his friend Antoine Meissonnier for the first time. Also a famous guitarist, Meissonnier published many of Carcassi’s works in his Paris publishing house. Carcassi was in Germany again during the autumn of 1824. Afterwards, he performed in London, where his reputation now gave him access to more prestigious concert halls. Finally, he returned to Paris. For several years, he made concert trips from here to the most important cultural towns of Europe, including London. After a short return to performing in 1836, he quit his concert practice around 1840 and died in Paris in 1853.

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