Giulio Regondi (1822 – 6 May 1872) was a Swiss-born classical guitarist, concertinist and composer active in France and (mainly) the United Kingdom.
Regondi was born of a German mother and an Italian father in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1831 Fernando Sor dedicated his Souvenir d'amitié op. 46 to Regondi, a child prodigy, when the boy was just nine.
There is a reference to his appearing in London in 1831, presented as a child prodigy of the guitar. Most of Regondi's concertina music was written for the English system, however, at which he was a virtuoso, though his guitar music is probably better known. His works for solo guitar comprise a set of etudes, variations on a theme by Bellini and five larger works.
Regondi died in London.
Selected works
- Nocturne 'Rêverie' op. 19, for guitar
- Fête villageoise 'Rondo caprice' op. 20, for guitar
- Air varié No. 1 op. 21, for guitar
- Air varié No. 2 op. 22, for guitar
- Introduction and caprice op. 23, for guitar
- Ten Études, for guitar
- Feuillet d'album for guitar
- Fantasie über Mozarts Don Giovanni (Solo on Don Giovanni, partly from Thalberg's piece) for guitar (1840) rediscovered in 2007
- Air varié de l’opera de Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi for guitar (1845) rediscovered in 2007
- Fantasia on English Airs, for concertina and piano
- Leisure Moments (1-6), for concertina and piano (1857)
- Morceau de salon, for concertina and piano
- Recollections of Home, for concertina
- Ecce ridente il cielo, for concertina
External links
- (in Italian) Articles on Regondi by Alessandro Boris Amisich
- Giulio Regondi in Ireland by Thomas Lawrence (ref)
- The poem To Giulio Regondi. The Boy Guitarist., by Felicia Hemans was published in 1840, after the poet's death in 1835. It cannot have been written later than 1834.
- Publications
- Concert Works for Guitar opp.19-23 edited by Simon Wynberg (Chanterelle Verlag)
- Air varié de l’opera de Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi edited by Stefan R. Hackl Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (Editions Orphée)
- Giulio Regondi: Ten Etudes revised and edited by Matanaya Ophee (Editions Orphée)
- Sheet music
- Rischel & Birket-Smith's Collection of guitar music 1 Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark
- Boije Collection The Music Library of Sweden
- George C. Krick Collection of Guitar Music Washington University
- Free scores by Giulio Regondi at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Images
- Images of Giulio Regondi (Royal Academy of Music)
- Giulio Regondi, "The Young Guitar player as he appeared on the 3rd of Sepr. at the Royal Adelphi Theatre."
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- Image (Article: A 41-cent emendation)
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