Luigi Legnani

As a tuned string participant Legnani became specialized in your guitar and singing. He made an appearance like a tenor in arias by Cimarosa, Donizetti and Rossini but his acoustic guitar virtuosity was unequalled. Legnani produced his acoustic guitar overall performance debut in 1819 in Milan and was later on received with high compliment in Vienna. He created a detailed companionship with Paganini plus they would provide concerts together for several courts. Retiring in c.1840 Legnani dedicated himself to producing violins and guitars. His compositions had been predominantly for your guitar as a single device transcribing many operatic arias for his device. Legnani composed around 2 hundred a fifty items for your guitar including, the mentioned arias, fantasias and variants. One of the most interesting compositions, nevertheless, had been his duets for flute (or violin) and electric guitar.