Giulio Regondi

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.^[1] Most of Regondi's concertina music was written for the English system, however, at which he was a virtuoso,^[2] 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.

• 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

• (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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