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Napoleon Coste
This piece comes from the Recreation pour le Guitariste by Napoleon Coste. A nice piece to show off a bit of virtuosity around an enjoyable theme.
The Frenchman Napoleon Coste (1806 - 1883) started playing as a kid with his mother as teacher. In his teens he became a popular concert guitarist and a well-sought teacher. Unfortunately his career suffered from the decline of the guitarmania which took place in Paris during Sor's life time. A broken arm became the end of his career.
Recreation pour le Guitariste offers short and relatively simple pieces with nice melodies. These pieces are nice to play and far apart from the dazzling but very demanding endless introductions and finales of Coste's concert pieces.