Sonatine
Alfred Cottin
This is an almost 'Out of Period' piece by Alfred Cottin (1863 -1923) who lived and worked in Paris. He was a student of the Catalan Jaime Bosch and had a musical school in Paris. Many pieces of his moderate oeuvre were dedicated to his students.
Cottin was a friend of Francisco Tarrega, the one the latter dedicated his world-famous Recuerdos de la Alhambra to: ‘Hommage ŕ l'eminent artiste Alfred Cottin’.
The Sonatina is a nice and straightforward piece that was published in the guitar magazine of the Freie Vereinigung zur Förderung guter Guitaremusik. Cottin seems to go back to the time of Carulli. Anyway it is a nice practice piece to play the melody on top of the Alberti bass.