May 11 2008
Profiles in Classical Guitar: Matteo Carcassi
Matteo Carcassi was a 19th Century performer and composer for the classical guitar. His haunting and romantic music still remains with us today and is part of any guitarist’s repertoire.
Carcassi was born in Florence, Italy in 1792 and he began his musical career with the piano but at an early age he switched to the guitar; and for much of his life he was a performer of the guitar and an instructor for both the guitar and the piano.