François de Fossa

Biography

François de Fossa (full name: François de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa) (31 August 1775 – 3 June 1849) was a French classical guitarist and composer.

Biography

His father, also named François de Fossa, was one of the most important historians of the province of Roussillon.
De Fossa was born in Perpignan, then in the Province of Roussillon. At age 17, he joined an army regiment, the Légion de Pyrénées, which fought the revolutionary government in France. for most of his life, he remained an army officer, also travelling to Mexico in the 1790s in this function.
A friend of Dionisio Aguado, he cooperated in his guitar method, also arranging its publication in Paris. He was also the copyist of Luigi Boccherini's well-known guitar quintets. In 1826, the Paris firm of Richault published de Fossa's three guitar quartets, opus 19. He died in Paris, aged 73.

Modern edition

François de Fossa: Méthode complète pour la guitare by Dionisio Aguado y García (Geneva: Minkoff, 1980); ISBN 2-8266-0691-3, OCLC 7960184.

Sheet music

Rischel & Birket-Smith's Collection of guitar music 1 Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark
Boije Collection The Music Library of Sweden
Free scores by François de Fossa at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)