Fernando Sor authored imminently playable guitar music. These guitar pieces are favorites with classical guitar players and when you listen to them, you will see why.

Sor's music has a delicate beauty.

Most Fernando Sor guitar pieces aren't too difficult to master and are included in classical guitar books. Sor sheet music is enduring.

• Fernando Sor was a prolific Spanish composer who set out to raise the guitar to the highest level possible.

• He had a love for Italian opera and this influenced his work. He composed most of his works in Paris.

• Sor was an accomplished performer and played for nobility.

• Sor's guitar music is important because while helping to build technical skill, it is also engaging to listen to.

• Sor is considered the "Beethovan" of the guitar in Spain.

• Fernando Sor had a heartflet love for the guitar and published Methode Pour la Guitare, considered the most remarkable book on guitar technique ever written