Antoine de Lhoyer (6 September 1768 – 15 March 1852) was a French virtuoso guitarist and an eminent early romantic composer of mainly chamber music featuring the classical guitar. He was an approximate musical contemporary of Beethoven. L'Hoyer also had a notable military career, he was an elite member of Gardes du Corps du Roi, a Knight of the Order of St John and a Knight of the Order of St Louis.[2] His music fell into obscurity even before his impoverished death at the age of 83 in Paris.
Musicological research has revived interest in his music resulting in some modern recordings and additions to the repertoire for the classical guitar especially enriching the number and quality of guitar duets.
Lhoyer left about 40 or 50 works for both the five string and six string guitar mainly in the form of duets, trios and other chamber music ensembles featuring the classical guitar.[4] Lhoyer left only a few solo works for the guitar. The places of publication of his works correspond to his travels. The opuses 1 to 11 have not yet been identified. Text source : Wikipedia (Hide extended text) ... (Read all)
