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Italian guitarist and composer

Filippo Gragnani (3 September 1768 – 28 July 1820) was an Italian guitarist and composer.

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Gragnani was born in Livorno, the son of Antonio Gragnani. From a family of notable luthiers and musicians,^[1] Gragnani studied music in his home town with Giulio Maria Lucchesi. He began with the violin but later devoted himself to the guitar, becoming known as a virtuoso performer.

Gragnani first published works for guitar and chamber music in Milan around the beginning of the 19th century with the publishers Ricordi and Monzino.

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During these times he travelled to Germany and settled in Paris by 1810, a center of performance and music publishing. There he befriended and became a pupil of Ferdinando Carulli, another Italian virtuoso.^[2] Gragnani dedicated three of his guitar duets to him,^[3] and in turn Carulli dedicated some duets to Gragnani.^[4]

Little is known about Gragnani after 1812.

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