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Napoléon Coste (1805–1883) with one of his Lacôte "floating 7th string" guitars, an 18th-century arch-cittern, a French 19th century cittern, and a custom extra-large guitar. Claude Antoine Jean Georges Napoléon Coste (27 June 1805 – 14 January 1883) was a French classical guitarist and composer.
Coste studied under Sor and quickly established himself as the leading French virtuoso guitarist. After breaking his arm in 1863, he continued to teach guitar and composition. He is one of the first composers to transcribe guitar music of the 17th century into modern musical notation.
Biography. Napoléon Coste (1805 – 1883) was a French composer and guitarist. His first teacher was his mother, who was also an accomplished guitarist. Coste was already himself teaching as a teenager. By age 24 he moved to Paris where he began studying with the great Spanish composer and guitarist Fernando Sor .
About Napoléon Coste, French Guitarist and Composer. Napoléon Coste (27 June 1805 – 14 January 1883) was a French classical guitarist and composer. He was first taught the guitar by his mother, an accomplished player. As a teenager he became a teacher of the instrument and appeared in three concerts in the Franche-Comté.
Napoléon Coste had a special fondness for playing on a seven-string guitar. He is known as one of the first composers to transcribe guitar music of the 17th century into modern musical notation . He died at age 77 leaving a significant catalogue of original compositions.
A webpage documenting the French 19th-century composer for the guitar, Napoléon Coste , featuring a biography, and links to sheet music, audio and videos.
Napoléon Coste: Composer and Guitarist in the Musical Life of 19th-Century Paris Ari van Vliet Napoléon Coste - Disdéri, 1867 Translation and elaboration of the biogaphy in the PhD dissertation in the graduation to doctor at Utrecht University on Wednesday, May 27, 2015.
