Carlo Carfagna
Carlo Carfagna is an Italian classical guitarist, author of many musical publications. His musical education took place at the Conservatory of Rome and Naples, under the guidance of Mario Gangi, and was subsequently a teaching colleague for many years at Santa Cecilia.
Publications
Transcriptions and revisions
Main works- Integral edition in three volumes of Fernando Sor's Studies for guitar.
- Integral edition in three volumes of Francisco Tárrega's works.
- Revision of the four Lute Suites by Johann Sebastian Bach.
- Revision of the four sonatas by Sor
Essays
Profilo storico della chitarra,, Bèrben, Ancona, 1966Dizionario Chitarristico Italiano, Bèrben, Ancona, 1968Liuteria Classica Italiana, chitarre del XIX e XX secolo, Camerata Musicale Barese, 1985Chitarra - Storia e Immagini, Fratelli Palombi Editori, Roma, 2000Il libretto per musica e Metastasio, Erom, Rome, 2005Aspetti della Chitarra nell'Ottocento, Erom, Rome, 2006- He has written together with Mario Gangi the article Guitar in the Musical Encyclopedia edited by Fratelli Fabbri Editori
- He has written many essays on guitar-specific newspapers
- He has cowritten with Gian Paolo Chiti a little multimedia opera, Matrona quaedam.