Napol\u00e9on Coste<\/h2>\nBiography<\/h3>\n
Napol\u00e9on Coste (1805 \u2013 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<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Among Coste’s many original works for guitar were a set of 25 Etudes (Op.38). He also wrote several programmatic works with nature as their theme. These latter pieces include:<\/p>\n Hector Berlioz, another composer who wrote much programmatic nature music (and who played guitar), was a big inspiration for Coste.<\/p>\n Coste was unique in that he typically played a seven-stringed instrument. This guitar was designed by Lac\u00f4te and featured a “floating” seventh string.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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