Giulio Regondi

Giulio Regondi (1822 – 6 May 1872) was a Swiss-born classical guitarist, concertinist and composer active in France and (mainly) the United Kingdom.

Regondi was born of a German mother and an Italian father in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1831 Fernando Sor dedicated his Souvenir d'amitié op. 46 to Regondi, a child prodigy, when the boy was just nine.

There is a reference to his appearing in London in 1831, presented as a child prodigy of the guitar. Most of Regondi's concertina music was written for the English system, however, at which he was a virtuoso, though his guitar music is probably better known. His works for solo guitar comprise a set of etudes, variations on a theme by Bellini and five larger works.

Regondi died in London.

Selected works

 * Nocturne 'Rêverie' op. 19, for guitar
 * Fête villageoise 'Rondo caprice' op. 20, for guitar
 * Air varié No. 1 op. 21, for guitar
 * Air varié No. 2 op. 22, for guitar
 * Introduction and caprice op. 23, for guitar
 * Ten Études, for guitar
 * Feuillet d'album for guitar
 * Fantasie über Mozarts Don Giovanni (Solo on Don Giovanni, partly from Thalberg's piece) for guitar (1840) rediscovered in 2007
 * Air varié de l’opera de Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi for guitar (1845) rediscovered in 2007
 * Fantasia on English Airs, for concertina and piano
 * Leisure Moments (1-6), for concertina and piano (1857)
 * Morceau de salon, for concertina and piano
 * Recollections of Home, for concertina
 * Ecce ridente il cielo, for concertina