Biography
WikipediaCarlo Carfagna (born 1940 in Guarcino, Italy) 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
He published with the following firms: Bèrben (Ancona), Ricordi (Milan), Music Inc. (Dallas), Nicolai (Rome), Domani Musica (Rome), Erom (Rome). Essays
Profilo storico della chitarra, (with Alberto Caprani), Bèrben, Ancona, 1966
Dizionario Chitarristico Italiano (with Mario Gangi), Bèrben, Ancona, 1968
Liuteria Classica Italiana, chitarre del XIX e XX secolo (with Giovanni Antonioni), Camerata Musicale Barese, 1985
Chitarra - Storia e Immagini (with Michele Greci), Fratelli Palombi Editori, Roma, 2000
Il libretto per musica e Metastasio, Erom, Rome, 2005
Aspetti 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 (even small treatises on History of art)
He has cowritten with Gian Paolo Chiti a little multimedia opera, Matrona quaedam.