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. All of Regondi's concertina music was written for the English system, at which he was a virtuoso, though his guitar music is now better known. Regondi's 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 guitarFête villageoise 'Rondo caprice' op. 20, for guitarAir varié No. 1 op. 21, for guitarAir varié No. 2 op. 22, for guitarIntroduction et caprice op. 23, for guitarTen Études, for guitarFeuillet d'album for guitarFantasie über Mozarts Don Giovanni (Solo on Don Giovanni, partly from Thalberg's piece) for guitar (1840) rediscovered in 2007Air varié de l’opera de Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi for guitar (1845) rediscovered in 2007Concerto in D, for concertina, published with piano accompaniment (1855)Concerto in Eb, for concertina, never published but survives in manuscript with piano accompanimentFantasia on English Airs, for concertina and pianoLeisure Moments (1-6), for concertina and piano (1857)Leisure Moments (7-12), for concertina and pianoMorceau de salon, for concertina and pianoLes oiseaux; Morceau de concert, for concertina and pianoSerenade in A major, for concertina and pianoRecollections of Home, for concertinaEcco ridente il cielo, for concertinaHexameron du concertiniste; Six Études, for concertinaThree Waltzes, for concertinaRemembrance, for baritone concertinaSouvenir d'amitié'', for baritone concertina