Ivan Padovec

Ivan Padovec

Ivan Eugen Padovec (17 July 1800 – 4 November 1873), commonly known as Johann (Ivan) Padowetz (see the signature on the photo), born in the baroque town of Varaždin in Croatia (known for its festivals of baroque music), was a guitar virtuoso, who gave concerts in Zagreb, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Hamburg, London, in Poland, Russia etc. He constructed a ten-string guitar. Also, his Theoretisch-praktische Guitarrschule was published by Werner & Comp. in Vienna around 1844.

List of works

Orchestral compositions

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Andante
  3. Rondo. Allegretto
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Andante sostenuto
  3. Polacca

Compositions for two guitars

Among Padowetz's five guitar duets, four of them (op.3, op.10 and op.18) require one terz-guitar.

  1. Polonaise Op.3 No.1
  2. Polonaise Op.3 No.2

Compositions for solo guitar

Padowetz composed a large amount of guitar solos: numerous demanding works in forms of variations and fantasias mainly on operatic themes (most of them published in Vienna and some in Paris), but also a lot of short and easy pieces which mainly remained in manuscripts.

  1. Marsch
  2. Monferino
  3. Thema
  4. Polonaise
  5. Ungarischer
  6. (untitled)

CD Recordings

External links

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