Grand Trio Concertante Op.18 No.3 op. 18/3

Until the beginning of the 1980s, the figure of François de Fossa was mainly known by his relationship with Dionisio Aguado, a relationship that included de Fossa’s collaboration in producing the two Parisian editions of the Aguado Escuela, and the complete translation of one of them into French. The situation changed radically in 1981 with the publication by Editions Orphée of a monograph which not only revealed very interesting and decisive factors in regard to the guitar quintets of Luigi Boccherini, but also included an important biographical study and a checklist of the known compositions of François de Fossa. Several works by de Fossa were published in later years, among which were works for two guitars, trios, quartets, and an anthology of selected works for guitar solo published in 1990. One of the first works by de Fossa we published, was his Trio Concertante for guitar, violin and violoncello, Op. 18, N° 1, the first work in a cycle which contained three such trios. It was our sincere intention at the time to publish the remaining two trios from this work, but in the intervening thirty years, our attention was directed to other projects, other musics. Now, in preparation for the forthcoming celebration of the “Année François de Fossa 2015” on the occasion of the 240th anniversary of his birth, which will take place in his birthplace, Perpignan, France, we decided it is time to complete the work.