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Alfred Cottin (1863-1923),  “Ballade du Fou”.

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• With a Preface by Brian Jeffery
• Reprint of the Original Edition
• Skill Level:  Advanced
• Score only (3 pages); parts are not provided.  But you can purchase three copies, one to be used by each guitar

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The “Ballade du Fou” (“Ballad of the madman, or fool”) is an interesting, lively, and most unusual piece for three guitars, carefully structured, which was probably composed and first published in about 1900 or shortly after.  Pujol calls it preeminent among Cottin’s works.

Alfred Cottin (1863-1923) is perhaps best known today as the guitarist to whom Tárrega dedicated “Recuerdos de la Alhambra”.  He was a Parisian, active in the musical life of that city.