Napoléon Coste
Claude Antoine Jean Georges Napoléon Coste (27 June 1805 – 14 January 1883) was a French classical guitarist and composer.
In 1829, at the age of 24, he moved to Paris where he studied under Fernando Sor and quickly established himself as the leading French virtuoso guitarist.
[1] Despite declining demand in Paris for guitarists during the years after he arrived, Coste achieved financial stability as a professional musician and composer.
Napoléon Coste was influenced by the Early Classical-Romantic composers of the time including Hector Berlioz.
Coste's Opus no.47, La Source du Lyson is inspired by nature much like Berlioz's program music.
Napoléon Coste (1805–1883) with one of his Lacôte "floating 7th string" guitars, an 18th-century arch-cittern, a French 19th century cittern, and a custom extra-large guitar.