Editing Classical guitar (section)

===Classical and romantic===
From approximately 1780 to 1850, the guitar had numerous composers and performers including:
*[[Filippo Gragnani]] (1767–1820)
*[[Antoine de Lhoyer]] (1768–1852)
*[[Ferdinando Carulli]] (1770–1841)
*[[Wenzel Thomas Matiegka]] (1773–1830)
*[[Francesco Molino]] (1774–1847)
*[[Fernando Sor]] (1778–1839)
*{{ill|Luigi Moretti (composer)|lt=Luigi Moretti|it|Luigi Moretti (compositore)}} [https://tecla.com/luigi-moretti-c-1780-1850-composer/]({{circa|1780}} – 1850)
*[[Mauro Giuliani]] (1781–1829)
*[[Niccolò Paganini]] (1782–1840)
*[[Dionisio Aguado]] (1784–1849)
*[[Luigi Legnani]] (1790–1877)
*[[Matteo Carcassi]] (1792–1853)
*[[Napoléon Coste]] (1805–1883)
*[[Johann Kaspar Mertz]] (1806–1856)
*[[Giulio Regondi]] (1822–1872)
[[Hector Berlioz]] studied the guitar as a teenager;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hberlioz.com/LaCote/BerliozLacote.html|title=The Hector Berlioz Website – La Côte Saint-André Berlioz's birthplace|website=www.hberlioz.com|access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref> [[Franz Schubert]] owned at least two and wrote for the instrument;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jacaranda-music.com/Schubert.html|title=The myth of Schubert and the Guitar, An article seeking to clarify what relationship Schubert may – or may not – have had with the guitar|website=www.jacaranda-music.com|access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref> and [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], after hearing Giuliani play, commented the instrument was "a miniature orchestra in itself".<ref>A. Segovia, ''The Romance of the Guitar'', ETUDE May 1930, volume XLVIII number 5, page&nbsp;317–318, 367, reproduced [http://digitalguitararchive.com/index.php?result=30&name=archive&table=etude&search=mandolin&field=keyword&sort=author&rows=10 here as of June 2011] (dubious and highly unlikely: whoever studied Beethoven musicologically knows that he generally had disdain for most musicians and publishers, see letters addressed to Artaria, who published Giuliani's music. Beethoven also said that he deeply disliked pianists who played the piano like an harp, see the book "Beethoven: impressions by his contemporaries" published by Dover.{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814153505/http://digitalguitararchive.com/index.php?result=30&name=archive&table=etude&search=mandolin&field=keyword&sort=author&rows=10 |date=2011-08-14 }}</ref> [[Niccolò Paganini]] was also a guitar virtuoso and composer. He once wrote: "I love the guitar for its harmony; it is my constant companion in all my travels". He also said, on another occasion: "I do not like this instrument, but regard it simply as a way of helping me to think."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.557598&catNum=557598&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English|title=PAGANINI: Guitar Music|website=www.naxos.com|access-date=15 April 2018|archive-date=16 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416014831/https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.557598&catNum=557598&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English|url-status=dead}}</ref>