Ferdinando Sor was a composer from the romantic period who was born sometime in the 1770's but his exact date of birth is unknown. He was born and raised in Barcelona to a kinda rich family. Since his parents thought that his musical interests would distract him from his studies they made him right every word in Italian and he even made his own notation system for his pieces. Though his family was heavily militarized Joseph Ferdinando Sor abandoned any idea of the military he went to France and gave his musical career all he could. After he was famous for his guitar playing in France he tried to have his operas played, but they were weird, complicated, and no guitarist but him could play it. So, Joseph went to London and did the same thing except with a ballet and actually got fame for the ballet Cinderella.Which is one of his most famous ballets, but he was still known more for his guitar compositions. During this time period he was considered the best guitarist in the world, but also made compositions for beginners through advanced music such as Introduction and Variations on a theme of Mozart. As his music spread his name was misspelled over and over and every time different than the last.