Guitar Concerto in E minor, op. 140

The Concerto in E minor, op. 140, is the later of Carulli's two surviving guitar concertos and was published in Paris, where he settled in 1808 and spent the rest of his life. It is scored for guitar with a small accompanying group — strings, with wind parts that can be omitted — and follows the three-movement plan of the classical concerto, opening with a broad orchestral tutti before the guitar enters. Carulli also developed the decacorde, a ten-string guitar built for him by René Lacôte, but wrote his concertos for the standard instrument.