意大利吉他手、作曲家和乐器制造商路易吉·莱格那尼曾在整个欧洲进行大范围巡演，被帕格尼尼称赞为当时吉他演奏的“顶尖高手”。莱格那尼的精湛技巧完美契合了19世纪知名歌剧主题里谱写变奏曲的风潮，从《阿尔及尔的意大利女郎》的浪漫到《阿蜜妲》的戏剧。

Italian guitarist, composer and instrument maker Luigi Legnani performed widely throughout Europe and was admired by Paganini as the guitar’s 'leading player’of his day. Legnani’s virtuosity was eminently suited to the 19th-century fashion for transcribing and writing variations on famous opera themes that range from the romance of L’Italiana in Algeri to the drama of Armida.