Antonio Abreu

(b c1750; fl Salamanca; d c1820). Portuguese guitarist (or of Portuguese descent). He provided the rules and music to his guitar method, Escuela para tocar con perfecci�n la guitarra de cinco y seis �rdenes con reglas generales de mano izquierda y derecha. P.F. Victor Prieto discovered Abreu's manuscript and published it under the original title in Salamanca in 1799 with supplementary material concerning the origins of the guitar and a historical view of the aesthetics of music.